ALPHABETICAL REGISTER OF HABITUAL CRIMINALS WHO HAVE BEEN LIBERATED, SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES OE THE 8TH CLAUSE Of " THE HABITUAL CRIMINALS ACT, 1869;" OR OE THE 7TH OR 8TH CLAUSES OF " THE PRETENTION OF CRIMES ACT, 1871," TO THE 31ST MARCH, 1876. LONDON: PRINTED IN THE PRINTING WORKS AT HER MAJESTY'S PRISON, BRIXTON. 1877. c// M< J< VZ Shs. < 2 # 1/ PREFACE. THIS List of Habitual Criminals has been compiled from the returns furnished from the Prisons in England and " Wales in compliance with the " Habitual Criminals Act, 1869," ( Section 6) and the " Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871," ( Section 6, paragraph 5), which provide that a central Register of Criminals should be formed, and that the Governor of every Prison should furnish returns, with such particulars as might be prescribed, of all persons convicted of the crimes specified in the schedules of the Acts. The result has been that from 11th December, 1869, to 31st March, 1876, ( the period embraced by this List) 179,601 persons have been placed on the REGISTER ; viz., in 1869 and 1870 31,764 1871 27,990 1872 28,698 1873 29,136 1874 28,526 1875 26,407 1876 ( to 31st March) .. .. 7,080 The List, now printed, has been framed by separating from this great mass of returns those which refer to persons whose reputation as Habitual Criminals may be taken as established by their being therein stated to come under the definition given in Section 8 of the " Habitual Criminals Act, 1869," or Sections 7 and 8 of the " Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871;" viz:— who have been " convicted on indictment of a crime, and a previous con- viction is proved against them;" and though a selected list so formed may possibly omit a few names of criminals whom it would be desirable to have on such a REGISTER, it is, no doubt, practically, far more useful than a list which is encumbered with the names of all persons convicted, whether habitual criminals or not, and a large number of whom may never appear as criminals again, or of whom it is sufficient that they should be known in the localities to which they belong. The names of all such persons have been placed in alphabetical order, and thus all local authorities will have at their command, in a most convenient form, the information hitherto to be found only at the Central Registry, by which they may establish a prima facie identification of any person suspected to be an habitual criminal, and will be able to procure at once, direct from the locality or the Prison where he is known, any further information, evidence, means of identification, photographs, & c., which they may be in want of, without the loss of time caused by reference to London. For the correctness of the information given in the returns, the authorities at the various Prisons, from which they were received, are, of course, responsible. Proof that any person in the List comes under the definition of either of the above Sections, and of the previous convictions recorded, must, therefore, be sought at the Prison where the criminal was confined, and whence the return was furnished. Discrepancies which are to^ be found in the descriptions of the same person may be accounted for by there having been hitherto no common standard or a common system in regard to the terms used. The necessity of strict accuracy and fulness in the description should be rigidly insisted on by the local authorities. Similar Lists will be compiled and printed periodically in continuation of this, and it will rest with the local authorities