# Table IX.
ABSTRACT of CASES brought under COGNIZANCE of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS during a period of ten years.
Cases, how disposed of, and the Number of Male, Female and juvenile Defendants under each head.
Year. Total number of cases. Total number of defendants. Convicted and sentenced. Committed for trial at Supreme Court. Discharged. Committed to prison To keep the peace, or detained pending order of His Excellency the Governor. To be of good behaviour, and to answer any charge. Did not appear and absconded. Punished for making false charge or giving false evidence. Undecided. M. F. J. M. F. J. M. F. J. M. F. J. 1927 32,122 87,930 1,516 33,114 1,906 3,501 160 93 1 --- 521 49 1 1928 28,468 30,148 1,263 26,191 1,005 3,157 222 84 1929 31,558 32,832 1,580 27,308 1,828 4,872 203 135 1930 38,646 99,878 2,542 99,387 2,024 5,981 464 48 C 6 6 5 575 35 1931 38,573 40,337 2,199 35,296 1,892 4,233 246 66 1 1 --- 670 60 71 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 Total 169,367 180,525 9,100 33,873.4 36,105 1,820 31,059.2 1,510 32,581 2,822 1,041 26,726 2,097 33,573 Average per Year 252,497 218,481 93,861 11,798 182,066 25,973 16,243 29,956 Average per Year 50,499.4 155,296 7,550 21,694 1,295 426 5 18 Į 2,637 250 9 1 Grand Total for the ten Years... 421,864 399,006 42,961 39,900.6 Average per Year 42,186.4 33,523 51,650 8,045 978 41 31 8,847 1,349 14 2Prior to 1932 Juveniles were included in Columus M. or F.
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Not included in total.