REPORT. To the Legislature: STATE OF NEW YORK: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, OF STATE, The Secretary of State, in compliance with chapter 604 of the Laws of 1867, respectfully presents the following report on the statistics of crime in the State, for the year ending October 31, 1879: Whole number of convictions reported by county clerks in courts of record....... 3,216 Whole number of convictions reported by county clerks in courts of record in the last annual report.. 3,829 Decrease.. 613 The convictions thus reported were as follows: Offenses against the person. 655 Offenses against the person, by the last annual report........ 838 Decrease.. 183 Offenses against property, with violence.... 731 Offenses against property, with violence, by the last annual report..... 1,013 Decrease.. 282 Offenses against property, without violence..... 876 Offenses against property, without violence, by the last annual Offenses against the currency, by the last annual report.... 103 Decrease... 29 Other offenses not included in the foregoing.. 880 Other offenses not included in the foregoing, by the last annual report... 655 Increase.. 225 Female convicts in courts of record... Female convicts in courts of record, by the last annual report.... 196 165 Increase.. 31 Convictions in courts of record, reported by county clerks... 3,216 2,457 759 Excess of convictions reported by county clerks..... SPECIAL SESSIONS. Convictions reported by county clerks.... Convictions reported by county clerks, by the last annual 29,604 report..... 33,858 Decrease... 4,254 Females convicted in special sessions. Females convicted in special sessions, by the last annual report 6,244 Decrease... 472 SHERIFFS' REPORTS OF SPECIAL SESSIONS IN CITIES. 60,925 The following is a synopsis of the tabular statements annexed to this report: Table A gives the number of convictions in courts of record during the year ending October 31, 1878, as reported by clerks of counties and criminal courts. Table B is an abstract of Table A, giving in a condensed form the whole number of convictions in courts of record for each species of crime, specifying the county, and the number of convictions in each county. Table C exhibits the proportions of males to females convicted in conrts of record, with a classification of their offenses. Table D is a statement of the number of convictions in courts of record, from the year 1830 to and including the year ending October 31, 1878. Table E gives the ages, social relations, nativity, etc., of those convicted in courts of record, as reported by sheriffs. Table F is a condensed statement of the details given in Table E. Table G gives the occupation of those convicted in courts of record, as reported by sheriffs. Table H is an abstract of the return of clerks of criminal courts, giving the number of indictments tried in each county at the several terms of criminal courts, the number of convictions, the number acquitted, the number convicted on the plea of guilty, and the number of persons indicted and discharged without trial. Table I is an abstract of Table H. Table K is an abstract of the returns by county clerks of certificates of convictions in courts of special sessions, filed in the respective county clerks' offices during the year. Table L is an abstract of Table K. Table M is an abstract of the returns of the sheriffs of the counties of Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Columbia, Dutchess, Erie,. Jefferson, Kings, Monroe, New York, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Orange, Oswego, Schenectady, St. Lawrence, Ulster, and Westchester, as to convictions in courts of special sessions in the cities of Albany, Cohoes, Binghamton, Auburn, Elmira, Hudson, Poughkeepsie, Buffalo, Watertown, Brooklyn, Rochester, New York, Lockport, Utica, Rome, Syracuse, Newburgh, Oswego, Schenectady, Ogdensburgh, Kingston, and Yonkers. Table N is an abstract of Table M. SYNOPSIS OF REPORT ON PARDONS, ETC. Table A gives the total number of pardons, conditional and unconditional, commutations of sentences, and restoration to the rights of. citizenship, by the Governors of this State, since the year 1846. Table B shows the names of the persons pardoned in year 1878, the counties where convicted, crimes, sentences, and dates of pardons. Table C shows the sentences abridged or commuted in the year 1878, with the names of the convicts. Table D gives the names of the persons restored to the rights of citizenship in the year 1878, the counties where convicted, crimes, sentences, and dates of restoration. Table E shows the reprieves of persons sentenced to be hanged, granted by the Governor in the year 1878, the name of the convict, crime, date of respite, sentence, and limitation of respite. OFFICIAL DELINQUENCIES. From the clerks of the counties of Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Rockland and Schenectady no reports of convictions in courts of record were received. From the sheriffs of the counties of Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Putnam, Rensselaer, Richmond, Rockland, Ulster and Warren, no reports were received. Of the twenty-four cities in the State, reports complete of convictions in courts of special sessions for twelve months were received from fifteen: Albany, Auburn, Binghamton, Brooklyn, Cohoes, Elmira, Hudson, Newburgh, Lockport, Schenectady, Ogdensburg, New York, Rochester, Utica and Rome. From the remaining, nine reports were received as follows: Buffalo, Oswego, and Syracuse, for eleven months; Watertown, for ten months; Yonkers, for nine months; Kingston, for five months; Poughkeepsie, for four months; and no reports were received from Long Island City and Troy during the year. JOSEPH B. CARR, |