26.-CRIMINAL STATISTICS.
Supreme Court.
The following is a Return of cases tried at the Supreme Court during the last five years:-
319
CHARGES ABANDONED.
POSTPONED.
Number Number
YEARS.
of Cases.
of Convicted. Acquitted. Persons.
Number of Number of
Cases.
Persons.
No. of Cases.
No. of Persons.
1882,
1883,
1884,
1885,
1886,
គ្មានទ
124
187
124
38
15
21
I
91
126
70
26
14
28 (a)
68
101
20
8
16
91
147
103
22
16
22
75
107
59
20
16
27 (b)
**N
21000
Total,.
449
668
421
126
69
114
4
6
Average of 5 years,
89.1
133.
84.
25.1
13.4
22.4
籌
Do,
ending 1881,
125.
182.
132.
42.3
6.1
7.
<
(a) 1 Committed suicide.
(b) 1 Recognisance estreated.
Police Magistrates' Court.
The Cases before the Police Magistrates during the last 5 years, were as follows:-
CASES HOW DISPOSED OF.
Total No. Total No.
YEARS.
of
Cases.
of Prisoners.
Convicted and Punished.
Dis- charged.
Committed Committed
for pending Trial. Orders.
Ordered Punished
to Find Security.
for False Tes- timony.
Un-
decided.
1882,
7,567
9,402
6,443 2,177
276
39
363
17
87
1883,
10,653
12,104
8,797
2,747
129
38
216
6
171
1884,
14,065
15,935
12,836 2,562
103
38
281
107
1885,
10,281
11,901
8,800 2,446
161
14
456
18
1886,
14,611
16,647
12,923 2,388
159
5
969
35
168
Total,..
57,177 65,989
49,799 12,320
828
134
2,285
72
551
Average of 5 years,
Do.
ending 1881,
11,435.4 13,197.8
8,138.6 9,728.0
9,959.8 2,464.0
165.6
26.8
457,0
14.4 110.2
7,069.4 2,121.8 207.4
13.0
255.4
28.6 32.4
Marine Magistrate's Court.
The Cases before the Marine Magistrate's Court during the last 5 years, were as follows:-
DEFENDANTS HOW DISPOSED OF.
YEARS.
Number of Cases.
Number of Defend- Impri- ants. soned.
Fined.
Forfei- ture of Pay.
Repri- manded.
Sent back to Duty.
To be dis- charged from
Com-
Dis- missed.
mitted
Ship.
for Trial.
1882,
1883,
1884,
1885,
1886,
76
189
56
28
9
39
1
37
58
13
11
5
1
15
1
78
169
85
32
11
1
9
3
111
221
136
47
14
1
7222
47
2
12
28
21
58
87
43
24
6
I
11
Total.........
360
724
333
142
45
13
65
5
119
2
Average of last 5 years,
72.0
144.8
66.6
28.4
9.0
2.6
13.0
.1.0
23.8
Do.
ending 1881,...) 141.8
250.0
95.0
58.4
28.6
9.2
14.2
2.0
27.4
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