not only to make use of the powers which the " Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871," gives them for checking the career of Habitual Criminals, but to contribute to the completeness of the list of persons who come under that description by taking the course necessary to bring them under the definition given by the 7th and 8th Sections of the Act. It may be interesting to add that the number of persons comprised in the List is 12,164, and that the number of convictions recorded against them since the Act of 1869 was passed is 21,194. As many of these criminals have aliases, and as every alias is entered as well as the original name, the number of names in the REGISTER is 22,115. * The work of compiling this List, and printing it in the form in which it now appears, has been performed in Brixton Prison, under the energetic superintendence of the Governor and staff of that Establishment, and the greatest pains have been taken to ensure its being accurate, f It is, I believe, the first time that an attempt such as this has been made to furnish all the Police of this or of any other Country with in- formation, in such a complete and readily accessible form, respecting the individuals of the class against whom they are carrying on their operations, and the first time that the execution of such a work has been carried out in a Prison. E. F. DU CANE, LT.- COL., R. E. * One woman, named Bridget Kingstry, ( a native of Sligo, Ireland) has furnished herself with no less than 16 aliases ( which do Hot seem, nevertheless, to have answered her purpose in enabling herself to escape identification), and has recorded against her 39 convictions. f Some curious statistical information on the names in this REGISTEK— the birth- places of the Criminals, and their condition physically and otherwise- will be found in the pages immediately following these remarks. 1. Table showing the Names of Habitual Criminals occurring most frequently in the Register, and the Number. 33 EDWARDS 42 122 EVANS 45 ... 33 HALL 56 HARRIS DAYIS 66 HUGHES JACKSON 50 JOHNSON 90 JONES 213 KELLY 44 MACDONALD 29 ROBINSON 55 SMITH 328 TAYLOR 87 THOMAS 38 THOMPSON 73 WALKER 36 WHITE 55 WILLIAMS 176 WILSON 95 WRIGHT 44 2. Table showing the Towns in which the Largest Numbers of Habitual Criminals were born, Scc. TOWNS POPULATION NUMBER OF CRIMINALS RATE per 1000 LONDON 3,254,260 1,503 • 461 MANCHESTER 379,374 630 1- 66 LIVERPOOL 493,405 551 1- 116 BIRMINGHAM 343,787 343 • 997 LEEDS 259,212 210 • 81 BRISTOL 182,552 180 • 986 SHEFFIELD 239,946 172 • 716 PRESTON 85,427 112 1- 311 HULL 123,408 99 • 802 BLACKBURN 82,928 83 1- NEWCASTLE - ON- TYNE 128,443 84 • 653 BRADFORD 145,830 82 • 562 NOTTINGHAM 86,621 77 • 888 BOLTON 92,658 73 • 787 WORCESTER 38,116 67 1- 757 WOLVERHAMPTON 156,978 63 • 401 STOCKPORT 53,014 61 115 LEICESTER 95,220 60 • 63 PORTSMOUTH 113,569 57 • 501 DERBY 61,381 55 • 896 HALIFAX 65,510 55 .839 WIGAN 39,110 55 1- 406 BATH 53,704 50 ' 931 BRIGHTON 103,758 50 • 481 CHELTENHAM 44,519 46 1033 NORWICH 80,386 40 • 497 SUNDERLAND 104,409 40 • 383 BURY 41,344 38 • 919 ROCHDALE 63,485 38 • 598 YORK 50,765 38 GO CHESTER 38,390 37 • 963 HUDDERSFIELD 74,358 37 • 497 WARRINGTON 33,050 35 1- 059 DUDLEY 82,249 34 • 413 Carried forward.. 5,165 TOWNS POPULATION NUMBER OF CRIMINALS RATE per 1000 Brought forward 5,155 OLDHAM 113,100 34 .3 ST. HELENS 45,134 34 • 753 BURNLEY 44,320 33 • 744 GLOUCESTER 31,844 33 1- 036 MACCLESFIELD .... 35,570 31 • 871 PLYMOUTH 70,091 31 • 442 STAFFORD 15,946 30 1- 881 LANCASTER 17,245 29 1- 681 OXFORD 34,482 29 • 841 SHREWSBURY 23,406 28 1- 196 44,226 27 • 61 HEREFORD 18,347 11 1- 471 TAUNTON 15,466 27 1- 745 NORTHAMPTON .... 