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SUPREME COURT AND MAGISTRACY.
COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the Number of Offences, Apprehensions, Couvictions, and Acquittals for the last Four Years.
1912.
1913.
1914.
1915.
The number of cases reported to the Police,
12,660
12,011
8,817
9,289
The number of persons apprehended by the Police or summoned
before the Police Magistrates,
20,944
23,998
16,190
15,766
The number of summary convictions :-
1. For offences against the person.
392
977
268
211
2. Gambling,
2,747
4,264
2,290
1,848
3. For offences against property other than predial larceny.......... 4. For other offences,
1,285
1,487
855
995
12,405
9,780
7,162
9,995
The number of convictions in the Superior Courts :—
1. For offences against the person,
55
15
13
17
2. Predial larceny,............
3. For offences against property other than predial larceny, 4. For other offences,
17
43
11
8
11
29
37
16
The number of persons acquitted :-
1. In the Inferior Courts,
2. In the Superior Courts,
3,356 27
2,739 28
2,516
14
2,163 30
MARINE MAGISTRATE'S COURT.
COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the Number of Offences, Apprehensions, Convictions, and Acquittals for the last Four Years.
1912.
1913.
1914.
1915.
The number of offences reported to the Police,
487
435
447
470
The number of persons apprehended by the Police or summoned
before the Marine Magistrate,
816
699
1,050
922
The number of summary convictions :—
1. For offences against the person,
ล
2
3. For offences against property other than bronching cargo,
I
436
417
417
145
2. For broaching cargo,....
4. For other offences,
The number of convictions in the Superior Courts :--
1. For offences against the person,
2. For offences against property,
3. For other offences,
The number of persons nequitted :——
1. In the Marine Magistrate's Court, 2. In the Superior Courts...........................
:
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33
55
59
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