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1 Report of the Crimes Survey Committee 1 (1926)

handle is hein.uspennsylvaniaoth/rpcmsvyc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: REPORT of the Crimes Survey Committee To the Chancellor and Members of the Law Association of Philadelphia: The Committee appointed pursuant to the request of the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas of this County to make a survey of all matters connected with the administration of criminal justice in Philadelphia, to report the results of their inquiry together with their recommenda- tions as to the measures that should be adopted in order to better the existing situation, if it be found in any respect to need improvement. RESPECTFULLY REPORTS: That the Committee has held many meetings, and has examined a large number of persons, whose testimony was taken stenographically and occupies 2491 pages. Every one appearing before the Committee was assured that the name of the person would not be made public, and the notes taken would not be seen except by the stenographer and the members of the Committee and would be destroyed when the report of the Committee was prepared. The meetings were attended by Messrs. Francis Shunk Brown, John Hampton Barnes, James Collins Jones and Theodore F. Jenkins, the latter being Chairman. The other members desired to be relieved and did not attend. Mr. Jones prepared a draft of a report which was being revised with him at the time of his death. The draft is the

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