Police Office, St. John’s, 1836.

RETURN OF OFFENCES REPORTED AT THE POLICE STATIONS FROM 1ST TO 31ST MAY.

NATURE OF St. E. Par- John- Total.  More Less
OFFENSES.  John’s.  Har- ham. ston’s than than
                    bour.  Point. last last
                                                  month. month.

Assaults. 2 2 4 5
  Do. and
  Batteries. 2 3 5 10 8

Breach of
Contract. 4 11 59 74 16

Burglaries. 2 3 5 2

Commitments
  under
  Vagrant
  Act. 4 1 5 10
  Do. for
  Fines. 5 5 2
  Do under
  amended
  Porter’s
  and
  Jobber’s
  Act. 7

Felonies. 2 2 2

Injury to
property. 4 9 7 20 5

Larcenies. 4 4 4

Misdemeanors.3 12 15 15

Murders.

Petty
Thefts. 1 1 10

Trespasses. 1 2 2 5

Riding improperly thro’ the streets.

Total 33 41 76 150 25 61

Signed, Richard S. Wickham, Superintendent of Police.

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     Superintendent’s office,
     Antigua, July 6th, 1836.

“SIR,—­I have the honor to submit for your information, a general return of all offences reported during the last month, by which your Honor will perceive, that no increase of ‘breach of contract’ has been recorded.

While I congratulate your Honor on the successful maintenance of general peace, and a reciprocal good feeling among all classes of society, I beg to assure you, that the opinion which I have been able to form in relation to the behavior of the laboring population, differs but little from my late observations.

At a crisis like this, when all hopes of the ultimate success of so grand and bold an experiment, depends, almost entirely, on a cordial co-operation of the community, I sincerely hope, that no obstacles or interruptions will now present themselves, to disturb that general good understanding so happily established, since the adoption of unrestricted freedom.”

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    Superintendent’s office,
    St. John’s, Sept. 4th, 1836.

    “SIR—­I have the honor to enclose, for the information of your
    Excellency, the usual monthly return of offences reported for
    punishment.