This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 Excerpt: ...year under review. 47. The result in ordinary theft cases is satisfactory and creditable to the Police. In 218 cases 383 persons were brought to trial and 213 convicted. 4S. Forty-three cases of attempts at theft were reported by the Police, but in these cases only 3 arrests were made. I found reason to doubt the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 Excerpt: ...year under review. 47. The result in ordinary theft cases is satisfactory and creditable to the Police. In 218 cases 383 persons were brought to trial and 213 convicted. 4S. Forty-three cases of attempts at theft were reported by the Police, but in these cases only 3 arrests were made. I found reason to doubt the reality of the cases thua reported generally on information received from Chowkeedars. If so many thieves were interrupted when about to commit thefts it is strange that so few of them were caught. I remarked on this anomaly in the first Quarterly Return for the year and very few cases of the kind are now inserted. 49. The result in the.cases of house-breaking for commission of theft is also satisfactory. Nearly half the number of persons supposed to have been concerned having been convicted. 50. The convictious of a still larger proportion of the persons charged as receivers of stolen property is equally creditable to the Police, and amongst the cases were two of the receipt of property obtained by dacoity as noticed in paragraph 38 of this Report. 51. The extortion cases and cases of criminal breach of trust and other cases of this class are passed over by the Deputy Commissioner as not deserving of particular mention. One of the Rural Police under the new organization exercising powers as Sub-Inspector. 52. The subjoined Tabular memorandum will show the operations of the Police in recovering stolen or plundered property. The Table is a very satisfactory one 13th Class.--Offences relating to Documents and to Trade or Property Marks. 53. No details of offences grouped under classes 13 to 18 have been given by the Deputy Commissioner. The prosecutions for forgery appear to have failed, aud the other cases are not of importance. 54. The total number...
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