Table VI.
ABSTRACT OF CASES brought under COGNIZANCE of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS during a period of Five Years
CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD,
Years. Total Number of Cases. Convicted and Punished. Discharged. Committed for Trial at Supreme Court. 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 Did not appear and absconded Escaped before being brought for trial at the Magistracy. Escaped, Punished for preferring False Charge Punished for giving False Testimony. Total Number of Defendants. Undecided. 1 2 M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 3 4 5 6 7 M. F. 8 1926 329 289 21 128 8 20 : : : : : : : : : : 310 39 : 1927 309 246 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 246 : : 1928 484 376 33 98 21 13 : : 37 : : 150 108 3 1 : 409 55 : 1929 477 437 50 110 18 1 : : : : : : : : : : 487 68 : 1930 629 580 65 194 20 1 : : : : : : : : : : 645 85 : Total 2,228 1,928 206 680 175 39 3 : 270 41 : : : : : : 2,097 247 ... Average Year's 445.6 385.6 41.2 136 35 7.8 0.6 : 54 8.2 : : : : : : : : :