1841-1886
PAPERS RELATING TO
Police Magistrate's Court.
The cases before the police magistrates during the last five years were as follows:-
Years. Total No. of Cases. Total No. of Prisoners. Convicted and Punished. Cases how disposed of. Discharged. Committed for Trial. Committed pending Orders. Ordered to find Security. Punished for False Testimony. Undecided. 1882 7,507 9,402 6,717 2,706 30 1883 10,653 12,109 8,707 2,747 129 38 1884 14,005 15,935 12,836 2,502 103 38 1885 10,231 11,001 8,800 2,416 101 14 1886 14,011 16,017 12,023 2,389 150 8 303 17 87 Total 57,177 65,959 49,700 12,320 829 331 2,235 72 551 Average of 5 years 11,435.4 13,197.8 9,930.8 2,440 165.6 20.8 457.0 14.4 110.2 Average of 6 years ending 1881 8,135.6 9,728.0 7,000.4 2,121.8 207.4 13.0 255.4 28.0 32.4Marine Magistrate's Court.
The cases before the Marine Magistrate's Court during the last five years were as follows:-
Years. Number of Cases. Number of Defendants. Defendants how disposed of. Imprisoned. Fined. Forfeiture of Pay. Reprimanded. Sent back to duty. Dismissed. Committed for trial. 1882 70 180 78 109 1883 37 59 13 18 1 1885 111 221 136 1886 65 87 43 3 8 ** 3 8 9 23 7 39 1 47 ** 11 $ 1 10 1 12 32 11 1 0 28 17 14 1 21 24 0 A 1 11 Total 333 ... 142 15 13 GG 10 119 2 Average of last 5 years 72.0 141.8 23.4 9.0 2.6 13.0 1.0 23.8 1 Average of last 6 years ending 1881 141.8 250.0 95.0 58.4 29.6 0.2 11.2 2.0 273