| Show i I. I BACHELORS CLEAD LEAD LEADIN IN CRIME GRIME 3 TO 1 Unmarried Criminals F Fr r Outnumber Outnumber Outnumber Out Out- number Married Ones Olles THREE-FOURTHS THREE UNDER 30 Statistic Show That Married Marred Men Attempt At tempt Suicide More Frequently Than Unmarried Ones Single Ones Single Women Criminals Criminal More Numerous New York h Many more unmarried than married men commit crimes according according ac ac- ac cording to the report of ot Henry Denry D. D Sayer chief clerk of the district attorneys attorney's attorneys attorney's ney's office The he report shows that Ir Is 1012 there were is convictions of or married men in general sessions andin andin and andIn in the criminal branch of the supreme court and that there were 2063 convictions lions dons of ot unmarried men There were CO 66 convictions of ot married women and convictions of ot unmarried women Records Record show that In the last nine years there ha have ha e been convictions convie- convie convictions of ot unmarried men while among men who had bad at some time led a bride to the altar there were but O convictions con con- The unmarried men excel In almost every crime on the calendar The Tho most notable exception is In the case of ot attempted suicide Last year the ratio was three married men to toona toone toone one ona unmarried The report also shows that about three fourths of ot the men who are brought into court are aro under thirty years of ot age Of t the 2857 2851 men convicted con last year 10 0 to were under the age of ot twenty and 1278 were between twenty-one twenty and thirty years old After After Aft AIt er the age of ot thirty the ratio gradually decreases there thera being but five Ove men over seventy who last ye year r were convicted con con- of ot any crime Out of ot persona persons convicted in the last nine olne years ears were between the ages of ot twenty-one twenty and thirty and were between fifteen and twenty years Among the women two of those convicted were under thirty It ItIs ItIs Itis Is also apparent from the report that In the last nine years there has bas been beena a gradual Increase In the number of or young men of at criminal tendencies the number of ot convictions of ot male criminals criminals crimi crimi- nals under the age of ot thirty ba having increased In in- Increased creased from 1700 In 1004 to 2200 In 1012 1912 On the other hand band the number of ot convictions of men over the age of ot thirty has remained about station station- ary arr The TIle report shows that the office disposed dis dis- disposed posed POlled of ot actions during the year There were convictions In general general gen gen- eral sessions and the supreme co court rt of ot which 2383 were upon pleas of ot guilty and and upon verdicts after atter trial There were trials that resulted re r suited In acquittal There were more convictions for tor murder in the first degree th than n In any other year In the history of ot the coun coun- ty Thirteen persons were convicted of ot first degree murder while the higheSt highest high high- est eat number appearing in the records of ot oth other r years is eight It Is also worthy worthy wor wor- thy of or note that for tor the first time on record In this county four tour men were jointly tried and each ench found guilty of ot murder in the first degree The average sentence Imposed was five On years and six months and the total state prison terms amounted to years years The longest sentences sentences' were for tor burglary In the first degree There has bas been a gradual increase Inthe in inthe inthe the length of ot sentences imposed since 1904 when the average was four tour years and six months The most frequent crime was grand larceny with GOO COO convictions Next Neat came burglary with convictions I |
