| Show PRISONERS AS an official return ol of the ass basea of official ads flogging bogging of prisoners in bogis 16 aoe nce 1876 has hab ud been issued wo glum of punishment is in under a hm bossed in 1861 during the past aim years yean there have hare been angll the maximum number in any one year was wa O in 1898 1891 when there were 46 caw 0 with the exception of two for garroting parroting garro ting all the punishments were for robbery or assault with intent to rob of the cases case were in london and lancashire being reported from the central criminal court from the he liverpool Li assizes 22 from the manchester and 7 froom from the lancaster ass assister iser yorkshire had bad 31 caw cam during the period covered by the report derbyshire two and cheshire one the majority malo rity of at he criminals were men over 20 years of age in jibe be entire list there were only looven youths under 17 years old it is in shown bows bj v cam comparative dative tables in the me report that the infliction infliction of the punishment on en vicious oases cam of assault and robbery had a direct tendency to reduce offenses of that nature during the low few years preceding 1893 it had bad been customary to imprison offenders of this close class only but in that year there was wa a revival of the use of the cat officially and a very great falling oft off in the he number of crimes antho in the class to which it was directed this la Is taken as proof that the thieves who oth gwise wise would resort to violence against intended victims themselves selves are in such serious dread of the bodily pain that comes with flogging bogging that hat they hey aie very slow to risk incurring such punishment this hint bint is one that might be available elsewhere as an a suggestion of how bow to deal with those W who ho engage in unlawfully best beat ing and bruising their fellow beings |
