| Show SENTENCES OF CONVICTS census bulletin no compiled under the direction of rev fred 11 II wines special agent of the census office tor for the collection of statistic a relating to pauperism and crime tarnishes it some new now information si a to the sentences imposed by the C courts upon prisoners in penitentiaries aries of prisoners in the penitentiaries aries of the country 53 were not sentenced 2485 2486 were servine serving sentences of lees less than one year had been sentenced to imprisonment for a definite term of years 2688 for life 12 daring their minority and 62 were under sentence of death doth and awaiting ex elution eco ec tion ution where sentence for a definite term of yeata is pronounced the most common sentence is found to be for two years and then in 1 the order stated for five three one ten ton four seven and six years nearly seven eighths ol 01 all ill penitentiary sentences fall under one of these eight varieties therease there Ther eare are reported sentences of 60 50 years and over of which 65 55 are for 99 years the number of fractional sentences was and tailing taking the them minto into the account the total duration of imprisonment for not less than one year but bat less than for life ordered by the courts was years and 6 5 months the a average g term of sentence therefore I 1 is S 6 5 years year and days A tendency to greater severity of sentence is apparent in the south and west the average sentence of a natice native white convict of native parents is 5 years and days of a foreign born convict 5 years and days and of a colored convict 6 years and days the average sentence of a male convict is 6 5 years and days and of a IL female convict 4 years and days Is IN 1880 seattle had a population of in 1890 the figures were an increase of per cant |
