Show Crime in Massachusetts I Tho commitments for drunkenness in 1841 were 1143 in a total of 3692 for all offenses In 1S90 there were 25653 in a total of 28923 Excluding tho commitments commit-ments for drunkenness tho commitments I in 1841 were 2SlS In 1890 they wore 7450 the commitments to state prison being omitted in both cases The population popula-tion of the state had trebled I tho number num-ber of commitments for other offenses than drunkenness had increased at tho same rate they would have been 8439 They were only 7450 In other words tho increase in-crease in the commitments for serious offenses was not as large by about 12 percent per-cent as tho increase in population Warren War-ren F Spalding |