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1.-OFFENCES.
TABLE showing the Number of Offences reported to the Magistrates during 1874.
Total Number of Offences reported.
Offences against the Person.
Offences* against
Gambling.
Property (other than Prædial Larceny),
Other Offences.
8,079
627
206
990
6,256
TABLE showing the Number of Offences reported to the Marine Magistrate during 1874.
Total Number of Offences reported.
Offences against the Person.
Gambling.
Offences* against Property (other than Prædial Larceny).
Other Offences.
193
19
* Include both Offences against rights of Property and Injuries to the subjects of Property.
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II. APPREHENSIONS AND SUMMONSES.
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TABLE showing the Number of Persons brought before the Magistrates' Court by Arrest Warrants or Summons for Offences, and how their Cases were disposed of
in the Magistrates' Court.
Number Discharged
for want of Prosecution by the Party complaining or for want of Evidence.
Number of Cases Dismissed
on
the Merits.
Number of Persons summarily Convicted.
Number of
Persons Committed for Trial in the Superior Courts.
Offences against the Person,.
Gambling,....
24
68
78
14
35
:
Offences against Property* other than Prædial Lar- ceny,
Offences against Master and Servants Acts, including Acts relating to Inden- tured Coolies,
+
Other Offences,...................
1
20
14
3
:
20
281
2,321
Total Number of Persons
Summoned or Apprehended,
45
380
2,451
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NOTE.-Purely Civil Cases in which Magistrates exercise jurisdiction are not to be included in this or the
following Table.
* See foot note (*) above.