45,080 26 • 576 CHATHAM 45,792 26 • 567 YARMOUTH 41,819 26 • 621 IPSWICH 42,947 24 • 558 SOUTHAMPTON .... 53,741 24 • 446 CARLISLE 31,049 23 • 74 WAKEFIELD 28,069 22 • 783 CAMBRIDGE 33,966 21 • 618 • 24,188 20 • 826 COVENTRY 41,348 20 • 483 WALSALL 49,018 20 • 408 IIANLEY 21,349 20 • 936 IN OTHER PARTS » OF ENGLAND 4,447 IRELAND 1,082 437 SCOTLAND 158 NOT KNOWN 69 OUT OF UNITED KINGDOM 151 12,164 i W. TALBOT HARVEY, Governor, II. M. Prison, Brixton. 3 .— TABLE showing the Number of Habitual Criminals upon the REGISTER, Age, Sex, Number of Convictions, fyc. classified according to MALES. FEMALES. AGE ON ORIGINAL MARRIED SINGLE « G £ CO * A Reconvictions of the foregoing in Aliases O • a m T » • a as H § o 00 3 0 1 O S o T3 OJ 1 00 ^ >> A J " 3 MARRIED SINGLE TOTAL MARRIED & SINGLE Reconvictions of the foregoing in Aliases 00 g o 13 9 jj. O ' 3A • C CONVICTION No. of Convictions No. of Convictions 3 3 -! No. of Convictions Artisans RCJ P* > 1 1 NO. of Convictions No. of Convictions No. of Convictions 1 o O 05 S O 03 FI. « T > 1 3 4 6 TOTAL 1 2 3 4 6 TOTAL H O H 1 2 3 4 5 TOTAL 8 o £ D 00 a P TOTAL O 9 A 0) -+ J O * TOTAL 1 2 3 4 6 TOTAL 1 2 3 4 6 TOTAL X 2 3 4 5 TOTAL O 3 J 02 3 - 4J 00 1 a s 5 O o fc TOTAL > V> o ® « + H < © ft CD L o SZ? TOTAL 20 Years and Under 12 1 —" — 19 1046 805 180 37 11 2079 2098 427 101 21 3 1 553 46 641 1411 2098 75 2023 2098 28 ) 0 — 2 — 40 302 235 57 8 2 604 1 i 644 174 38 6 1 1 219 478 31 135 644 29 615 644 Exceeding 20 Years and \ not exceeding 30 Years j 573 222 30 3 1 829 1538 788 145 15 4 2490 3319 460 79 12 3 — 554 160 1051 2108 3319 239 30S0 3319 | 376 144 31 7 1 559 354 195 35 6 — 590 1149 281 58 12 3 1 355 689 77 383 1149 33 1116 1149 Exceeding 30 Years and j not exceeding 40 Years ) 637 225 34 4 — 900 479 230 56 4 — 769 1069 219 32 3 1 — 255 128 518 1023 1669 142 1527 1669 463 199 45 11 4 722 106 46 16 1 — 169 891 196 44 11 3 1 255 561 19 311 891 44 847 891 Exceeding 40 Years and 1 not exceeding SO Years j 396 130 20 3 - 549 167 88 18 1 1 275 824 8 9 — — 92 52 253 519 824 84 740 824 292 135 32 12 2 473 36 22 4 — — 62 535 102 22 6 — — 130 338 11 186 635 27 508 635 Exceeding 60 Years and 1 not exceeding 60 Years ) 246 80 16 4 3 349 84 32 10 3 129 478 58 4 — 3 — 65 40 142 296 478 62 416 00 R- 140 66 19 3 — 228 8 9 1 — — 18 246 ; 48 7 2 3 — 60 155 1 90 246 17 229 246 Exceeding 60 Years and ) not exceeding 70 Years j 89 48 10 2 151 28 10 1 1 40 191 21 6 2 — — 28 19 57 115 191 27 164 191 41 15 6 — — 62 9 — — — — 9 71 13 1 1 — 1 16 45 — 26 71 3 68 71 Upwards of 70 Years 13 12 1 1 — 27 4 O - — — 6 33 4 1 — — — 5 4 8 21 33 5 28 33 7 4 2 2 1 16 16 5 1 _ 6 11 5 16 1 15 16 1966 723 112 17 6 1 2824 3346 1955 410 61 16 • 5788 8612 1264 230 47 10 1 1552 449 2670 5493 8612 634 7978 8612 1347 573 135 37 8 2100 815 507 113 15 2 1452 3552 819 171 37 10 4 1041 2277 139 1136 3552 154 3398 3552 Per Cent, of Married Males 32* 8 Per Cent, of Single Males 67' 2 100 Per Cent, of Married Females 59- 12 Per Cent, of Single Females 40* 88 100 MALES FEMALES. . TOTAL.. .. 8612 .. 3552 . 