Serious offences.
Charged cases.
Table V.
Yearly Return of Crime, Serious Offences & Minor Offences.
YEARLY RETURN OF CRIME FOR THE WHOLE COLONY FOR THE YEAR 1939.
1938 1939 Persons convicted. Persons discharged. Cases without charge. Total cases. Persons convicted. Persons discharged. Cases without charge. Total cases. % charge cases to total. C Europeans. Indians. Chinese. €9 Value of property stolen. $ Value of property recovered. Arms 57 57 Assault (serious) 42 00 t- 65 104 16 120 86% 49 36 *** 3 39 92% 12 123 Assault with intent to rob 7 5 5 100% Burglary 113 198 311 92 135 227 40% 122 252* 30 37 8 8 1 1 24,658.78 7,284.34 Coinage offences 9 9 6 6 100% 5 2 Deportation 565 565 857 857 100% 857 Embezzlement 24 28 52 18 17 35 51% 17 House & godown breaking 83 211 294 92 126 218 42% 117 Intimidation & extortion 5 13 13 100% 9 JN 12,433.89 25,796.13 9,767.15 Kidnapping 8 2 2 100% 2 Larceny 5,418 3,279 8,697 5,821 3,062 8,883 65% 6,011 275 237,498.86 69,017.18 Larceny from dwelling house 63 428 491 67 316 383 17% 1 78 2 137,801.47 19,910.78 Larceny on ships & wharf 124 99 223 115 77 192 60% 115 12 12,025.36 3,119.06 Manslaughter 4 4 13 2 15 86% 7 17 Murder 7 12 19 18 19 37 48% 22 26 3,113.85 1,272.00 Murder, attempted I 5 1 6 83% 5 1 Obtaining by false pretences 102 24 126 133 17 150 88% 147 12 13,188.29 1,984.21 Receiving 240 240 290 290 100% 257 .78 Robbery 43 66 109 74 141 215 84% 1 Women and girls 1 ] 2 2 100% Other serious offences 87 26 118 96 13 109 88% 22N 125 44 106,198.76 15,646.34 112 29 112,551.27 100.48 Carried forward. 7,002 4,386 11,388 7,859 3,945 11,804 21 11 8,176 1 545 685,216.66 128,051.54 K 28