# Table V.
ABSTRACT of CASES brought under COGNIZANCE of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS during a period of ten years 1912-1921.
CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD.
Year Total number of cases. Committed for trial at Supreme Court. Ordered to be detained pending order of His Excellency the Governor. Convicted and punished. Discharged. Commit- ted to prison or find security to keep the peace, to be of good behaviour, and to answer any charge. Did not appear/ absconder. 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. M. F. 1912 18,450 15,945 877 3,027 329 157 6 5 1 451 119 19,612 1,332 1913 14,218 19,856 641 2,559 181 169 24 25 30 8 415 97 1914 11,192 12,890 267 2,401 115 116 2 18 296 22 19 1915 9,805 11,727 441 1,947 92 119 3 248 34 1916 12,263 14,311 570 2,168 127 117 10 197 41 1917 11,922 11,665 545 2,233 96 16 4 10 313 40 1918 15,057 13,673 475 1,662 108 146 2 2 1919 12,961 13,786 364 1,541 119 136 5 1 76 7 39 2 1920 15,267 17,880 662 2,247 151 85 8 10 178 5 38 5 1921 17,374 18,726 695 2,247 151 85 8 10 178 5 38 5 21,275 864 Total 133,509 145,480 4,935 21,841 1,429 1,310 74 82 9 2,584 404 2 12 Average per Year 13,350.9 14,548 493.5 2,184.1 142.9 131 7.4 8.2 258.4 40.4 16,969.6 684.7