12,164 W. TALBOT HARVEY. Governor, II. M. Pi ' ison, Brixton. KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS. Au for Auburn Dk Br Bd » Bald Dk Or Bk Black Dk Sd B1 > j Blue Fa Bltd j) Bloated Fk Blh jj Bluish F1 Br Brown Fr Dk JJ Dark Fx Dk B1 » „ Blue Gr for Dark Brown Grh for » „ Grey Hz >> >> „ Sandy Hz Gr >> Fair Ir Gr s> Freckled Lt >> Florid Lt B1 >> Fresh Lt Br > s Flaxen Lt Gr Grey Lt Hz » Greyish Mxd for Mixed Hazel Pa Pale „ Grey Rd >) Red Iron ,, Ry J? Ruddy Light Sd Sandy „ Blue SI J5 Sallow „ Brown Sw V Swarthy ,, Grey Wh » White „ Hazel Y1 >> Yellow EXPLANATION OF ARRANGEMENTS, REFERENCES, ETC. In this Register the " Particulars," i. e., the Description, Sentence, Prison from which discharged, & c., are entered in full against the names of all criminals returned by prison authorities as having heen liberated subject to the penalties of the 8th Clause of " The Habitual Criminals Act, 1869," or of the 7th or 8th Clauses of " The Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871," to the 31st March, 1876. " Original Names," that is to say, names under which the criminals were first registered, are those under which prison authorities have returned a criminal who has been convicted subsequently to the passing of the Habitual Criminals Act ( whether under the above clauses or not), and are shown thus:— Office Eegister Number NAME and ALIASES DESCRIPTION Prison from which Liberated, and Date of Liberation Offence for which Convicted Sentence Supervision Intended Eesidence after Liberation EEMAKKS Age Height Hair Eyes Face Trade or Occupation A 1379 C 2143 Allison, William ( see also Mallinson, William and Walker, Thomas) Calvert, Ellen alias Eussell, Ellen ( see also Russell, Elizabeth, Russell, Ellen, and Owen, Eliza) 40 5 5 br bl pa fisher- woman Northallerton 4 | 10 | 70 Larceny, simple 6 months 7 years On tramp Cut mark right eyebrow, forehead, and right thumb The references in these cases are to other names in which the criminal has been convicted. Names, different to the original one, in which criminals have been convicted, are referred to the orignal name, thus :— M 1866 C 2143 39 5 Of dkbr gr fr charwoman Liverpool 30 I 6 | 73 Larceny, simple 12 months 7 years Not known Burn scar left temple. Three previous convictions for felony O'Neil, Mary alias Yeldon, Yalden, and McArdler, ( see Mc Cardie, Ann) Owen, Eliza alias Eussell ( see Calvert, Ellen) The " Register Number" is the initial letter and number assigned to the prisoner when first . registered, as " A 1379" in the above example. In cases where names appear having different initial letters to the Eegister Number, the conviction is in an alias to the original name, and the original name under which the criminal was convicted, is the one which has the same initial letter as the Register Number ; thus:— E 3447 S 3873 Allen, Thomas alias Eussell, George and Wilcox Anderton, Henry alias Johnson, Henry and Swift 19 dkhr br dk tailor Cold Bath Fields 9 I 2 I 76 Larceny, person 18 months 7 years 14, Gee- street, Goswell- road Scar left eyebrow. Three previous convictions for felony Aliases, by which prisoners have been known other than those which they appear in the Register as having been convicted in, are referred to the names under which they have been convicted; thus:— A 3907 0 2143 Ainsley, see Ainsworth, William Eussell, see Owen, Eliza It will be observed that in these cases the reference is in a different type to those where the criminal is convicted in a name different to the original name. The Names are arranged thus:— 1. The whole of the Original Names, Aliases under which a person has been convioted, and Aliases under which he has not been convicted, are arranged in strictly Alphabetical order. 2. Identical Names, without an alias, are arranged in the numerical order of the Register Number. 3. Identical Names, with aliases, are arranged in the Alphabetical order of the first Alias. 4. Identical Aliases axe arranged in the Alphabetical order of the names to which they are referred.