Minor Offences.
Table V,-contd.
YEARLY RETURN OF CRIME FOR THE WHOLE COLONY FOR THE YEAR 1939.
1938 1939 Value of property Persons convicted Persons discharged Charged cases Cases without charge Total cases Charged cases Cases without charge Total cases % charge cases to total stolen recovered Europeans $ $ Indians Chinese Brought forward.. 7,002 4,386 11,888 7,859 3,945 11,804 685,216.66 128,051.54 Assault 674 674 683 683 100% 1,135 93 Damage to property 27 27 51 51 8 63 7 Dangerous goods 37 37 61 61 79 4 Drunkenness 14 14 13 13 7 6 Forestry offences 2,246 2,246 2,393 2,893 2,582 39 Gambling 296 296 424 424 Hawking offences 4,690 101 35,507 35,507 21,982 21,982 21,906 83 Lottery offences 193 193 298 298 406 20 Mendicants 1,436 1,436 1,154 1,154 1,155 42 Merchant Shipping Ordinance 524 524 527 527 1,147 26 Morphine 747 747 875 875 887 Nuisances 474 474 505 505 515 Opium 1,334 1,334 1,609 1,609 1,653 Revenue 799 799 844 844 861 Rogue and vagabond 222 222 208 208 217 Stowaways 31 31 21 21 12 2 15 Unlawful possession 300 300 242 242 208 Vagrants 29 29 19 19 11 Vehicle and traffic 2,461 2,461 1,956 1,956 16 3 5 1,965 11 Women and girls 825 825 651 651 689 Other miscellaneous offences 1,379 1,379 1,524 1,524 52 4 1,648 1,892.5 Total. 49,555 49,555 36,040 36,040 111 15 41,777 10 796 Grand Total. 56,557 4,386 60,943 43,899 3,945 47,844 132 26 49,953 20 5 1,341 685,216.66 128,051.54Page 330
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