SUPREME COURT AND MAGISTRACY.
COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the Number of Offences, Apprehensions, Convictions, and Acquittals for the last Four Years.
1927. 1928. 1929 1930. The number of persons apprehended by the Police or summoned before the Police Magistrates 38,746 31,276 34,368 42,325 The number of summary convictions :— 1. For Offences against the person. 398 249 288 399 2. Gambling.. 2,140 1,685 1,626 1,836 3. For Offences against the property other than predial larceny 1,713 2,067 2,111 2,424 4. For other Offences 23,409 22,651 23,874 29,453 5. For Opium Offences 6,760 544 732 1,299 The number of persons acquitted in the Inferior Courts .... 3,661 5,075 6,395 3,379- H 12