1 ( 10 )
2 14. Froin the following Table it will be seen how small a portion of
3 the crime which does exist is heinous :—
4 Ist Class of
5 YEAR. Atrocity, 2nd. 3rd. 4th.
6 Small portion of hein-
7 ous crimes,
8 1854... 249 704 24,103 | 20,659
9 1855...) 221 579 | 18,870 | 21,598
10 The first and second classes comprising all the worst offences, such
11 as murder, murderous wounding, violent robbery, and the like, are
12 only one-fiftieth of the whole! and it is satisfactory to note that this,
13 the worst fraction, is diminishing year by year.
14 Crimes of highest atrocity.
15 1852, ° 1853. = 1854, 1855.
16 Ist Class... .. ... 415 370 249 221
17 2nd Class 42.0 eeeeee 791 729 704 579
18 Again, a large part of the most heinous crime is chargeable to the
19 Progressive decrease of Ltans-Indus Frontier. Though shown in the Crimi-
20 atrocious crimes, nal Returns under the usual headings, yet much
21 of it should be termed raids by Wild Tribes from beyond the Frontier.
22 ‘Murder is decreasing everywhere in both Hill and Plain. In tlie Central
23 and Eastern Districts, it #s becoming almost rare. Many of the cases
24 result from disputes about women. This cause will not be altogether
25 removed till civilized customs shall have had time to spread and to
26 elevate the morality, position, and treatment of females. Dacoity, or
27 Freedom from Da. 8@ng robbery, has not re-appeared. since itg first
28 Soity. suppression, The Dacoity cases arising on . the
29 Frontier are really border raids, Thuggee is perhaps extinct, certainly ~
30 dormant, although some members of the old gangs are at large. High-
31 way robbery occasionally manifests itself, but it occurs in the Cis-Sutlej
32 States, where the intermingling of the jurisdiction of petty Native States -