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ANNUAL REPORT.. ..1848.

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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S ANNUAL REPORT.

The Attorney General, under the provisions of the Statute for
this purpose, respectfully submits to the Legislature his
Annual

REPORT:

PART I.

From the returns received from the several county and dis-
trict attorneys, police courts and clerks of the judicial courts in
the several counties, 'the tables hereunto annexed, from 1 to XIX
inclusive, have been compiled, with a view to shew the action
of the Commonwealth on the whole subject of crime, so far as
it is brought under judicial animadversion.

The form, in which the information, collected from the returns
of twenty-three courts and officers, is presented in this report,
is in abstracts and tabular statements. A more detailed exhi-
bition of facts was attempted in 1S40, at the expense of nearly
half a million of figures, covering, when printed, one hundred
and forty-three pages of the legislative documents of that year.
But, while that report may serve for reference and a general
illustration of the character and course of proceedings in rela-
tion to the same subject matter, it is supposed a more condensed
view of the subject would ordinarily meet the approbation of
the Legislature, and better serve the purpose of conveying
general information.

It will be perceived that the statute of 1839, under which

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this report is made, essentially changes the law adopted in the
Revised Statutes in this behalf. The provision of the Revised
Statutes had mainly for its object to exhibit the amount of ser-
vices of the prosecuting officers. The present law purports
chiefly to regard the amount and character of crime. Between
the amount of crime and the labor of prosecution, there is a
very indefinite relation ; as it often happens that crimes of infe-
rior malignity cause, in the prosecution of them, great consump-
tion of time and severe professional exertion.

The prosecutions under the license laws of this Commonwealth,
under indictments for libel and other similar misdemeanors, are
forcible illustrations of this observation. The elaborate mode
of conducting judicial proceedings, which has been the subject
of remark in former reports, and which is still the characteristic
of all trials by jury; the vast and varied ability which defend-
ants in a criminal prosecution may enlist in their service ; and
the almost unlimited freedom of inquiry, which admits no
principle to be settled without controversy, and nothing estab-
lished beyond doubt, adds immeasurably to the labors of the
prosecuting officers, and to the demands which are made upon
them by their official duties.

The annexed tables shew an increase in the number of prose-
cutions for the year 1842 over those of 1841. The increase of
crime is greater than it would appear to be, on a first inspection
of these tables, because the prosecutions, for the year 1841, were
swelled by an unusual number of complaints under the license
laws. A much smaller number of such cases is found in the
proceedings of 1S42 ; and yet the aggregate, instead of being
diminished, is increased.

It is, however, a subject of gratulation, that the general tran-
quillity and peace of society have been in a good measure pre-
served, the person and property of the citizens to a reasonable
extent protected, and the community exempted from those vio-
lent and awful manifestations of criminal passion, which some-
times break upon civilization in anarchy and blood.

Six cases, subjecting the party on conviction to the punish-
ment of death, have been under my care during the year.
Three of them were for distinct offences of rape in Suffolk.

1843.] SENATE— No. 7. 5

After examination by the grand jury, indictments for an inferior
offence were drawn in two cases, and the prisoners remanded
to the municipal court. One other was tried, and the ac-
cused convicted of a felonious attempt. In Middlesex, there
was one indictment for murder. The party was convicted and
sentenced, but the punishment was afterwards commuted by
the governor. In Bristol, one was tried for murder. The pri-
soner was convicted of manslaughter. One in Hampden, was
tried for murder, and the prisoner acquitted. The year has
passed, therefore, without the painful spectacle of a capital
execution.

The proceedings in relation to certain convicts in the state
prison and houses of correction, have been of some interest
during the year.

Writs of error have been brought in the supreme judicial
court, to obtain a reversal of judgments severally passed at
different times by each of the three courts having jurisdiction
over criminal matters, on the allegation of certain defects in
the law describing the offence, or certain misconstruction by
the court passing the sentence, in the extent of its own powers,
or certain informalities in the process, not discovered at the trial
of the accused party. In the searching operation to which the
records for more than twenty years have been subjected, other
supposed errors were discovered, going most extensively to the
whole administration of that part of the law, which in Suffolk
subjected convicts to the state prison. These were not sustained
by the court, but, for the causes above enumerated, fourteen con-
victs have been already liberated by the supreme court. Other
cases are depending, and there remain certain other prisoners
in the state prison or houses of correction, who will probably
claim the like intei position in their favor.

