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crime in Halton, when over one-half
(1 1C Aljl1US'51.tS 1,0S of It is caused by their determined! r `,
_ _ _' _ •-• - • . orposition to the Act, if the we i w' e
1•'Ii11)<I 1 , APRIL 24, 1885, deduct the seventeen vagrants, and I. ° -
the 84 violations of the Seutt Act, we »
Crime in Halton. have a total of 28 erimee comtutted,
awl 22 eouvictious for crimp during '
, in Scutt Act 1lalton. \\'u vim- ':-
t:r l:!', an8
F. tilt+\\':\err, U11i\'11,1.4:. 1883te 'A , , . . . :re .
lure the nssnrtion that uo other conn•
8 A te ~1
011.0 a the favorite falsehoods elr• ty in Ontario eau show su little crime
iodated In the anti -tisane it other ! in propurtiou to the popnlation. To e::417 Hr '.tofz" 2:5
13.OM -m , . r-» ':1tel
counties is the unfoundeditsscrtut° I make this more readily under: toads ^1 t- r tl: o
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te
more impressivr, we give below /+
thee that" le rt greater proporttou of
aim el Halton than in mast other : a e& ulpatativo table, allowing the
eounho;, and, dean in the Province number of people to each crime cmn-
et large; and that since the Act urine imined, awl mlau the number to each
in fore», there has been more prime I person eouvieted in eitelt county, and
than at any former period of the same i tv the whole Province. I deduct
1eugth: A gentleman said to me, not i from cull the number of vagrants e G
long since, to a neighcariug canu6y, 1 and breaches of the Scott Act, andkri H
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If there is less crime in Halton uoty other liquor laws :— :el S a ' a' 8 : Y c y r
than formerly, it must have been a o ^ 0 =,� r. M N L� H r-1 N H -. , 3. M " �: ° a " "o Q
'y Imw-m et3atn;etwdty re H4rrL4#1 738W
terrible place at cue time." Such o � �"� n,u;N".+ n,N
are the mix -statements with which 6 Vt.; H ; ; A few moments contemplation of
the anti•Seetts try to deceive the poo• z ..w eo : the above figures should he sufficient
Ile. It is a note worthy feet, that N ° tr o14t''''','"".�. mti'selle°,se tee— 2 to convince the most, sceptical of the
re a' N N mai. mttible feet, that there is less
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during the hate contest lu Halton, the
assertion that there is tuorc crime
here than iu other counties, and than
at auy former period was never rw.do
--nu man, not even E. K. Dodds
himself, would have dared to make
such a etatcuteut. The truth is that
Halton was always one of the most
law-abiding comitioa in Ontario, and
)tint it ie vastly more so now than
before. happily wo are nut left
to elle, were coojeeture on this point,
as neccesttrily the case, more or less,
with reference to the relative amount
of liquor druuk here before and since
the inception of the Let. The official
statistic, of crime for 1883, published
by the I/emiuton CGovernmeut, have
recently been received, and from them
many suggestive facts may be gather
ed, which bee the came effect as the
assertions of the anti -Scotts, that a
charge of dynamite does upon build-
ings under which it is exploded.
Coming from such a source, of course
the figures are authentic and indite;
potable, end from them there can be
no appeal. For the purpose of cum•
parisen with Halton we take all the
betel •tint' counties, viz., Peel, Wel-
lington rout \Ventw,rth, where the
circu+nstancea and likelihood of crime
tare ata nearly as possible equal, with
the exception of the liquor laws. We
also choose a namber of Counties
representative of all part; of the
Province, but taking the majority
from the westeru part. Some of
these, as Huron, Oxford, Norfolk,
etc., are among the meet law-abiding
countiett in the Province. Others, as
Wentworth, Carleton and Hasttugs,
are eut:,nt the worst, though not the
worst. (Inc selection is more than
fair to one opponents, as in all but
three out of the twelve counties chos-
en, the t inunut of crime is less than
the proportionate amount for the
whole Province. Now let us eeo how
Halton stands the test.
Firet, wo notice that, with one ex•
ceptinu, every one charged with crime
in Halton was convicted, which is the
ease in no other county. Now the
only correct comparison of crime is
between the number charged, not the
number couvieted. For instance, we
notice that in Wentworth there were
29 persons charged with house and
shop breaking, and of these only nine
were convicted. But, although the
other twenty were acquitted, yet the
crimes with which they were charged
must have been committed by some
one—the only difficulty being, either
that the parties arrested were not the
guilty parties, or that there was not
sufficient evidence to secure convic-
tion. So in these comparisons we
will consider the number of persons
charged with crime as being the num-
ber of (.rimes actually committed.
However, that no fault may befound,
we give both the number of primes
committed, and the number of con
victims secured.
We find that in 1888, there were
74 crimes in Halton committed, and
seventy -throe persons convicted. Of
these, however seventeen were for
vagrancy, and thirtyfour for breaoh•
es of the Scott Act, These require
retnark. In Milton, the county town,
therois 110 lock-up, so all vagrants
aro committed and sent to the gaol,
and are reported to the Government.
