MINOR OFFENCES.
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Table I.- Continued.
YEARLY RETURN OF CRIME FOR THE WHOLE COLONY FOR THE YEAR 1927.
Charge case. Cases without charge. Total cases. Charge cases. Cases without charge. Total cases. 1926. 1927. % Charge cases to total. PERSONS CONVICTED. Europeans. Indians. Chinese. PERSONS DISCHARGED. VALUE OF PROPERTY STOLEN. Europeans. Indians. Chinese. VALUE OF PROPERTY RECOVERED. *Assault, Damage to Property, 310 310 332 40 40 13 332 100% 13 100% 3 22 9 20 355 1 2 72 10 1 Dangerous Goods, 53 53 25 25 100% 25 6 --- Drunkenness,... 38 38 24 24 100% 17 3 7 44 .. Forestry Offences, .... 391 391 334 334 100% 462 22 200 Gambling, 335 335 503 503 100% 2,417 220 ** Hawking Offences, 7,839 7,839 9,109 9,109 100% 9,112 249 *** Lottery Offences, 224 224 288 288 100% 301 70 + ... Mendicants, 45! 45 13 13 100% 12 1 Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 306 306 273 ! 273 100% 501 1 14 *** **警告 Morphine, 31 3 7 7 100% 3 3 4 2 Nuisances, 513 513 248 248 100% 260 12 Opium, 3,726 1 3,727 5,855 5,855 100% 9,741 1,119 Revenue, 53 53 183 | 183 100% 196 1 24 *Rogue and Vagabond, 50 50 47 47 100% 38 12 + Stowaways, 23 23 26 26 100% 16 GO 3 19 2 ... *Unlawful Possession, 258 258 326 326 100% 307 44 Vagrants, 37 37 39 39 100% 40 CO 6 1 Vehicles and Traffic, 1,026 1,026 773 773 100% 776 29 *Women and Girls, 39 39 103 103 100% 2 101 Other Miscellaneous Offences,. 1,025 1,025 1,370 1,370 100% 21 8 1,662 N N 2 13 2 125 Total,.. 16,334 1 16,335 19,891 19,891 112 42 26,305 11 3 2,037 611,293.36 63,308.25 Grand Total,... 18,128 1,920 20,048 22,285 | 2,159 24,444 129 60 28,517 15 6 2,535 611,293.36 63,308.25 *Shown in Serious,