JAIL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1864

DUBUQUE

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 6/19/2016 at 22:11:17

Dubuque Democratic Herald – Jan. 5, 1865

JAIL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1864
Numbers of persons committed to the Dubuque County Jail for the year 1864: Males 141, females 40, Total, 181, for the following causes:
US Deserters – 47
Assault and Battery – 22
Violating City Ordinances – 19
Murder – 4
Petty Larceny – 45
Disorderly Conduct – 3
Insanity – 4
Indecent Exposure – 2
Robbing the US Mail – 2
Malicious Injury – 1
Riot – 3
Grand Larceny – 24
Resisting Officer – 3
Passing Counterfeit Money – 3
Adultery – 1
Keeping House of Ill Fame – 3
Threatening to Kill – 1
Vagrancies – 6
Forgery – 2
Military Prisoners – 2
Safe Keeping – 4
Disturbing the Peace -1-
Burning and Destroying Property – 1
Surrendered on Bail - 1