Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Federal Criminal Law and Procedure, Vol. 1 of 3
The report of the Attorney General of the United States for the year 1919 shows that the total number of criminal cases of all classes commenced under the direction of the Criminal Divi sion of the Department of Justice during the fiscal year was The number of acquittals was 2000 and the number of cases dismissed and nol-prossed amounted to 7954. The total number of cases arising under the postal laws was 2092, and the number of convictions was 1463. The number of criminal prosecutions under the internal revenue laws, including illicit dis tilling cases, amounted to 5807, and the convictions were 2590. There were prosecutions of 39 defendants for a Violation of the National Banking Laws, resulting in a conviction of 32 and an acquittal of 7 persons. The Criminal Division is the Division of the Department to which is assigned all criminal matters arising under Federal laws except prosecutions under the food bill, the anti-trust act, and Violations of the war-time prohibition bill. It advises and directs the criminal work of the several United States Attorneys. The records of the Department of Justice show that the number of criminal cases pending in the circuit and district courts of the United States at the end of the year 1871 was 5586, and that the number of criminal cases terminated in said courts during that calendar year was 8187. The statistics for 1832 are not available as the Department of J ustice was not then in existence.
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