In other county towns, such as
Brampton, Woodstock, etc , there
aro lockups, ea that the majority of
those vagrants who, in Balton, aro
sent to the gaol and reported., in the
other counties would have been sent
tb the lookup and nut reported. So
for ftairnoee, that seveutceu must be
deducted. The other 34 arc for vice
lations of the Scott Act. Very natur-
ally the hotel -keepers of Halton fought
against the Act for the first term,
]hoping it would bo repealed at the
end of that time. It is decidedly
unfair, in spoaltiug of the amount of
crime under the Scott Act, to include
the wilful violations of that Act. It
is decidedly "ehooky," though tlaor.
onghly aharaetoristio, for the anti.
Scotts to speak of the amount of
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Lo, the difference! -While in Hal-
ton there is only ono crime committed
to every 958 of a population, in Brant
there is one to every 119, in Welling.
ton one to 10.4' iu Wentworth one to
28, in Carleton one to 85, &c. ; and
in the whole Province one to every 58
people. Even in Huron, where there
is probably less crime than iu any
other comity except Halton, there is
one oritue for every 489 people. To
matzo this eiffereune even more em-
phatic, we give below the statement
iu another form.
Iu proportion to the population
there wine during 1883 :—
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ciag:46308ityow"
0
This should be sufficient, once for
all, to refute the absurd statement as
to the amount of crime in Halton.
But, lost some old croaker, driven in•
to a corner, should say that the
amount of crime has always been
small here, but that it is greater than
formerly, we give below another table
10 wlticlt we give the crime for 1881,
(the Mast whole year during which
l:Ialtou was under license), and for
1883 ander tho Scott Act, showing
the increase or decrease per centum.
Wo deduct broaches of liquor laws
and vagrants in each county and for
both years :—
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crime to Halton than is any other
county in Ontario, and that tho de-
crease of crimp here it greater than
in Any other plaeo.
In counecttor with these statistics
we might further notice that there
were only 3 drunks reported for 1883
from Halton, while from Brant there
were 102 drunks ; Wellington, 272 ;
Wentworth, 839 ; Carleton, 844 ;
Peel, 12; Huron 18 ; Norfolk, 39 ;
Simcoe, 151 ; Oxford, 70 ; Hastings,
423 ; Grey, 52 ; Ontario 28.
This goes a long way to nail an
other antibecott lie, namely, that
there is a largo amuaut of drunken
nese in Halton, greater than in most
other places, and greater than iu
former years. But look at the above
figure» and see how they bear out
that assertiou, 13 in Halton, and all
the way from 12 to 839 iu the other
counties. In 1880 there were seven
drunks reported from Halton, aid in
1881, 23 drunks. Where is tho iu-
crease ?
Anotheo tui: -statement made by
the anti -Scotts in other counties; is
to the effect that tlto Act cannot be
enforced ; th it it is impassible to se-
cure convictions. Again do we lcnow
facto to come to the rescue, and again
prove these assertions false, At rho
inception of the Amt: there wore 42
Licensed bars in Halton. In 1883
there were 34 persons convicted fur
violations of the Act. Wo could not
expect a more thorough enforcement
of any law. We may further remark
that since the Act canto iu force near-
ly every ltotel.kucper in the county
has been fined twice, and several eon-
touced to prison. In fact so vigor-
ously has the law been enforced that
nearly one-half of the hotels are now
clused tip, and only those are yet in
the business whose houses are
necessary for purely hotel pur-
poses. Then in its power to les
son crime aid immorality among the
people, wo must pronouuco the Scott
Act voter noon and worthy of the
support of the people.
-Perth. Cornty Notes.
St. Marys gives the Mechanics' Iu-
stitue $150 this year,
S. Bardet, of St. Marys has pur-
chased a general business in Toronto.
The Latter Day Saints are trying
to convert the benighted denizens of
St. Marys this spring.
A. B. Ford, son of Dr. Ford, of St.
Marys, is now champion runner of
the State of Colorado.
lirs.S.P. Todd, of Downey, has ro-
coutly completed a quilt containing
7,537 pieces in various colours.
Patrick Tobin and William Brown
were arrested and sent to Stratford
for robbing Isaac James of Kingston.
Jas. Porter, of Elma, has sold his
yearling stallion, from Scotcliman, to
L. Pelton, of Trowbridge, for the sum
of $225.
Mr, Divine, rho proprietor of the
National Hotel, St. Marys, will take
steps immediately to have the house
rebuilt.
Crozier Bros. have leased the Os.
ford House, St. Marys, for a term of
years. Tho late profrietor returns to
his farm in Nissouri.
Rev. Mr. Harris, of Iiirktou, has
succeeded in procuring ono of Mr.
Savage's hallelujah Bands, and epee.
ial services will be commenced short.
ly,
Curtain members of the Stratford
council for 1884 1vi11 be made toe the
mark for illegally refnuding $80 to
each of the parties wito held liquor
licenses Met year.
Tho Grand Trunk workshops at
Stratford are now running only four
days in the week, being closed down
front Thursday niglit till Monday
morning, Besides this n reduction of
5 per cent off all salaries from $350 to
$600, and of 10 per cent ell all over
$600, has been made. This reduc-
tion has been coneidorod ueeessary
owing to lack of business on the road.
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Arai, 24, 1885.
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