TABLE E.
COMPARATIVE RETURN of OFFENCES coming under notice of the POLICE, during the Years 1868, 1869 and 1870
SERIOUS.
OFFENCES.
MINOR.
NUMBER OF PERSONS.
NUMBER OF PERSONS.
NO. OF CASES.
No. OF CASES,
DESCRIPTION.
* Implicated.
Convicted.
Discharged.
DESCRIPTION.
1868 1869 1870
1868
1869 1870 1868 1869 1870
1868 1869
1870
1868 1869 1870 1868
Murder,
2
5
3
10 ?
?
1
3
2
*1
Assault,
Robbery with Violence from the Person,
41
49
192
92
138
570
16
0
50
15
111
Gambling,.
Burglary,
70
62
240
165
111
720
38
11
46
13
59
Assault with intent,
4
2
8
10
2
24
4
3
4
Miscellaneous, Drunkenness,
* Implicated.
1809 1870 1868
882 677 935 | 1,502 1,2751,696 1,099 181 151 204 577 281 686 389 1,049 5841,266|1,773 | 1,196 | 2,464|1,453
451 620 791
Convicted.
Discharged.
228 507 808 | 1,705
1869 1870 1868 1869 1870
969 | 1,031
411 296 654 188
53 179
206 298 749
Kidnapping,
68
7
51
93
10
153
38
21
37
45 Nuisances,
1,000
811 219
Piracy,
21
13
8
?
?
?
9
1
14
17
No Pass,
893
791 905
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Unlawful Possession,.
215
131
242
285
174
443
172
98
154
113
76 284
Felonies not already given,
17
51
147
32
86 541
11
37
78
17
Larceny,.
805 647
838 1,110
783 2,514
616
434
559
302
25 147 371
58
Totals,.
1,249
967 1,729 1,797|1,304 | 4,971
905
602
911 517
280
937
Total,.
4,456 3,6344,380 | 3,852 | 2,752|4,846|2,041 | 2,005 3,243
895
647 1,582
Increase on 1869-702 Cases or 78.8 per cent.
Increase on 1869-740 Cases or 20.5 per cent.
Increase on all Cases-1,505 or 32.4.
* Persons implicated:-There being but little data from which to obtain a true Estimate, these numbers are mostly supposititious.
Police Barracks, 27th January, 1871.
W. M. DEANE,—Captain Superintendent.
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