382
22.-GAOLS AND PRISONERS.
On the 1st January, 1892, there were 502 prisoners in Victoria Gaol; 5,046 were admitted during the year, and 5,080 discharged; the total number of prisoners on the 31st December, 1892, was 468, of whom 18 were Europeans.
The daily average of prisoners was 515, as against 507 in the previous year.
The number of prisoners admitted into Gaol during the last five years was as follows:---
YEARS.
No. OF PRISONERS.
TOTAL.
DAILY AVERAGE NUMBER IN PRISON.
Men.
Women.
Juveniles.
1888,
3,890
98
139
3,627
531.00
1889,
3,453
131
121
3,705
581.00
1890,
3,218
119
107
3,444
566,00
1891,
4,805
223
203
5,231
507.00
1892,
4,699
181
166
5,046
515.00
23. 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
Convicted. Acquitted.
Persons.
Number of Number of Cases. Persons.
No. of Cases.
No. of Persons.
1888,
1889,
1890,
1891,
1892,
101
186
99
47
28
92
143
64
41
37
59
80
43
20
17
32
37
26
9
30
44
18
17
24724
95420
Total,...
314
490
250
134
65
105
•
Average of last 5 years,
62
98
50
26
13
21
Do.
ending 1887,
834
127/
751
243
141
233
Police Magistrates' Court.
The Cases before the Police Magistrates during the last 5 years were as follows:-
CỦA
:
21
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.
1888,
1889,
1890,
1891,
1892,
C
11,647 13,309 9,932
8,670 10,033 6,894 2,497 9,739 10,772 7,740 13,676 16,382 13,972 2,040 11,920 14,471 12,098
2,849
174
109
192
3
50
167
54
337
17
67
2,557
102
15
318
37
40
12
172
145
2,078
44
5
211
28
Total,......
Average of last 5 years,
Do.
ending 1887,
55,652 64,967 50,636 12,021
11,130.4 12,993.4
12,325 14,153.8
527
195
1,230
31
327
10,127.2 2,404,2
105.4
39
246
6.2 65.4
10,807 2,584.4
143.8
25.4
477
13.8 102.4