# 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 Defendants. Committed for Trial at Supreme Court. Convicted and Punished. Discharged. 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. Convicted and Cautioned. M. F. J. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. J. M. F. M. F. M. F. J. M. F. J. M. F. 1931 655 549 71 17 165 1932 882 797 72 13 184 1933 1,238 1,251 103 6 196 21 22 6 32 4 11 12 2 :: 16 UN 3 6 :: : : 746 96 1934 1,451 1,237 117 4 272 1,009 23 1935 1,675 1,484 102 5 202 26 Total 5,901 5,318 465 45 1,019 100 28 16 98 29 :: :: 24 56 4 :: :: 265 59 14 56 86 142 1,507 137 Aver-age per Year, 1,180 1,063 93 204 20 4.8 11.2 .8 53 11.8 2.8 :: :: 8 51,886 165 14 66,800 636 89 28.4 1.6 1.2 1,360 127.2 17.8