CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES,
TOTAL NUMBER
OF CASES.
TOTAL NUMBER OF PRISONERS.
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Table III.
ABSTRACT of CASES under COGNIZANCE of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS during the Year 1927.
CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD.
Ordered to find Security.WRITS ISSUED BY THE POLICE MAGISTRATES DURING THE YEAR. Convicted and Punished.Discharged.Committed for Trial Warrants. M.F.at the Supreme Court. M.F. Committed to Prison or Detained pending Orders of H.E. the Governor. M.F. Assaults and other offences against the person,629799279119 1441922... 1726112 Malicious injuries to property,71 Gambling,25016... Offences against property other than malicious injuries to property or predial larceny,3912546... Offences against Revenue Acts, Highway Acts, Health Acts, and other Acts, relating to the social economy of the Colony,7582,1062,08555 Offences against Opium Ordinance No. 30 of 1923,2,0662,1791,62971 Offences against Masters and Servants Acts, including Acts, relating to indentured coolies,1,8711,9241,642 Other offences,219 5,1637,8696,610150 1,07728 404414 26 Total,21,57823,49920,844853 1,88766 |32,122||38,746||33,114||1306| 3,501160 M.F.TOTAL.M.F. I.M. E JL.E M. ZME M.f. 119619 6431579,66379 25899473612 79|11293 *** 232,335 3 71++ ...5 262 12,079 903+ :12 1,87561 7,691178 :4 44: :: ---: :: 241 23322 251 39 8722,639947 9344443| 35 142 5100 37,3291,516 * TOTAL MALES AND FEMALES, * Consisting of Offenders not sentenced to Imprisonment. 9,66379 25899473 612 7911293 38,815