AnnualReport-1918

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OTHER FELONIES.

9. Under this heading are comprised the following:-

1918 1917 Cutting and wounding 24 21 Demanding money with menaces 2 9 Embezzlement... 28 38 Forgery 13 16 House-breaking 60 51 Throwing corrosive fluid 1 Receiving stolen property 54 54 Robbery 15 10 Child-stealing 1 ... Accessory after the fact of kidnapping and 1 1 Shooting with intent to kill 1 2 Possession of explosive substance... 1 1 Administering poison to procure abortion 1 1 Rape... 1 1 Attempting to shoot with intent to prevent lawful apprehension 1 Possession of dies for coining 1 Aiding and abetting in a robbery 1 Abominable Offences 1 Total 201 207

The number of cases in which convictions were obtained was 73 as against 82 in 1917.

GAMBLING.

10. Eighty-seven Gambling Warrants were executed as against 121 in 1917. There were 5 cases in which no conviction was obtained. Six were lottery cases, compared with 3 in 1917.

PROPERTY REPORTED STOLEN AND PROPERTY RECOVERED.

11. The estimated value of property stolen during the year was $295,301.00 as against $288,722.00 in 1917, an increase of $6,579.00.

The average for the last five years is $247,586, an increase on the average reported in 1917 of $3,818.00.

The value of property recovered during the year was $41,847.00 as against $41,167.00 in 1917, an increase over property recovered in the previous year of $680.00.