The judicial statistics of France and Italy give these proportions:—
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ITALY—1866. FRANCE—1886
ASSIZE COURTS
Under 14—18. 28—21. Under j l6—2
Homicide … … … … p.c. p.c. p.c. p.c. p.c.
Murder(and robbery with homicide) 14 I i 10 3 7 6
Parricide …… … … … — 5 —8 7 5 9
Infanticide … … … … — I —4 — 6
Imprisonment … … … … — — —
Wilful wounding (followed by death) — 19 24 — 3 S
Abortion …… … … … — — — 1-I
Rape and indecent assault on adults} — 1'2
'' '' children} — lo 7 t 3 7 11
Resistance to and attacks on public
functionaries … … … —5 —6 — 3
Incendiarism — — —2 3-7 3 1
False money .. .. .. . 14 — I 3-7 2 5
Forgery in public and private docu-
ments …… … … … — 5 —2 — 2 —1
Extortion, highway robbery with
violence … … … … 14 9 7 — 3w 6
Specified and simple theft … 14 19 16 41 51
Unintentional wounding … 28 5 2 — —
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Total of condemned and accused 7 179 475 27 641
The French statistics for the tribunals—no complete Italian statistics being available, are as follows:—
FRANCE—1886. CORRECTIONAL TRIBUNALS.
le. Female. Offences. Underl6. I6—21 Underl6.1 16—21
per cenl. Per cenc. per cent. per cent.
Resistance to authorities … … 2 2 2 'I 1 1
Assaults on public functionaries —8 5 —7 4 1
Vagrancy … … .— 4 4 11 2 3 2 S'S
Mendicity … … … 4 8 4 12'- 3 6
wilful wounding … … … 5 1 18-5 3@0 11
Unintentional wounding … 8 7 I
Offences against public decency .. 1 6 1 8 3 1 3 >
Defamation and abuse - I '2 1 1 1 0
Theft … … … … … 57 5 a—4 63 54 3
Frauds on refreshment-house keepers —I 2 I —I 6
Swindling 5 1 2 2.4 3 +2
Breach of confidence … … 9 1 3 7 1 2
Injury to crops and plants … 5 —3 —3 5
Game-law offences .. … .— 15 1 14 2 1 l —2
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Total of accused
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