§ "Has it been found by experience that the number of pick-pockets has encreased since, or diminished?
§ The Common Serjeant.
§ "The information which I have collected in the course of my official duty, has satisfied my mind, that the offence of larceny from the person has very much increased since the repeal of the statute above mentioned, and that the offenders of that description have become more numerous, more united-in gangs, and that they carry on their depredations more systematically, and with greater boldness.