A STATEMENT Showing the number of cases of Criminal Prosecution in each County in the State of Iowa, and the sentence in each case, for the year ending the 31st day of October, A. D. 1862, as reported by the Clerks of the District Court of the several Counties thereof. STATEMENT-CONTINUED. 283 33 7 318 102 36 61 3 8 5 2 1 3 1 According to the foregoing, there were 283 cases of criminal prosecution. Of these, thirty-three persons were sentenced to imprisonment in the Penitentiary; seven persons were sentenced to pay a fine and costs and be imprisoned in the County Jail; three persons were sentenced to pay costs and be imprisoned in County Jail; eighteen persons were sentenced to imprisonment in County Jail, one hundred and two persons were sentenced to pay a fine and costs; thirty-six persons were sentenced to pay a fine and costs and stand committed; sixty-one persons were sentenced to pay a fine; three perssns were acquitted, eight persons were discharged on payment of costs, five persons sentenced to pay costs, two vagrants to be bound out by County Judge, one person to give a new bond to keep the peace, three persons were discharged, and in one case there was no sentence. Of the ninety-nine Counties in this State, forty-one reported criminal prosecutions and convictions; thirty-one reported no criminal prosecutions or convictions, twenty-five made no report, and two are not organized. A STATEMENT Showing the costs of Criminal Prosecution in each County in the State of Iowa for the year ending the 31st day of October, A. D. 1862, as shown by the returns of the Clerks of the District Court of the several Counties therein. Total,. ...... $6,535 85 $2,127 70 $4,169 30 $17,294 42 $30,127 27 Fifty-four Counties reported costs of criminal prosecutions, of these 47 reported the costs under the head of "expense of County," 14 reported the costs in Justice Courts, 41 reported the amount paid District and other Attorneys, 25 reported the costs of Grand Jury, 27 counties report that there have been no costs paid for criminal prosecutions therein, 16 counties have made no report to this office for 1862 and 2 counties are not organized. |