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TABLE showing the Number of Persons brought before the Marine Magistrate by Arrest Warrants or Summons for Offences, and how their Cases were disposed of

Offences against the Person,.

Gambling,....

Offences against Property* other than Prædial Lar- ceny,

Refusal of Duty,

Offences against Master and Servants Acts, including Acts relating to Inden- tured Coolies,

Other Offences,.......

Total Number of Persons

Summoned or Apprehended,.

in the Marine Magistrate's 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 Persous summarily Convicted.

17

:

5

73

:

10

17

:

2

86

176

Number of

Persons Committed for Trial in the Superior Courts.

:.

:

NOTE.-Purely Civil Cases in which Magistrates exercise jurisdiction are not to be included in this or the following Table.

See foot note (*) to Table I.

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III. SUMMARY CONVICTIONS. (Police Court).

TABLE showing the Number of Summary Convictions for various Classes of Offences, and the kind of Punishment Inflicted.

Offences against Pro-

perty other than Malicious

Punishments,

Total Number of Offences.

Assaults and other Offences

Ma- licious

Injuries Gam-

to bling.

against the Person.

Pro-

**

perty.

Injuries to Property or Prædial

Larceny.

212

Offences against Revenue Acts, Highway Acts, Health Acts, and other Acts relating to the Social Economy of

the Colony,

3,996

Offences against Masters and Servants

Acts, including Acts relating

to Indentured Coolies.

Other

Offen-

ces.

49

1,012

Fine,

5,670

305

32

70

Imprisonment,

in lieu of fine

or surety,

101

68

2

...

Peremptory Im-

prisonment,...

033

17

Whipping,

72

3

4

:

Bound over with

or without

suretics,

136

35

Total,.....

12

+

11

123

409

5

65

00

8

79

36

10

1

01

6,C18

428

33

193

734

4,000

50

1,153

NOTE.-Where there has been an Appeal from the Magistrate's decision the case is to be entered as fually decided, and not necessarily according to the Magistrate's original decision.

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