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Crime and prison discipline: forwarding letter from William Hepburn Rennie, lieutenant...

Catalogue reference: CO 321/3/7

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This record is about the Crime and prison discipline: forwarding letter from William Hepburn Rennie, lieutenant... dating from 1874 Mar 4 in the series Colonial Office: Windward Islands Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CO 321/3/7
Date
1874 Mar 4
Description

Crime and prison discipline: forwarding letter from William Hepburn Rennie, lieutenant governor of St Vincent, 19 February 1874 enclosing a printed copy of 'criminal statistics' for the annual blue book giving total numbers of offences reported to the police or the magistrates during 1873; numbers of persons brought before the magistrates' courts and whether convicted, referred to superior courts, or case dismissed; number of summary convictions; and number of indictments and informations in the superior courts, together with a report by the attorney general. Also enclosing a printed report on 'gaols and prisoners', with a report by the provost marshal.

Rawson William Rawson, Governor of Windward Islands, St Vincent No. 10. Folios 49-65.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former reference
3474/1874
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Open Document, Open Description
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Colonial Office: Windward Islands Original Correspondence

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