This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... 1 Powrhead, Total, FEES IN SHERIFF COURTS AND COMMISSARY OFFIC'ES--YEAR 1905. TABLE LX.--Return of Fees received and accounted for to the King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer in Exchequer in the various Sheriff Court Districts and Commissary Oflioes during the Year. Dia. I.--Total Persons disposed of. The total number of apprehensions or citations to appear before a Criminal Court and disposed of in Scotland during the year 1906 amounted to 175,175. This is the highest point reached for the last four years, but it is below the maximum of 1901. From that year the numbers of persons proceeded against for crimes and oifences decreased until 1904; since then they have been rising, and now stand pretty nearly where they did in 1899, when approaching the 1901 maximum. If we look further back it will be seen that the numbers proceeded against have increased along a more or less irregular curve by 40 per cent. above what they were 20 years ago. Die. V.Malicious Injuries to Property. Dis. VI.-Forgery and Crimes against Currency. Dia. VlI.--Other Crimes, not included in the above. Dia. VIII.--Miscellaneous. Minor Offences. The same fact may be stated otherwise, thus, that drunkenness is chiefly found where there is plenty of money in the hands of the lowest class of labourer. We cannot but feel that if the money spent during the year on the alcohol which has directly produced the 105,452 cases of drunkenness, and the cases of disorder, nine-tenths at least arising from intoxication, had been saved together with the fines paid as penalties, it might have been employed to aid the funds required for the relief of suffering from poverty through want of employment and even through improvidence. If we reckon, further, the police prosecution...