. Some notes on Negro crime, particularly in Georgia; . d|dSoo®cEn£<lmo«ifcfcpqPo^HfflW<loPSW«mPffl&MP3oS 42 NINTH ATLANTA CONFERENCE Some comments follow: Sandersville.—The criminality of the race in this county is the least discour-aging thing, conviction being about 4 per cent, of the voting population. Themajority of crimes for which they are convicted are small, a large percentage be-ing convicted for gambling, stealing, and disorderly conduct and very frequentlyfor dealing in blind-tiger liquor. Brunswick.—The chief causes of crime among the Negroes here are drunken-ness, gambling,
. Some notes on Negro crime, particularly in Georgia; . d|dSoo®cEn£<lmo«ifcfcpqPo^HfflW<loPSW«mPffl&MP3oS 42 NINTH ATLANTA CONFERENCE Some comments follow: Sandersville.—The criminality of the race in this county is the least discour-aging thing, conviction being about 4 per cent, of the voting population. Themajority of crimes for which they are convicted are small, a large percentage be-ing convicted for gambling, stealing, and disorderly conduct and very frequentlyfor dealing in blind-tiger liquor. Brunswick.—The chief causes of crime among the Negroes here are drunken-ness, gambling, and sexual immorality. It is heart-breaking to see Negro womenarraigned at every court for fighting about some other womans husband; and Ishould not forget to mention that vagrancy among the Negro boys leads to are now five boys m jail, all under fifteen, awaiting trial for burglary. Adairsville.—The general character of the Negros crime is of a petty nature-theft, blind tigers, fighting, saucing Mars John, et
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