# Table VI.
ABSTRACT of CASES brought under COGNIZANCE of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS during a period of Five Years.
Total Number of Cases.
CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD,
Year 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 Charge Did not appear and absconded Escaped before being brought for trial at the Magistracy Escaped Punished for preferring False Charge or giving False Testimony Total Undecided M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 1927 196 218 19 38 12 30 8 1928 89 143 27 15 6 1929 133 165 21 34 3 1930 197 153 18 47 2 7 1931 159 164 15 50 ** 1 Total 774 848 100 184 26 17 3 272 34 2 15 2 2 1,094 134 Average per Year 154.8 169.6 20 36.8 5.2 3.4J 23