England.
In speaking of the influence of economic conditions upon mendicity Dr. Mayr gives the following table:
England and Wales.
| Years. | Price of Wheat (Quarter). | Number of Vagrants. | ||
| sh. | d. | |||
| 1858 | 44 | 2 | 22,559 | |
| 1859 | 43 | 10 | 23,353 | |
| 1860 | 53 | 3 | 22,666 | |
| 1861 | 55 | 4 | 24,001 | |
| 1862 | 55 | 5 | ½ | 29,504 |
| 1863 | 44 | 9 | 33,182 | |
| 1864 | 40 | 2 | 31,932 | |
However, in this case the increase of mendicity does not rest upon the high prices alone, but also upon the crisis which, owing to the depression of the cotton industry from 1860 on, lowered the plane of living of hundreds of thousands of workers, or drove them into the street.
England and Wales.
Number and Kind of Cases Tried by Jury.
| Years. | Offenses against Persons. | Offenses against Property with Violence. | Offenses against Property without Violence. | Forgery and Counterfeiting. | Violent Attacks against Property. | Other | Total. | ||||
| 1858 | 14 | 29 | 233 | 13 | 2 | .5 | 4 | .5 | 296 | ||
| 1859 | 13 | 22 | 209 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 263 | ||||
| 1860 | 11 | 20 | 207 | 8 | .5 | 2 | .5 | 4 | 253 | ||
| 1861 | 12 | 25 | 200 | 8 | .5 | 2 | .5 | 4 | 252 | ||
| 1862 | 12 | .5 | 28 | 203 | 9 | .5 | 3 | 6 | 262 | ||
| 1863 | 14 | .5 | 26 | 194 | 9 | 3 | .5 | 7 | 254 | ||
| 1864 | 15 | 24 | 190 | 6 | .5 | 3 | .5 | 7 | 246 | ||
| Average | 13 | 25 | 205 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 260 | ||||
Here the influence of the fall of prices is distinctly seen; offenses against property have decreased, those against persons, on the contrary, have increased. [[44]]
England and Wales.