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TABLE showing the Number of Persons brought before the Marine Magistrate by Arrest Warrants or Summonses for Offences, and how their Cases were disposed of
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 Persons Summarily Convicted.
Number
of
I'ersons Committed
for Trial in the Superior Courts.
Offences against the Porsou,
Gambling,
*
Offences against Property
(other than Prædial Lar- ceny),
Refusal of Duty,.
Offences against Masters and Servants Acts, including Acts relating to Indentured Coolies,
Other Offences,
Total Number of Persons
Summoned or Apprehended,
:
:
71
158
:
4:.
2
104
76
262
"See foot-note (*) to Table I.
III. SUMMARY CONVICTIONS. (Police Court.)
TABLE showing the Number of Summary Convictions for various Classes of Offences, and the kind of Punishments Inflicted.
Punishments.
Total Number of Offences.
Assaults and other Offences against the Person.
Ma- licions Injuries
to
Pro- perty.
Offences against Pro- perty other Gum- [than Malicious bling.
Injuries to Property
Offences against Revenue Acts, Highway Acts,
Health Acts, and other Acts relating to the Social Economy of the Colony,
Offences against Masters and Servants Acts, including Acts relating
to Indentured
Other
Offen-
ces.
or Prædial Larceny.
Coolies.
Fine,
10,972
421
71 [1,140
3-59
2,326
17
6,044
Imprisonment in
lien of fine or
security..........
2,800
79
6 265
227
386
14
1,823
Peremptory Im-
prisonment,
891
80
5
457
41
203
Whipping,.....
Escaped,
45
1
1
43
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Solitary Confine-
meut,
Exposed in
Stocks,
673
24
:
...
:
**
:
:
:
:
515
I
133
Sent to House of
Detention,
53
:
:
3333
$3
Bound over with
or without
sureties,
AURAALSEL
380
201
2
50
27
1
96
Total, 15,814 818
82 1,408
1,645
2,784
35
9,042
NOTE.-Where there has been an Appoal from the Magistrate's decision the case is to be entered as finally decided, and not necessarily according to the Magistrate's original decision.