NATURE OF OFFENCES.
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Table V.
YEARLY RETURN OF CRIME FOR THE WHOLE COLONY FOR THE YEAR 1933.
B. MINOR OFFENCES.
Charge cases. Cases without charge. Total cases. Charge cases. Cases without charge. Total cases. 1932. 1933. % Charge cases to total. Europeans. Indians. PERSONS CONVICTED. PERSONS DISCHARGED. Chinese. Chinese. VALUE OF PROPERTY STOLEN. VALUE OF PROPERTY RECOVERED $ C. e. Assault, Damage to Property, Dangerous Goods, Drunkenness,.... 341 341 402 402 100% 13 13 26 26 100% 9 441 1 2 54 1 21 4 ... 24 24 38 38 100% 43 2 19 19 16 16 100% 13 1 3 1 Forestry Offences, 273 273 342 342 100% 419 20 Gambling, 386 386 457 457 100% 2,229 49 Hawking Offences, 8,699 8,699 12,670 12,670 100% 12,523 292 Lottery Offences, 223 223 402 402 100% 428 39 Mendicants, 395 395 584 584 100% 619 18 Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 386 386 488 488 100% 1 898 15 Morphine, 15 15 79 79 100% 121 22 ... Nuisances, 304 394 1,046 1,046 | 100% 2 1,039 28 + Opium, 825 825 3,979 3,979 100% 4,378 212 Revenue, 606 606 880 880 100% 1 889 35 Rogue and Vagabond, 78 78 114 114 100% 113 21 *** Stowaways, 22 22 28 28 100% 13 2 54 1 Unlawful Possession, 294 294 321 321 | 100% 279 Vagrants, 30 30 35 35 100% 37 3 1 Vehicles and Traffic. 803 803 1,383 1,383 100% ... 3 1 1,380 Women and Girls, 384 384 873 873 100% Other Miscellaneous Offences, 1,154 1,154 1,496 1,496 100% 868 24 9 | 2,005 Total, 15,364 15,364 25,659 25,659 97 * 27 28,750 32 36 2 128 2 4 1,065 Grand Total, 18,597 2,472 21,069 29,036 2,253 31,289 112 31 32,049 7 9 1,412 764,492.38 67,469.34