Number Average
Years.
of
cases.
number
[LIX]
Abstract of the Return showing the number of cases of Abduction and Sale of Women and Children, &c., brought before the Police Court and the number of persons convicted and punished in the same Court from 1865 to 1891.
Number of persons
convicted and punished.
Remarks.
Average number
of per-
yearly.
Total. sons con- victed & punished
Males. Females.
leach year.
1865-1869,
224
44.8
1870-1874,
207
41.4
37
16
53
10.6
19
1875-1879,
233
46.6
30
44
74
14.8
Records destroyed.
of 1871 [destroyed.
1880-1884,
239
47.8
22
15
37
7.4
1885-1889,
415
83.0
92
33
125
25.0
1890-1891,
163
$1,5
34
30
64
32.0
1,481
215
138
353
Years.
of
cases.
Number Average
No. yearly.
Abstract of the Return showing the number of cases of Kidnapping tried in the Supreme Court, the number of persons convicted and punished, and the number acquitted from 1868 to 1891.
Total Average
of per- No. pris-punished
sons con- sons ac-
victed.
oners.
of per- Number Number
Remarks.
quitted.
yearly.
1868-1869,
18
9.0
21
4
25
1870-1874,
13
2.6
14
3
17
2.8
10.5 Previous records
[destroyed.
1875-1879,
27
5.4
34
12
46
6.8
1880-1884,
37
7.4
51
15
66
10.2
1885-1889,
26
5.2
29
14
43
5.8
1890-1891,
5
2.5
5
0
5
2.5
126
154
48
202
(C.)—Return of Kidnapping cases tried in the Supreme Court from 1868 to 1891 inclusive.
Year.
No. of cases. No. of Prisoners.
Convictions.
Acquittals.
1868,
12
13
13
1869,
6
12
8
4
1870,
4
6
2
1871,
4
1872,
3
4
3
1873,
1
1
1
1874,
1
2
1875,
2
2
1876,
I
3
1877,
5
9
1878,
5
12
4
1879,
14
20
18
1880,
17
29
25
1881,
17
34
24
1882,
3
3
2
10 Ι
1883,
...
1884,
1885,
3
4
1886,
2
2
1
1887,
11
20
10
1 10
1888,
8
15
13
1889,
2
2
1
1
1890,
4
1891,
Supreme Court, 19th August, 1892.
C. F. A. SANGSTER, Deputy Registrar.