# 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. Committed for Trial at Supreme Court. Discharged. Convicted and Punished, Ordered to find Security. Committed to Prison or detained pending Order of His Excellency the Governor. Did not appear and absconded Escaped before being brought for trial at the Magistracy. Escaped, M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 1928 484 376 37 150 108 4 1 1929 477 437 50 110 18 1 1930 629 580 65 194 20 1 2 1931 655 549 71 17 165 21 6 1932 882 797 72 13 184 11 1 12 2 Total 3,127 2,739 295 20 803 178 7 18 5 Average per Year, 625.4 547.8 59. 4 160.6 35.6 1.4 3.6 1. Punished for preferring False Charge or giving False Testimony. M. F. 115 222 M. M. 10 7 10 7 32 4 16 3 183 32 C F 36.6 6.4 Undecided. Total Number of Defendants, M. F. 645 558 157 75 785 746 96 23 94 1,009 88 8283 20 3,743 510 43 748.6 102. 21.6