Police Report
Police Report
In the May number of the Watchman we find a summary of Police
cases from Sept 4., 1849 to March 26, 1850, which we transfer to our columns.
| Cases of Murder, | 4 |
| Attempt to kill, | 10 |
| Larceny, | 170 |
| Drunkenness and disorderly conduct, | 391 |
| Delirium and attempts at suicide, | 18 |
| Perjury, | 2 |
| Highway Robbery | 3 |
| Assault and Battery, | 70 |
| Mutiny, | 4 |
| Conspiracy, | 2 |
| Swindling, | 5 |
| Burglary, | 1 |
| Desertion, | 40 |
| Discharging fire-arms, | 21 |
| ___ | |
| Total | 741 |
In addition, nearly or quite as many more small cases, consisting of drunkeness, &c., were disposed of without prosecution.
Source: Daily Alta California. 2 May 1850. page 2.
| Murder | 7 |
| larceny | 230 |
| burglary | 6 |
| assault, with intent to kill | 102 |
| perjury | 1 |
| robbery | 3 |
| desertions | 50 |
| mutiny | 18 |
| drunkenness | 581 |
| resisting of officers | 8 |
| swindling | 5 |
| threatening to take life | 14 |
| picking pockets | 4 |
| conspiracy | 2 |
| breach of peace | 6 |
| acting policy officer | 4 |
| suspicion of freeing criminals | 2 |
| delirium tremens | 5 |
| contempt of court | 6 |
| passing counterfeit money | 1 |
| discharging fire arms | 26 |
| insanity | 2 |
| lunacy | 2 |
| abusing wife | 4 |
| furious driving | 3 |
| crazy | 2 |
| vagrants | 6 |
| passing bad gold dust | 1 |
| using false weights | 1 |
| refusing to work at fire | 1 |
| obstructing streets and nuisances | 40 |
| fugitive from justice | 1 |
| attempt to commit suicide | 2 |
| [TOTAL | 1107] |
Source: Daily Alta California. 23 August 1850. page 2.
