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twenty-five years. all OF whom were pardonrd
after terms averaging five years and two months,
except those who escaped, thirty-,wo who dieo,
of whom twen,y-iour did not reach that average
period. and twenty-five now in prison, OF whom
fourteen have not Yet been confined SO long
term The average of limited sentences, is four
years and eight months


Although more 1900 persons arc annually
confined IN our county jalls those penl,enuares
often exhibit scenes revolving 10 humanity; and
many youthful prisoner, instead OF beng sub
jected TO Il salutary discipline, becomes NOR
| depraved indulge hope that this interesting
subject, So often fruiieSsly submitted 10 the L.
g!slature, will receive your enlightened conside-
ration.


The administration of justice has encountered
many and novel difficulties. The she1lh ot Al.
bany has been obliged 10 call=iorth the armed
power o; his county IN executing civil process;
Executive nterposi,ion has been invoked 10 sup.
press riotous disturbances IN The counties OF
| Rensselaer, and Schenectady unreEUied efforts
have failed 10 bring 10 light The perpetrators OF
an appalling crime in the vicinity OF lhe city OF
| New York and high offenders, who maintained
respectable reia,i ons. have escaped. n some III
stances. after arrest These incidents suggest
INQUIRIES whether the efficiency OF the police
might not be improved, and whether the nprnbtr
OF magistrates authorized 10 accept bail and dis
charge on hsbeas corpus, has no; been lElprorl-
dently enlarged. a subject OF Great Britain who.
for several years. pursued a desperate enterprise
OF bringing on border wariare,by crimes whc


caused him 10 be prescribed in both countries
was, with extraordinary efforts, and after lrrlia-
ting delays, brought 10 justice.


The deten,ion of another British subject, VINO.
having come voluntarily into The county OF Mag
ara, was held 10 ,nsweF an indic1men, for mur-
der committed al Schlosser IN 1887, was maze
a cause OF complaint by the British Minis
Ter to the President of the United States. on
the ground tha. the aggression was an act Of
public force committed under authority OF Her
Msies,ys Government. The then President
HAVING decided that the subject belonged 10 the
ludicia! jurisdiction OF this State, and that ms IN
terpos,ion was moi required by any princlpie o:
reason, justice or international law, and having
communicated that decision to me, expressed