25.-GAOLS AND PRISONERS.
On the 1st January, 1889, there were 503 prisoners in Victoria Gaol; 3,705 were admitted during the year, and 3,608 discharged; the total number of prisoners on the 31st December, 1889. was 600, of whom 39 were Europeans.
The daily average of prisoners was 581, as against 531 in the previous year.
The number of prisoners admitted into Gaol during the last five years was as follows:-
YEARS.
No. or PRISONERS.
TOTAL.
Daily AvekaGI
NUMBER IN PRISON.
Men.
Women.
Juveniles.
1885,
3,327
147
136
3,610
530.00
1886,
4,278
173
149
4,600
671.00
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1887,......................................................................................
4,012
149
147
4,308
384.00
1888, ...................................................................................
3,390
98
139
8,627
$31.00
1889,
8,453
131
121
3,705
581.00
26.-CRIMINAL STATISTICS.
Supreme Court,
The following is a Return of cases tried at the Supreme Court during the last five
years:-
CHARGES ABANDONED.
POSTPONED.
Number Number
YEARS.
of Cases,
of Persons.
Convicted. Acquitted.
Number of Number of Cases. Persons.
No. of Cases.
No. of Persons.
1886, 1886,
1887,
គពីគ្ន
1888,
1889,
91
147
108
22
16
22
75
107
39
20
16
27
94
155
82
36
17
26
101
186
99
47
24
40
92
143
64
24
37
2885-
2007
1
W
Total.
453
738
407
166
101
152
2
9
Average of last 5 years,
902
1473
HI
33)
201
301
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Do. endling 1884,
951
145}
98
811
81
16
3
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Police Magistrates' Court.
The Cases before the Police Magistrates during the last 5 years wore as follows:-
Cases How DISPOSED OF.
Total No. Total No.
YEAH.
of Casex.
of Prisoners.
Convicted and Punished.
Di.. charged.
Committed Committed
for pending Trial. Orders.
Ordered Punished.
to Find Security.
for Falco Tes timony.
Un-
docidul.
1885,
10,281
11,901
8,800 2,446
161
14
456
6
1836,
14,611
16,647
12,923 2,388
159
5
989
36
1887,
12,015
14,182
10,679 2,779
167
32
463
14
1888, ...............................................................
11,647
13,309
9,932 2,849
174
109
192
3
1889,
8,670
10,033
6,894 2,497
167
61
837
17
28286
19
Total....
57,224 66,072
49,228
12,959
A28
214
2,417
75
331
Average of tast 5 years,
Do. ending 1684,
11,444.8
9,517.2
13,214.4
11,221.4
9,845.6 | 2,591,8
165.6
42.8
483.4
15
70.2
8,320.4 | 2,259.8
189.0
26.8
309.2
24.6
91.6