Note 334 — CRIMINALITY. (continued 2)
Henry P. (Henry Pomeroy) Horton translation
Crimes. Number Arraigned for Each Crime.
Annual Averages. 1881–1900 Averages.
1881–1885. 1886–1890. 1891–1895. 1896–1900. Average Number. %
Vagrancy 15,629 19,050 18,449 14,148 16,819 11.17
Mendicity 9,421 14,625 14,707 11,274 12,506 8.30
Aggravated theft 1,668 1,715 1,517 1,308 1,552 1.03
Simple theft 44,596 47,941 49,145 43,750 46,358 30.78
Counterfeiting 98 141 134 111 121 0.08
Procuration 341 361 406 304 353 0.23
Forgery 355 304 237 224 280 0.19
Obtaining money under false pretenses 4,210 4,422 3,898 3,496 4,006 2.66
Breach of trust 4,106 4,495 4,488 4,834 4,480 2.98
Commercial frauds 3,221 3,015 2,607 2,931 2,941 1.95
Fraudulent bankruptcy 86 63 63 44 64 0.04
Simple bankruptcy 934 967 802 860 890 0.59
Perjury 126 126 151 136 134 0.09
Total of economic crimes — — — — — 60.09
Bigamy 6 6 8 8 7 0.00
Adultery 1,038 1,758 1,838 2,212 1,711 1.14
Rape and indecent assault upon adults 103 76 95 70 86 0.06
Rape and indecent assault upon children 717 592 584 452 586 0.39
Total of sexual crimes — — — — — 1.59
Defamation and insults 3,513 2,918 2,940 2,877 3,062 2.03
Insults to officials 13,492 13,728 15,258 13,450 13,982 9.28
Malicious mischief 3,291 4,876 4,530 4,382 4,269 2.84
Arson 207 245 263 213 252 0.17
Serious assaults 187 155 178 183 175 0.12
Intentional assaults 27,768 28,971 33,443 36,158 31,585 20.97
Violence to officials 3,721 3,746 3,926 3,502 3,723 2.47
Homicide 518 506 515 461 500 0.33
Infanticide 191 191 157 118 164 0.11
Total of crimes of vengeance, etc. — — — — — 38.32
Political crimes 4 1 2 0 1 0.00
General total — — — — 150,607 100.00