CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF CASES.
TOTAL NUMBER OF DEFENDANTS.
Convicted and
Punished.
Table III.
ABSTRACT OF CASES under COGNIZANCE of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' Courts during the Year 1930.
CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE DEFENDANTS UNDER EACH HEAD.
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Ordered to find Security. To keep the Peace. To be of Good Behaviour. To answer any Charge. Witnesses punished for preferring False Charge or giving wilful False Testimony. Undecided, Assaults and other offences against the person 646 31 798 337 62 164 16 9 Malicious injuries to property, 39 20 14 3 Gambling, 531 2,040 1,810 26 196 8 Offences against property other than malicious injuries to property or predial larceny, 2,948 3,106 2,376 48 Offences against Revenue Acts, 603 29 14 Highway Acts, Health: Acts, and other Acts, relating to the social economy of the Colony, 2,952 3,008 2,395 223 Offences against Opium Ordinances Nos. 30 of 1923, and 7 of 1924 445 29 980 1,461 1,210 89 134 17 Offences against Masters and Servants Acts, including Acts, relating to indentured coolies. 157 5 33 4 Other offences, 24 23 13 2 2 6 1 10 11 1 9 1 Total, 30,548 31,787 25,238 1576 4,366 365 22 2 5 165 25 2 1 15 3 Total, 38,646 42,325 33,387 2024 5,931 464 326 30 13 2 5 60 19 21 * TOTAL MALES AND FEMALES, Consisting of Offenders not sentenced to Imprisonment. 708 96 15,540 56 2,306 52 532 278 41 16,807 39 2,006 34 1 3,028 79 TOTAL. 12 2,852 253 1,344 107 10 76 29,873 1,972 39,860 2,542 15,540 50 2,306 52 532 278 41 16,807 39 42,402WRITS ISSUED BY THE POLICE MAGISTRATES DURING THE YEAR.
Warrants.