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22.-GAOLS AND PRISONERS..
On the 1st January, 1893, there were 485 prisoners in Victoria Gaol, and on the 31st December, there were 475, of whom 18 and 27 in each case respectively were Europeans. 4,010 prisoners were admitted during the year as against 5,046 in 1892.
The daily average of prisoners was 458, as against 515 in the previous year.
The number of prisoners admitted into Gaol during the last five years was as follows:-
YEARS.
No. OF PRISONERS.
TOTAL.
Men.
Women.
Juveniles.
DAILY AVERAGE NUMBER IN PRISON.
1889,
3,453
131
121
3,705
581
1890,
3,218
119
107
3,444
566
1891,
4,805
223
203
5,231
507
1892,
4,699
181
166
5,046
515
1893,
3,777
138
95
4,010
458
23.—CRIMINAL STATISTICS.
Supreme Court.
The following is a Return of cases tried at the Supreme Court during the last five years :-
POSTPONED.
1889,
1890,
1891,
1892,
1893,
CHARGES ABANDONED.
Number Number
YEARS.
of Cases.
of
Convicted. Acquitted.
Persons.
Number of Number of Cases. Persons.
No. of Cases.
No. of Persons.
92
143
59
80
32
87
80
44
43.
57.
.33
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64
41
24
37
43
20
7
17
26
9
18
17
16
444
2
77200
8.
Total,...
256
361
184
103
41
73
Average of previous 5 years,
85#
139
819
29
17
261
Do.
last 5 years,
51
72층
36%
20
*
841
143
Police Magistrates' Court.
The Cases before the Police Magistrates during the last 5 years were as follows:-
co
A
1층
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 to Find Security.
Punished
for False Tes- timony.
Un-
decided.
1889,
8,670
1890,
10,033 9,739 10,772
6,894 2,497 7,740 2,557
167
54
337
17
102
15
318.
1891,
13,676 16,382 13,972 2,040
40
12
172
1
145
1892,
1898,
11,920 10,727
14,471 12,098 2,078 - 12,392
44
5
211
7
28
10,355 1,607
104
278
17
23.
!
Total,....
Average of last 5 years,
Do.. ending 1888,
54,732
10,946.4 12,810
12,523.8 14,394.8
64,050 51,059 10,779
457
94.
1,316
45
300
10,211.8 2,155.8
91.4
18.4
263.2
9.0
60.0
11,034 2,604.8
152.8
39.6
472.2
13.2
78.2