ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PENNSYLVANIA BRANCH.

The article presents information about the third annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Branch of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology held in Price Hall of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in April 11, 1913. Two sessions were held, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. The Chairman, Louis N. Robinson of Swarthmore College, then presented the report of the committee on "Criminal Statistics". The report dealt with what has been done in the U.S. in the way of the collection of statistics of crime and criminals and with some of the problems connected with the collection and tabulation of such statistics including a discussion of the proper unit of counting. The subject of "Insanity and Crime" was then taken up and a paper treating the subject more especially from the medical standpoint was read by Frank Woodbury, Secretary to the Committee on Lunacy of the Board of Public Charities of Pennsylvania. At the evening session Robert von Moschzisker of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania presided and opened the meeting with brief remarks emphasizing the significance of the subjects under consideration and the importance of the work of the Institute.