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25.-GAOLS AND PRISONERS.
On the 1st January, 1890, there were 549 prisoners in Victoria Gaol; 3,444 were admitted during the year, and 3,444 discharged; the total number of prisoners on the 31st December, 1890, was 549, of whom 42 were Europeans.
The daily average of prisoners was 566, as against 581 in the previous year.
The number of prisoners admitted into Gaol during the last five years was as follows:-
NO. OF PRISONERS.
YEARS.
TOTAL.
Men.
Women.
Juveniles.
DAILY AVERAGE NUMBER IN PRISON.
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
1889,
3,453
131
121
3,705
581.00
1890,
3,218
119
107
3,444
566.00
26.-CRIMINAL STATISTICS,
Supreme Court.
The following is a Return of cases tried at the Supreme Court during the last five years :-
1886,
1887,
1888,
1889,
1890,
CHARGES ABANDONED.
POSTPONED.
Number Number
YEARS.
of Cases.
of
Convicted. Acquitted.
Persons.
Number of Number of No. of
Cases. Persons. Cases.
No. of Persons.
- 101
Pozso
75
107
91
155
186
92
143
59
80
*****
59
20
16.
82
36
17
99
47
28
64
41
24
43
20
58957
27
1
26
40
37
17
Total,..
421
671
347
161
92
147
2
Average of last 5 years,
95年
143
947
29
103
181
#
1
Do. ending 1885,
841
1841
693
823
18
293
cis
11
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 Convicted Prisoners. and
Punished,
Dis- charged.
for Trial.
Committed Committed
pending Orders.
Ordered Punished
to Find Security.
for False Tes- timony.
Un-
decided.
1886,
14,611
1887,
12,015
16,647 12,923 2,388 14,182 10,679 2,779 *167
159
5
969
35
168
32
463
14
48
1888,
1889,
1890,
11,647 13,309 8,670 10,033 9,739 10,772
9,932 2,849
174
109
192
3
50
6,894 2,497 7,740
167
54
337.
17
67
2,557
102
15
318
3
37
Total,.........
56,682 64,943 48,168 13,070
Average of last 5 years, 11,336.4 12,988.6
Do. euding 1885, 10,153.8 11,870.2
769
215
2,279
72
370
9,633.6 2,614.0
153.8
43.0
455.8
14.4
74.0
8,851.6 2,356.6 181.8
26.6
350.0
15.4
88.2