AnnualReport-1934

NATURE OF Offences.

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Table V.

B.-MINOR OFFENCES.

YEARLY RETURN OF CRIME FOR THE WHOLE COLONY FOR THE YEAR 1934.

Charge cases. Cases without charge. Total cases. 1933 1934 % Charge cases to total 1933 1934 1933 1934 Europeans. Indians. CONVICTED, PERSONS PERSONS DISCHARGED. Chinese. Europeans. Indians. Chinese. VALUE OF PROPERTY STOLEN. VALUE OF PROPERTY RECOVERED Assault, 402 487 100% 402 487 8 4 581 1 1 98 Damage to Property, 26 23 100% 26 23 19 8 Dangerous Goods, 38 31 100% 38 31 34 3 Drunkenness, 16 14 100% 16 14 6 2 4 2 ... Forestry Offences, 342 390 100% 342 390 464 14 Gambling, 457 455 100% 457 455 2,279 42 Hawking Offences, 12,670 16,030 100% 12,670 16,030 15,619 463 *** Lottery Offences, 402 317 100% 402 317 326 22 Mendicants, 584 533 100% 584 533 546 29 Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 488 605 100% 488 605 ... 1,079 27 Morphine, 79 128 100% 79 128 142 21 Nuisances, 1,046 942 100% 1,046 942 943 30 Opium, 3,979 2,226 100% 3,979 2,226 2,375 128 Revenue, 880 1,201 100% 880 1,201 1,227 42 Rogue and Vagabond, 114 144 100% 114 144 139 20 Stowaways, 28 20 100% 28 20 10 3 1 Unlawful Possession, 321 309 100% 321 309 262 63 Vagrants, 35 18 100% 35 18 11 11 Vehicles and Traffic, 1,383 1,477 100% 1,383 1,477 5 1,440 49 Women and Girls, 873 1,107 100% 873 1,107 1,128 11 Other Miscellaneous Offences, 1,496 1,276 100% 1,496 1,276 62 15 1,693 2 141 Total, 25,659 27,733 25,659 27,733 107 35 30,319 6 1|1,214 Grand Total... 29,036 2,253 31,289 31,212 2,070 33,282 136 39 33,780 9 1 1,506 363,435.87 50,551.27

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