MINOR OFFENCES.
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Table V.
B. MINOR OFFENCES.
YEARLY RETURN OF CRIME FOR THE WHOLE COLONY FOR THE YEAR OF 1937.
1936 1937 % Charge cases to total. Charged Cases. Cases without charge. Total Cases. Charged Cases. Cases without charge. Total Cases. Europeans. Indians. Chinese. PERSONS CONVICTED, PERSONS DISCHARGED, 62 VALUE OF PROPERTY STOLEN. VALUE OF PROPERTY RECOVERED C. Brought forward 6,234 2,804 9,038 8,169 4,265 12,434 9 8,332 Assault 668 668 563 563 Damage to Property 32 32 43 43 Dangerous Goods 94 7 Drunkenness 842 842 79 2 47 3 Forestry Offences 1,184 1,184 3,026 3,026 3,288 Gambling 182 182 292 292 2,912 Hawking Offences 26,075 26,075 29,986 29,986 29,490 Lottery Offences 103 103 71 71 78 Mendicants 1,156 1,156 1,062 1,062 1,067 Merchant Shipping Ordinance 524 524 534 534 1,180 Morphine 479 479 425 1 425 399 Nuisances 605 605 626 626 667 Opium 885 885 640 640 776 Revenue 1,042 1,042 972 972 998 Rogue and Vagabond 181 181 321 321 31 349 Stowaways 26 26 29 29 11 1 36 Unlawful Possession 344 344 504 504 491 Vagrants 18 18 33 33 32 Vehicle and Traffic 2,288 2,288 2,209 2,209 Women and Girls 759 759 795 795 22 12 2,215 9 Other Miscellaneous Offences 960 960 1,105 1,105 81 6 1,131 57 Total 37,549 37,549 48,288 43,288 } 170 22 46,743 Grand Total 43,783 2,804 46,587 51,457 4,265 55,722 178 31 55,075 5 1,645 531,190.30 115,829.04