Some few of the cases alluded to occurred in 1841, but were
then supposed to be but solitary exceptions to the general accu-
racy of judicial proceedings ; and it was only in more re-
cent cases that the effect of these reversals was perceived.
The particular cases are reported in the 2d and 3d of Metcalf,
and it is not, therefore, deemed necessary to extend this report
by a recital of the circumstances. Reference is respectfully
made to the official volumes for the leading principles.

6 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REPORT. [Jan.

A single case may be stated to shew the operation of these
writs of error. One John Bryant was, at Norfolk, in Septem-
ter, 1836, convicted as a common and notorious thief, before
the court, of common pleas ; and, in the discretion of the pre-
siding justice, was sentenced to a punishment, then considered
to be the exact and full extent of the law ; viz., to five days
solitary imprisonment and twenty years hard labor in the state
prison.

By a change of phraseology between the Revised Statutes,
which went into operation in the April preceding, and the law
previously in force, although a judgment for five days solitary
imprisonment and 19 years 360 days hard labor would have
been legal, yet the judgment actually passed was erroneous, and
thereby void ; and, after a period of only six years' confinement,
the prisoner was liberated.

Most of the cases will be found of a like character — slight
technical formalities in some of them producing the fatal error,
and an act of clemency in others, as when the convict was sent
to the house of correction instead of the state prison, operating
to the same effect.

Many of these cases would have remained without any dis-
turbance of the original judgment, but for the act of 1842,
ch. 54.

To this act I have deemed it my duty most respectfully
to ask the attention of the Legislature ; that if, in their opinion,
a correct criminal jurisprudence requires an amendment or ad-
dition to it, the wisdom of the Legislature may apply the
remedy.

To the act itself I am not aware of any exception. Unques-
tionably no prisoner ought to be held by an erroneous judgment.
The most perfect accuracy in the forms of process, the mode
of trial, and the rendition of judgment, is demanded by right and
humanity. Judges and lawyers, in criminal cases, are and ought
to be held to the most exemplary exactness. But mistakes and
accidents will sometimes occur. What ought to be the effect
of them 1 Shall they be allowed to vacate all proceedings and
restore a convicted felon to the liberty he has forfeited by his
crime, or may they be amended when they can be amended
without any wrong done to the party ?

1843.] SENATE— No. 7. 7

As the law now stands, almost in all criminal cases, the
supreme court, when it reverses the original judgment on writ
of error, discharges the party. The amendment or addition,
most humbly suggested, is, that the court should be enabled to
pass such new judgment, as justice and equity require. The
court should not be obliged, because there has been a nominal
judgment of five days too much, yet wholly unexecuted, to
release to the prisoner fourteen years of unexpired confinement,
most justly incurred for manifest and atrocious crimes.

These writs of error have brought to light a supposed defect
in the provisions of the 14th sec. of ch. 126 of the Revised
Statutes.

It is an aggravated larceny to steal in a dwelling-house in
the day-time, but it is not an aggravated larceny to steal in a
dwelling-house in the night-time. The protection of the dom-
icilj much more needed by night than by day, seems to have
been inadvertently omitted.

" The proper and economical administration of the criminal
law," upon which the statute requires the opinion of the Attor-
ney General, in his annual report, obliges me respectfully to
submit a remark in relation to the terms of the supreme court
for the trial of capital cases.

Such cases can rarely be heard at the regular session of the
court, which has ordinarily no jury when the full bench assem-
bles, and not a full bench at the ordinary jury sessions. It be-
comes necessary, therefore, by special adjournment, or by a
special term, to provide for hearing such cases. Under the
limited power given by ch. 81, sec. 41 and seq. of the Revised
Statutes, special terms have been called, but the words of that
law apply only to counties in which " no law term is estab-
lished." It has happened, therefore, unavoidably that an in-
dictment for murder, pending in Plymouth county since August
last, on which the accused party is in close custody, has not
yet been brought to a trial ; and, as the law now is, probably
cannot be for some months to come.

In June last Samuel Thurlow was indicted and convicted of
sundry violations of the law for the regulation of licensed

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houses. He carried the case, by exceptions, to the supreme
court, and in November last these exceptions were overruled.
He has since obtained a writ of error to the supreme court of
the United States, now sitting in Washington, duly allowed by
the honorable chief justice Shaw, according to law, and served
on the Attorney General, for the purpose of obtaining a reversal
of the judgment against him, on the exceptions that the law of
this Commonwealth, restraining the sale of foreign wines and
spirits, and the acts of the county commissioners under it, are,
in effect, a violation of the constitution of the United States.

