# Table V.
4. ABSTRACT of CASES brought under COGNIZANCE of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS during a period of ten years 1917-1926.
CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD.
Total Year number of cases. Convicted and punished. Discharged. Committed for trial at the Supreme Court. Committed to prison or detained pending order of His Excellency the Governor. Ordered to find security To keep the peace, to be of good behaviour, and to answer any charge. Did not appear or absconded. Escaped before being brought for trial at the Magistracy. Escaped. Punished for preferring false charge or giving false testimony. Undecided. Total number of defendants. 2 M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. M. M. F. M. F. M. F. 1917 11,922 11,727 441 2,163 119 3 248 34 1 1918 9,805 9,359 373 1,947 127 117 10 197 41 1919 12,961 364 1,662 108 146 1920 18,788 15,267 15,520 517 1,541 119 136 5 4 1921 17,374 18,726 695 2,247 151 86 76 7 143 19 173 Total: 67,829 69,120 2,300 9,565 597 603 28 17 887 106 1 Average per Year. 13,465.8 13,824 478 1,913 119.4 120.6 5.6 3.4 167.4 21.2 1922 18,535 18,838 614 2,018 1923 21,720 22,975 356 8,190 1924 27,724 28,708 859 5,154 172 171 6 1925 25,790 26,896 1,595 4,099 242 178 2 1926 30,516 31,860 1,379 3,540 149 88 Total 124,285 127,277 4,803 18,001 711 876 Average per Year 24,857 25,455 960.6 3,600.2 142.2 175.2 1.6 Grand Total for the 10 Years 191,614 196,397 7,193 27,566 1,808 1,479 36 17 2,449 278 Average per Year 19,161.4 19,639.7 719.3 2,756.6 180.8 147.9 3.6 1.7 244.9 27.8Page 10