The following Table shews in what manner 1060 prisoners, put on their trials during that period, were disposed of.[133]

The Crimes for which the different Offenders were tried, were these following:

Murder46
Arson5
Burglary101
Robbery58
Horse and Cattle stealing108
Forgery16
Coining17
351
Felony315
Larceny998
Receiving stolen Goods61
Frauds and Misdemeanors101
Rogues and Vagabonds21
1496
Manslaughter29
Bigamy3
Beastiality2
Rape9
Perjury2
Sedition2
47

A TABLE, shewing the Prisoners tried at the Old Bailey, from April 1793, to March 1794, inclusive.

Prisoners convicted, and their Punishments.
London, Middlesex, and Westminster.Persons comitted for trial.Of whom acquitted and discharged.Death.Transported for 14 years.Transported for 7 years.Whipt & imprisoned.Imprisoned 6 months and upwards.Imprisoned 3 months & otherwise disposed of.Sent to serve the King.Judgment respited.Total punished.
London Sessions19970615010292085129
Middlesex and Westminster8614976211173851493016364
1060567[134]6821674880693821493

Thus it appears, that in London only, of 1060 prisoners, tried in the course of a year, only 493 were punished; of whom 197, after a temporary confinement, would return upon the Public, with little prospect of being better disposed to be useful to Society, than before.—It may be estimated that in all England, including those offenders who are tried at the County Sessions, upwards of five thousand individuals, charged with criminal offences, are thrown back upon Society every year.—

But this is not all,—for according to the present System, out of about two hundred and upwards who are, upon an average every year, doomed to suffer the punishment of death, four-fifths or more are generally pardoned[135] either on condition of being transported, or of going into His Majesty's service, and not seldom without any condition at all.