Whether the Commonwealth shall be represented by counsel
at the bar of that court on the hearing of the case, depends on
the order of the government.

Another case, in which James Norris is plaintiff in error
against the city of Boston, has been entered in the Supreme
Court of the United States, and is intended to test the constitu-
tionality of a law of this Commonwealth relating to alien pas-
sengers, ch. 238, of 1837. As by force of a recent statute, ch.
96, of 1840, the Commonwealth is benefited, to the whole
amount of the proceeds, estimated from eight to ten thousand
dollars per annum, which is collected under the law, and more
deeply concerned in the police which it establishes, the decision
to be made by the Supreme Court must be regarded with some
concern.

During the pendency of this suit in the State court, the Attor-
ney General was notified by the law officers of the city, that the
city had no direct interest in the cause, and, by their request,
took the management of it, and still holds the papers under an
order of the executive department of 1st December last for " such
consideration and action as he may deem expedient."

My last and former reports adverted to the process of arrest-
ing fugitives from justice by executive warrant, or demanding
them by executive requisition under the constitution and law
of the United States, and the law of this Commonwealth. The
demand for the service multiplies, and is necessarily attended
with embarrassment. Twenty-three of these cases have been
referred to me during the past year. These have been exam-

1843.] SENATE— No. 7. 9

ined, and opinions given according to their several circum-
stances. More efficient means to make an examination, when
the case arises with our own citizens, in order to prevent decep-
tion and fraud — and, when the demand is made from another
state, to provide for the security of the innocent as a duty not
less imperative than to deliver the guilty, may, it is believed,
be provided, consistently with a paramount regard to the con-
stitution of the United States.

Among the subjects officially referred to me by the trea-
surer under the act of 1839 ch. 28, was one relating to the obli-
gation of the Eastern Rail-road to establish a sinking fund. I
take leave respectfully to say that nothing in the reply of that
corporation to the treasurer has any tendency to change the
opinion which I had formed and submitted to that officer in
writing ; but as the question in regard to time was one alto-
gether of expediency, it seemed to me not unsafe to advise
delay, until the direction of the Legislature could be taken in
relation to it.

In regard to the notes given on contracts for the sale of
eastern lands, and returned to me for collection under the pro-
visions of the Revised Statutes, chapt. 13, sect. 25, a difficulty
of a very serious character has arisen as to the obligation of
the parties to make payment, arising out of the form of the
contract made with the land agent, and a clause in the inden-
ture executed by that officer, under which the purchasers
claim to be released at any time from the payment of the out-
standing notes, on a forfeiture of the money paid, and of any
demand for a deed. The course of proceeding by the agent,
has been not to make an actual sale, on the security of a mort-
gage for the balance of the purchase money, but to take notes
for such balance, and to contract that deeds shall be given
when the notes are paid, inserting in an indenture, executed
by himself and the purchaser, the clause upon which this diffi-
culty has arisen.

Two cases are now pending, one in the district court of the
United States, in a process in bankruptcy, and one before the
supreme judicial court of the Commonwealth, in each of
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which the question is presented by the party against whom the
suit is brought.

Respectfully submitted.

JAMES T. AUSTIN,
January, 1843. Attorney General.

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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REPORT— PART II.

This part contains abstracts and tabular statements, present-
ing the required statistics of crime under judicial animadversion,
in the year 1842.

Tables I to XIII inclusive, shew the number of prosecutions,
their causes and results, under the direction of the local prose-
cuting officers.

Table XIV shews the aggregate of cases of crime in the mu-
nicipal court, courts of common pleas and supreme judicial
court, and a comparison of these aggregates with those reported
for the year 1841.

Table XV shews the number of cases in the several police
courts and before justices of the peace, in 1842, the costs
taxed in these cases, and a comparison of the number of cases
with those of 1841.

Table XVI shews the amount of costs taxed in the municipal
court, in Suffolk, for criminal cases in 1842.

Table XVII shews amount of costs taxed in police court of
the city of Boston, for cases terminated in said court, in 1842,
and a comparison with the amount in 1841.

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Table XVIII shews amount of fines and costs received on
cases terminated in said court, in 1842, and a comparison of
the amount in 1841.

