========+========+=========+=========+===============+=========+=========+====== |Offenses|Offenses |Offenses | Forgery |Violent | Other |Total. |against |against |against | and |Attacks |Offenses.| Years. |Persons.|Property |Property |Counterfeiting.|against | | | | with |without | |Property.| | | |Violence.|Violence.| | | | --------+--------+---------+---------+---------------+---------+---------+------ 1858 | 14 | 29 | 233 | 13 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 296 1859 | 13 | 22 | 209 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 263 1860 | 11 | 20 | 207 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 4 | 253 1861 | 12 | 25 | 200 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 4 | 252 1862 | 12.5 | 28 | 203 | 9.5 | 3 | 6 | 262 1863 | 14.5 | 26 | 194 | 9 | 3.5 | 7 | 254 1864 | 15 | 24 | 190 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 7 | 246 +--------+---------+---------+---------------+---------+---------+------ Average | 13 | 25 | 205 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 260 ========+========+=========+=========+===============+=========+=========+====== Here the influence of the fall of prices is distinctly seen; offenses against property have decreased, those against persons, on the contrary, have increased. ENGLAND AND WALES. Total Offenses Tried by Jury, and Offenses not Specified. ========+==========================+=========================== Years. |Assaults upon Persons to | Attacks upon Property |100,000 of the Population.|without Violence to 100,000 | | of the Population. --------+--------------------------+--------------------------- 1858 | 439 | 439 1859 | 438 | 399 1860 | 399 | 392 1861 | 383 | 415 1862 | 403 | 433 1863 | 436 | 392 1864 | 469 | 365 +--------------------------+--------------------------- Average | 426 | 405 ========+==========================+=========================== The great fall in the price of grain in 1863–1864 is once more accompanied by a diminution of the offenses against property, and an increase in those against persons. We might conclude from this table that the remark concerning crimes against property and those against persons is not applicable, since in 1858 the number of crimes against property was very high, notwithstanding the reduced price of grain. Here is Dr. Mayr’s explanation of it: