AnnualReport-1919

# K 3- OTHER FELONIES

9. Under this heading are comprised the following:—

Cutting and wounding
Demanding money or goods with menaces
Embezzlement
Forgery
House-breaking...
Receiving stolen property
Child-stealing
Rape

1919 1918 Cutting and wounding 31 21 Demanding money or goods with menaces 20 Embezzlement 34 28 Forgery 13 13 House-breaking... 65 60 Receiving stolen property 69 51 Child-stealing 17 15 Rape 2 Aiding and abetting in a robbery 1 Abominable offences 1 Throwing corrosive fluid... 1 Falsification of accounts 1 Attempted arson 1 Shooting with intent to maim 3 1 Shooting with intent to kill 1 Shooting with intent to prevent lawful apprehension 1 Attempting to shoot with intent to prevent lawful apprehension.. 1 Wounding with intent to murder 3 Attempting to murder 1 Attempted robbery 1 Accessory after the fact of murder 1 Wounding and causing grievous bodily harm 3 Uttering forged bank notes 1 275 201

The number of cases in which convictions were obtained was 125 as against 73 in 1918.

# GAMBLING

10. One hundred and forty-three Gambling Warrants were executed during the year as against 87 in 1918. There were 3 cases in which no conviction was obtained.

Seventeen were lottery cases, compared with 6 in 1918.

# PROPERTY REPORTED STOLEN AND PROPERTY RECOVERED

11. The estimated value of property stolen during the year was $370,719.17 as against $295,301.90 in 1918, an increase of $75,417.27.

The average for the last five years is $283,715.37, an increase on the average reported in 1918 of $36,129.18.

The value of property recovered during the year was $36,089.51 as against $41,847.13 in 1918, a decrease under property recovered in the previous year of $5,757.62.