Show CRIME CONDITIONS GROWING BETTER REPORT S SHO Annual Report of City il ilce e Court Shows Decrease Dec De De- Decrease De- De c crease ease in Arrests That conditions in Salt Lake were much better In 1917 than In iii 1916 and andI L I that hat tho ho number of crimes was cut nearly In half was shown by the annual annual annual an an- nual r report port of the city police pollee court which has just been completed b by Spencer Collins chief deputy clerk of that tribunal The report shows t that not only i is il crime on tho the decrease I but that vagrants disorderly persons drunks and gamblers have been remarkably re remarkably re- re few In Salt Lake for the last year According to the report in 1917 lOll there were convictions 1550 1650 dismissals dismissals dis dis- missals without trial and andS eight acquittals out of a Q total of cases oases brought before the court In 1916 there were convictions 1172 dismissals without trial and ac ac- ac Ali AU charges listed in the police court records show a decrease In in 1917 from 1917 from 1916 and in some cases to a surprising surprising- degree Bat Battery ery cases in 1917 1017 totaled eighty 86 in 1916 cruelty to animals animals ani ani- mals mals- 25 in 1917 37 in 1916 1016 concealed weapons 50 in 1917 and 78 73 in 1916 disturbing the peace in In- 1917 1917 in 1516 1916 drunks 2919 In 1917 in 1916 disorderlY disorderly houses 34 in 1917 49 In 1916 petty larceny In 1917 anu anti In 1916 vagrants 1943 in 1917 and 2347 In in 1916 Considerable money was received by bythe bythe bythe the court this year mainly through traffic violations and violation of liquor ordinances From forfeitures forfeiture there was ws derived a revenue of Fines brought ht the court of which was In cash s served out at 1 I a day fines In InI Incases incases cases appealed to higher courts and I 1702 1 In commitments |