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which Inquests
were held and
open verdicts returned.
When such serious discrepancies
143.
and emissions
nurder, it can
occur in cases
sl
of
scarcely appear
strange that grave
doubts should at
the time have been raised on the
reliableness of these returns .
to the
Acoarding to
classification of the crimes and offences
on the Forms in use, no distinction can
on
be made under many of the headings between Gelonies & Misdemeanors, or of
the
cases in
againet
they
115.
are
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which persons are proceeded
Indictment,
Larrr
or those where
ummarily dealt with.
And
many
cases are
*
261
entered minder the headings of Delonics not already given", and "Miscellaneous Offences", that should
79
be
more defir tely described, as all sorts of crimes and offences
are
thus jumbled up together.
The headings Fareig
116.
and Apault"
are
and objectionable,
former may
equally vague
as under the
be found both serious
and trivial cases, while under the
latter cases
of violent apault, where
limb
AL
may
have been broken,
are
grouped together with other of the most frivolous
1177.
nature,
The practice of entering
us convicted) all persons committed for