Reports of the superintendent and chaplain of Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum for the year 1864.

  • Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum
Date:
1865
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Credit: Reports of the superintendent and chaplain of Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum for the year 1864. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Classification of Sentences. Males. Females. Total. Charged with capital offences and acquitted on the ground of insanity _ _ - Charged with capital offences and found insane 34 22 56 on arraignment _ _ _ . Convicted of capital offences and become insane 18 10 28 after trial - - - - - Charged with offences not capital and acquitted 3 5 8 on the ground of insanity - - - Charged with offences not capital and found 54 7 61 insane on arraignment _ _ _ Convicted of offences not capital and become 40 9 49 insane after trial - - - - 73 48 121 222 101 323 Number of patients whose term of sentence had • expired on the 31st December 1864 - 22 40 62 Pkevious Occupation of the Male Patients. Artist - - - - 1 Marine - - • 2 Blacksmith - - - 3 Mariner - - . 4 Boatman - - - 1 Painter - - - - 1 Brewer - - - 1 Pen-blade grinder - - 1 Bricklayer - - - 2 Percussioner - - - 1 Butcher - - - 2 Pianoforte maker - • 1 Cabinet maker - - - 5 Plasterer - - • 1 Camp follower - - - 1 Porter - - - - 2 Carpenter - - - 2 Postmaster - - - 1 Carter - - - - 1 Potboy - - - - 1 Castrator - - - 1 Publican - - - 3 Caulker - - - 1 Quarryman - - - 1 Chemist - - - 1 Servant - - 2 Clerk - - • - 4 Shoemaker - - • 10 Coal dealer - - - 1 Silversmith - - - 1 Collier - - - - 1 Soldier - - - - 14 Commissioned officer in army - 3 Stone sawyer - - - 1 in navy - 1 Surgeon - - - 1 Cooper - - - - 1 Sweep - - - - 3 Draper - - - - 2 Tailor - - - - 3 Dyer - - - 1 Tinplate worker - - 1 Engineer and fitter - - 4 Toll collector - - - 1 Factory hand - - - 5 Turner - - - - 2 Farmer - - - - 5 Waiter - - - - 1 Gamekeeper - - - 2 Watchmaker - - - 1 Gardener - - - 3 W heelwright - - - 1 General dealer - - - 1 Grocer - - - 1 183 Hairdresser - - - 2 Of no occupation, or occupa- 1 39 Hawker and traveller - 6 tion not stated - r Labourer •• - * 57 222
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