Table XIX shews the number of convicts sentenced by the
judicial courts to confinement in the state prison — the counties
whence they were sent — the crimes for which they were pun-
ished, and the length of time for which they were sentenced.

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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REPORT.

[Jan.

Table XVI. — Shewing the amount of Costs taxed in the Muni-
cipal Court, in the year 1842, as per general and special bills.

Month.

Amount of special bill,

Costs.

Monthly
Costs.

Total Costs.

January,

$308 19

u u general "

297 62

$605 81

February,

Amount of special bill,
" " general "

487 28
211 70

698 98

March,

Amount of special bill,
" " general "

361 61
312 95

674 56

April,

Amount of special bill,
" " general "

710 66
301 25

1011 91

May,

Amount of special bill,
" " general "

1414 17
304 35

1718 52

June,

Amount of special bill,
" " general "

760 12
356 53

1116 65

July,

Amount of special bill,
" " general "

479 24
194 45

673 69

August,

Amount of special bill,
" " general "

775 99
331 41

1107 40

September,

Amount of special bill,
" " general "

1091 61
391 47

1483 08

October,

Amount of special bill,
" " general "

1005 88
373 81

1379 69

November,

Amount of special bill,
" " general "

654 52
301 31

955 83

December,

Amount of special bill,
" " general "

671 U
345 2£

]016 44

$12,442 56

February. ,

\m't of allowance on petition, E

dwd. B. S

haw, #41 00

May.

u a a y

ph'm B. T

lomas, 3 00

u

11 « U ]

saac Bleni

s, 3 00

$47 00

Tofe

il amount of special bills,

- $8720 42

u

" general "
il amount in 1842,

3722 14

Tott

- $12,442 56

Froi

n table of last Annual Report, i

n 1841,

- H,l

18 79

Excess of 1842,

1,323 77

1843.]

SENATE— No. 7.

29

Table XVII. — Shelving- an Abstract of Bills of Cost taxed on
cases terminated in the Police Court of the City of Boston,
in the year 1842.

1st January to 31st
March, inclusive,

Deduct for cases un-
der by-laws,

1st April to 30th
June, inclusive,

Deduct for cases un-
der by-laws,

1st July to 30th Sep-
tember, inclusive,

Deduct for cases un-
der by-laws,

1st October to 31st
December, inclus

Deduct for cases un-
der by-laws,

Officers'
Fees.

$396 93
13 76

383 17

541 03

29 83

511 20

833 62
35 40

798 22

631 42
34 99

596 43

2289 02

Assist-
ants'
Fees.

25

25

9 46

9 46
6 96

6 96
16 67

Court
Fees.

Witnesses
Fees.

$534 30 $260 70

29 90

504 40

769 55
68 20

701 35

1107 90
72 55

1035 35

866 95
74 70

792 25
3033 35

9 18

$1191 93
52 84

251 52

352 80
20 52

332 28

574 14

28 16

545 98

440 66
22 14

Total, (1842,)
Amount in 1841, as by last Annual Report,
Excess in 1842 over 1841,

418 52
1548 30

Amounts.

Amount
charged to
Com. 31ass.

$1139 09

1663 63
118 55

2525 12
136 11

1945 99
131 83

1545 08

2389 01

1814 16

$6887 34
$5664 25
$1223 09

30

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REPORT.

[Jan.

Table XVIII. — Shewing an Abstract of Fines, Costs, fyc. re-
ceived on cases terminated in the Police Court of the City
of Boston, in the year 1842.

1st January to 31st March

inclusive, -
Deduct for cases under by

laws, -

1st April to 30th June, inclu
sive, - ■ -

Deduct for cases under by-
laws, -

1st July to 30th September
inclusive, -

Deduct for cases under by-
laws, -

1st October to 31st Decem-
ber, inclusive,

Deduct for cases under by
laws, -

Fines

$237 11
28 00

209 11

410 21

66 50

343 71

448 28
76 00

372 28

374 41

76 00

$380 14
42 45

337 69

574 84
86 16

488 68

627 28
96 93

530 35

531 47
94 90

298 41 436 57
Total, (1842,) - - | 1223 51 1793 2!
Total in 1841, as per last Annual Report,
Excess in 1842 over 1841,

Fees. Amount.

$23 90

23 90

13 50

13 50

16 87

16 87
24 85

24 85
79 12

$641 15
70 45

998 55
152 66

1092 43
172 93

930 73
170 90

Amount to be

credited to
Com. of Mass.

