Table V.
ABSTRACT of Cases brought under COGNIZANCE of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' Courts during a period of ten years 1910-1919.
CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER of MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD.
Year Total number of cases. Convicted and punished. Discharged. Committed for trial at Supreme Court. Ordered to Commit to prison or find security To keep the peace, to be of good behaviour, and to answer any charge. Absconded. Did not appear and Escaped before being brought for trial at the Magistracy. Escaped. Punished for preferring false charge or giving false testimony. Undecided. Total number of defendants. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 1910 11,688 12,880 741 8,655 278 198 23 27 1 858 105 1911 ... 1912 13,450 15,945 877 8,027 2,559 1913 14,218 19,856 641 10,471 11,000 482 2,832 1914 11,192 12,890 267 2,401 115 110 2 18 296 29 1915 12,568 12,788 305 2,050 1916 15,057 14,881 455 2,233 111 149 10 7 272 21 1917 11,922 11,727 441 2,168 92 119 3 6 248 34 1918 9,805 9,359 373 1,947 127 117 10 197 41 1919 12,961 13,786 364 1,652 108 46 2 2 76 48 Total 123,027 133,114 4,946 24,540 1,654 1,274 107 123 10 3,017 544 3 6 Average per Year 12,302.7 13,311.4 494.6 2,454 165.4 127.4 10.7 12.3 1 301.7 54.4Grand Total for the 10 Years, 162,771 | 7,261
Average per Year, 16,277.1 | 726.1