# Table V.
4. ABSTRACT of CASES brought under COGNIZANCE of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS during a period of ten years 1921-1930.
CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE Number of Male and Female Defendants UNDER EACH HEAD.
Year Total number of cases. Convicted and punished. Absconded. Did not appear and 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. Discharged. Committed for trial at Supreme Court. 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. 1921 17,374 18,720 695 2,247 151 85 8 5 173 5 1922 18,585 18,338 614 2,018 76 198 246 30 1923 21,720 22,075 356 3,190 72 246 204 17 1924 27,724 28,708 859 5,154 172 171 376 38 1925 25,790 25,896 1,595 4,099 242 178 323 23 1926 31,860 20,516 1927 32,122 33,114 1,306 149 83 408 64 1928 1,379 3,540 160 93 521 49 1929 28,408 26,191 1,005 3,157 222 84 375 35 1930 38,646 31,558 1,323 4,872 203 185 461 54 Total 181,164 4,990 272,458 266,003 11,156 37,709 1,911 1,321 18 92Page ...
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# Table V.
4. ABSTRACT of CASES brought under COGNIZANCE of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS during a period of ten years 1921-1930.
CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE Number of Male and Female Defendants UNDER EACH HEAD.
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