$570 70

845 89

919 50

759 83

3095 92
2774 08
$321 84

1843.]

SENATE— No. 7.

31

Table XIX. — Shelving the number of Convicts sentenced by the
several Judicial Courts to Confinement in the State Prison,
the Counties whence they were sent, the Crimes for which they
were punished, and the duration of their Confinement.

BERKSHIRE.

No

Court.

Term.

CRIME.

When Re-
ceived.

Sentence.

1

2
3
4

C. P. c.

do
do
do

Oct.
do
do
do

Larceny, -

do -
Receiving Stolen Goods,

do do do

Nov. 6,
do 6,
do 6,
do 6,

1 dy. 3 yrs.
1 dy. 3 yrs. "

1 dy. 2 yrs.

2 dys. 3 yrs.

BRISTOL.

1

C. P. c.

Mar.

Larceny, -

Mar. 25,

4 dys. 3£ yrs

2

do

June,

do ....

June 23,

2 dys. 2 yrs.

3

do

do

do ....

do 23,

3 dys. 2 yrs.

4

do

Sept.

Lewd and Lascivious Cohabi-

tation, -

Sep. 21,

1 dy. 1 yr.

5

do

do

Common and Notorious Thief,

do 21,

1 dy. 3 yrs.

li

do

do

Shop-Breaking, -

do 21,

1 dy. 2 yrs.

J

S. J. C.

Nov.

Manslaughter, ...

Dec. 2,

2 yrs.

8

C. P. C.

Dec.

Larceny, -

do 21,

1 dy. 1£ yrs.

y

do

do

do ....

do 21,

1 dy. U yrs.

ESSEX.

1

C. P. C.

Mar.

Assault with intent to Maim, -

April 1,

1 dy. 1 yr.

2

do

do

Grand Larceny, ...

do 1,

1 dy. 5 yrs.

3

do

do

Larceny, ....

do 9,

1 dy. 1 yr.

4

do

June,

do ... -

June 27,

2 dys. 1 yr.

5

do

Sept.

do ....

Sep. 29,

2 dys. 4 yrs.

FRANKLIN.

1

C. P. C.

Mar.

Maliciously setting fire to a
manufactory, which was de-

stroyed with its contents, -

April 6,

3 dys — Life.

2

do

Nov.

Larceny, ....

Dec. 15,

2 dys. 4 yrs.

3

do

do

Aiding a prisoner in attempt-

ing to escape from Jail,

do 15,

2 dys. 3 yrs.

4

do

do

Larceny, --,'--

do 15,

6 dys. 6 yrs.

32

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REPORT.

[Jan.

HAMPDEN.

No

Court.

Term.

CRIME.

When Re-
ceived.

Sentence.

1

2
3

4

C. P. c.

do
do
do

June,

do
Oct.

do

Common and Notorious Thief,
Larceny, -
do -
Assault with intent to Murder,

June 29,
do 29,

Oct. 18,
do 18,

3 dys. 3 yrs.
2 dys. 1£ yrs.

1 dy. 3 yrs.

2 dys. 4 yrs.

MIDDLESEX.

C. P. c.

Feb.

do
do
do
do
do

do

do

July,

do

do
S. J. C.

do

April,

C. P. c.

Nov.

do

doj

do

do

do

do j

do

do

Lewd and Lascivious Cohabit-
ation, -

Larceny, -

Polygamy, -

Larceny, -
do -

Lewd and Lascivious Cohabit-
ation, -

Burglary — 2d degree, -

Murder — (sentence commu-
ted,)

Having in possession Counter-
feit Bank Bills, with intent
to pass the same,

Burglary — 2d degree,

Malicious Burning,

Burglary — 2d degree,

do do - - i

Shop-Breaking, - - )

Breaking and entering a dwel-
ling-house in the day-time,

Feb.

25,

do

25,

do

25,

July

9,

do

9,

do

9,

do

9,

do

11,

Nov.

8,

do

8,

do

8,

do

8,

do

8,

2 dys. 1«| yrs.
2 dys. 1 yr.
2 dys. 1 yr.
1 dy. 4 yrs.
1 dy. 4 yrs.

1 dy. 1 yr.

2 dys. 4 yrs.

Life.

3 dys. 5 yrs.
5 3 dys. 2 yrs.
I Life.

3 dys. 2 yrs.
< 3 dys. 2 yrs.
( 3 dys. 2 yrs.

3 dys. 2 yrs.

