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Table V.
4.—ABSTRACT of CASES brought under COGNIZANCE of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' Courts during a period of ten years 1914-1923.
CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE Number of MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD.
Committed to prison or detained pending order of His Excellency the Governor, Convicted and punished. Discharged. Committed for trial at Supreme Court. Ordered to 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. M. F. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1914, 11,192 12,890 267 2,401 115 116 2 18 296 22 2 12,263 1915, 12,788 305 2,056 111 149 10 t- 7 272 20 1916, 15,057 14,881 403 2,238 96 16 4 10 $13 40 1917, 11,922 11,727 441 2,168 92 19 ** 6 } 248 34 1918, 9,805 9,359 373 1,947 127 117 10 197 41 # 3 جب 63 15,789 406 48 15,320 446 17,625 595 14,311 570 11,665 545 Total,-- 60,289 61,645 1,841 10,805 541 617 29 41 1,326 137 悲 1 3 274 74,710 2,562 Average per Year, 12,047.8 12,329 368-2 2,161 108-2 123-4 5-8 8.2 2652 31-44 ... 54.8 14,942 512-4 1,662 1,541 108 146 2 119 136 76 7 ة 4 143 151 B5 81 5 76198 173 22 19 5 T 246 30 72 246 264 : 17 1919, 12,961 13,786 364 39 2 13,678 475 1 35 9 1920, 15,267 13,520 517 17,380 665 1 38 5 1921, 17,374 18,726 695 2,247 21,275 864 35 2 1922, 18,535 11,338 614 2,018 20,835 722 98 5 1923, 21,720 21,975 356 3,790 26,773 450 Total,-- $5,857 81,347 2,546 11,258 526 811 15 17 902 78 To 2 245 16 99,936 3,176 Average per Year, 17,1714 16,269 4 509 2,2516 105-2 162′′2] •3 2.2 180*4 15:6] 4 49 3-2 19,987-2 635-2 Grand Total 146,096 142,992 4,387 22,063 1,067 1,428 44 52 2,228 235 2 INN 1 5 519 16 174,646 5,738 Average per Year, 14,609-6 14,299-2 438-7 2,206-3 106-7 142-844 5-2 222-8 23.5 .2 •1 +5 51-9 1-6 ++ ; 17,464-6 573-SYear,