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Conviction in different parts of the Kingdom, or to Penitentiary
Houses or who are discharged by free Pardons or by the expiration
of the term of the Punishment in each year; Together with a general
View of the aggregate number of Convicts at New South Wales &
Norfolk Island by the last returns; the aggregate number in
the different Hulks at Woolwich Langston and Portsmouth. The
aggregate number of Convicts in Penitentiary Houses Houses of
Correction & Goals in every part of Great Britain distinguishing in
all cases the Sexes and Age, and every other fact which can contribute
to covey a complete view not only of the State of criminality of
the Country, but also the expences attending it, and if the plan
of a Police Gazette can be established this useful information
will not only be regularly conveyed to every person connected with
the Police of the Country but no sooner would any offence be
committed than information would be sent from the Central
Board to every part of the Country with such a description of
the delinquents as would probably lead to a prompt detection:
and by the comparison of the number of offences thus known to
be committed and the number of Crimes ascertained to have
received Punishment a most useful test would be obtained on
the efficacy of the measures of all Kinds taken for the prevention
of Crimes.
Might it not be desirable to give to the proposed Central
Board of Police a power similar to that now enjoyed by the
Hackney Coach Office and similar to what is enjoyed by many
Corporations of enacting bye Laws for the better regulation of
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benjamin constant |
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see note to letter 1329, vol. 6 |
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