NANTUCKET.

1

2
3

4
5

C. P. C.

do
do
do
do

June,
do
do
do
do

Larceny, -

Burglary, ....

Larceny, -

do ....

do ....

June 14,
do 14,
do 14,
do 14,
do 14,

3 dys. 4 yrs.
1 dy. 1 yr.
3 dys. 5 yrs.
3 dys. 4 yrs.
3 dys. 3 yrs.

NORFOLK.

C. P. c.

Sept.

do

do

do

do

Larceny, ....
Passing Counterfeit Bank Bills,
Burning a Barn, - - -

Sep.

30,

do

30,

do

30,

3 dys. 2 yrs.
3 dys. 1 yr.
1 dy. 1 yr.

1843.]

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33

SUFFOLK.

Ho

Court.

Term.

CBiMK.

When Ee- ! c ,
„„:„ a sentence,
ceived.

1

S. J. c.

Jan.

Assault with intent to commit
a Rape, -

Jan. 25, 3 dvs. 5 yrs.

a

M. C.

Feb.

Stealing, -

Feb. 14, 2 vrs.

3

do

Mar.

Common and Notorious Thief,

Mar. 19, 5 dvs. 5 yrs.

4

do

April,

Burglary and Larceny, -

Apr. 16, 5 dys. 4 yrs.

5

M. C.

do

Larceny, &c. ...

do 23, 5 dvs. 7 yrs.

6

do

do

Attempting to pass Counterfeit
Money, -

do 23, 10 dvs. 2£ yrs.

7

do

May,

Stealing, -

May 16, 5 dys. 1 vr.

8

do

do

do ....

do 16, 8 dvs. 2| vrs.

9

do

do

do ....

do 16, 10 dvs. 3 vrs.

10

do

do

do ....

do 23, 3 dvs. 2 yrs.

H

do

June,

Larceny, -

June 6, 5 dvs. 3 vrs.

12

do

do

Assault and Larcenv,

do 16, 5 dvs. 2 yrs.

13

do

do

Stealing, -

do 18, 5 dvs. 1 vr.

14

do

July,

5 Forgery, -

July 5, 5 dys. 3 yrs.

\ Cheating by False Pretences,

do 5, 2 dys. 3 yrs.

15

do

do

Common and Notorious Thief,

do 15, 5 dys. 3 vrs.

16

do

do

Larceny, -

do 15, t 5 dys. 3 yrs.

17

do

Aug.

Receiving Stolen Goods,

Aug.27, 2 dvs. 4 vrs.

18

do

Sept.

Common and Notorious Thief,

Sep. 17, 5 dys. 4 yrs.

19

do

do

Larcenv, ... -

do 17, 5 dys. 2 yrs.

ao

do

do

Having in possession Counter-
feit Bank Bills, &c. -

do 17. 5 dvs. 3 vrs.

21

do

do

Stealing-, -

do 17. 5 dvs. 1 1 vrs.

22

do

do

Larceny, -

do 17, 5 dys. 6 vrs.

23

do

do

Stealing, -

do 26. 1 yr., 5 ds. of
which solit'y.

24

do

do J

Stealing, -

do 26, i 5 dvs. 1 vr.

Cheating by False Pretences.

do 26, 3 dvs. 2 vrs.

25

do

Oct.

Burglary, -

Oct. 15, 5 dvs. 3 vrs.

26

do

do

Larcenv, -

do 15. 5 dvs. 4 vrs.

27

do

do

Burglary, ... -

do 15. 5 dvs. 3 vrs.

28

do

do

Larcenv, -

do 26, 5 dvs. 1 yr.

29

do

Nov.

Burglary and Larceny, -

Nov. 28. 5 dvs. 4 vrs.

30

do

Dec.

Assault with intent to Murder,

Dec. 19, 3 dys. 1 yr.

WORCESTER.

1

C. P. C.

Jan.

Larcenv, -

Feb. 4,

2 dvs. 1 vr.

•2

do

June,

Burning a Barn, -

June 16,

3 dvs. 5 vrs.

3

do

do

Felonious Assault with intent

to commit a Rape,

do It J.

3 dvs. ti vrs.

4

do

Oct

Burglarv and Larcenv, -

Oct. 0.

3 dvs. 2 vrs.

5

do

do

Larcenv, -

do 6.

4 dvs. 2 vrs.

6

do

do

Incest, -

do 6,

3 dys. 2 yrs.

Total,

S3