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25.-GAOLS AND PRISONERS.
On the 1st January, 1888, there were 576 prisoners in Victoria Gaol; 3,627 were admitted during the year, and 3,700 discharged; the total number of prisoners on the 31st December, 1888, was 503, of whom 51 were Europeans.
The daily average of prisoners was 531, as against 584 in the previous year.
The number of prisoners admitted into Gaol during the last five years was as follows:-
YEARS.
Men.
No. OF PRISONERS.
Women.
TOTAL.
Juveniles.
DAILY AVERAGE NUMBER IN PRISON.
1
1884,
3,670
168
185
4,023
552.00
1885,
3,327
147
136
3,610
530.00
1886,
4,278
173
149
4,600
674.00
1887,
4,012
149
147
4,308
584.00
1888,
3,390
98
139
3,627
531.00
26. CRIMINAL STATISTICS.
Supreme Court.
The following is a Return of cases tried at the Supreme Court during the last five years:-
CHARGES ABANDONED.
POSTPONED.
Number Number
YEARS.
of Cases.
of Persons.
Convicted. Acquitted.
Number of Number of No. of
Cases. Persons. Cases.
No. of
Persons.
1884,
1885,
1886,
1887,
1888,
68
101
65
20
16
91
147
103
16
75
107
59
20
16
27
94
155
82
36
17
26
101
186
99
47.
28
40
22285
*6078
92529
-∞
Total,
429
696
408
145
85
131
2
9
Average of 5 years,
853
139
813
29
17
261
ajn
25
1#
Do.
ending 1883,
111
165
112
381
9/1/
14
1
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.
1884,
14,065
15,935
12,836
2,562
103
38
281
8
107
1885,
10,281
11,901
8,800
2,446
161
14
456
6
18
1886,
14,611
16,647
12,923 2.388
159
969
35
168
1887,
1888,
12,015 13,458 11,647 13,309
10,679 2,779
167
32
463
14
48
9,932
2,849
174
109
192
3
50
Total,......
Average of 5 years,
Do.
ending 1883,
62,619
12,523.8
8,106.0
71,250
14,250.0
55,170
13,024
764
198
2,361
66
391
11,034.0 | 2,604.8
152.8
39.6
472.2
13.2 78.2
9,775.4
6,977.0 2,165.2
200.0
22.8
305.4
27.2
77.8