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Minor Offences.

Charged cases.

Cases without charge.

Total cases.

Table V,-Continued.

YEARLY RETURN OF CRIME FOR THE WHOLE COLONY FOR THE YEAR OF 1938.

1937 1938 Persons convicted. Persons discharged. Value of property stolen. Value of property recovered. Charged cases. Cases without charge. Total cases. Charged cases. Cases without charge. Total cases. Drunkenness 8,169 8,169 7,002 7,002 Assault 4,265 4,265 4,386 4,386 12,484 12,484 11,388 11,388 Damage to property 563 563 674 674 Dangerous goods 43 43 43 43 Forestry offences 27 27 27 27 26 26 26 26 37 37 37 37 Gambling 13 6 7,105 1,030 25 45 2 N W 3 1 485 Hawking offences 292 292 296 296 8,354 24 Lottery offences 29,986 29,986 35,507 35,507 34,936 587 Mendicants 71 71 193 193 262 21 Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1,062 1,062 1,436 1,436 1,466 53 Morphine 534 534 524 524 1 1,151 28 Nuisances 425 425 747 747 739 Opium 626 626 474 474 Revenue 640 640 1,334 1,334 972 972 799 799 Rogue and vagabond 321 321 222 222 Stowaways 29 29 31 31 a LO 458 40 1,395 69 836 209 84 65 6 Unlawful possession 504 504 300 300 282 49 Vagrants 33 33 29 29 19 10 Vehicle and traffic 2,209 2,209 2,461 2,461 14 2,433 38 Women and girls 795 795 825 825 819 18 Other miscellaneous offences 1,105 1,105 1,379 1,379 93 7 1,465 1 73 Total. 43,288 43,288 49,555 49,555 156 20 53,338 2 1,328 Grand total. 51,457 4,265 55,722 56,557 4,386 60,943 169 26 60,443 8 1,813 543,545.43 119,400.26

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