| Number Arraigned and Discharged. | |||||
| Year. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| 1896 | 2335 | 120 | 2455 | ||
| 1897 | 1756 | 129 | 1885 | ||
| 1898 | 1628 | 154 | 1782 | ||
| 1899 | 2033 | 301 | 2334 | ||
| 1900 | 2023 | 293 | 2316 | ||
| 1901 | 2066 | 197 | 2263 | ||
| 1902 | 2337 | 200 | 2537 | ||
| 1903 | 2634 | 115 | 2749 | ||
| 1904 | 3734 | 224 | 3958 | ||
| 1905 | 3551 | 231 | 3782 | ||
| 1906 | 5483 | 180 | 5663 | ||
| 1907 | 2656 | 118 | 2774 | ||
[18] The nativity of the persons held for trial in 1907 or summarily tried and convicted in magistrates' courts was:
| United States | 30,261 |
| Ireland | 8,061 |
| Germany | 4,219 |
| England | 1,044 |
| Scotland | 473 |
| France | 869 |
| Italy | 8,243 |
| Russia | 9,254 |
| Greece | 3,039 |
| Other countries | 5,790 |
| ——— | |
| Total | 71,253 |
[19] In 1905 the number of persons so held in New York County by the magistrates of the first division, was 36,340.
[20] During 1907 there were arrested 1,669 persons on charges of burglary, of whom 1,055 were held for trial.
[21] See latter half of Subdivision 5, Section 278 New York Penal Code.
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