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CRIMINAL STATISTICS, 1922.
SUPREME COURT AND MAGISTRACY.
COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the Number of Offences, Apprehensions, Convictions, and Acquittals for the last Four Years.
1919.
1920.
1921.
1922.
The number of cases reported to the Police,
10,542
11,912
12,242
13,939
The number of persons apprehended by the Police or summoned|
before the Police Magistrates,
16,680
18,525
22,693
21,557
The number of sumtuary convictions—
1. For offences against the person,
293
329
341
244
2. Gambling,
1,660
1,682
2,418
1,175
3. For offences against the property other than predial larceny, 4. For other offences.
1,835
1,775
1.308
1,415
7,800
9,680
5,430
9.293
5. For Opium Offences,....
609
877
3,039
2.397
The mumber of convictions in the Supreme Courts :-
1. For offences against the person,
2. Predial lareeuy.........
-
17
21
3. For offences against the property other than preind larceny,
4. For other offences,
192
45
1
XX
26
16
16
18
292
20
-16
35
The number of persons acquitted :—
1. In the Inferior Courts,
2. In the Superior Courts...................
1,933 16
1,740 19
2,539 19
2,094 22
MARINE MAGISTRATE'S COURT.
Comparative TABLE showing the Number of Offences, Apprehensions. Convictions, and Acquittals for the last Four Years,
1919.
1920,
1921.
1922.
The mumber of offences reported to the Police,
167
200
364
306
The number of persons apprehended by the Police or summoned
before the Marine Magistrate,
360
524
867
773
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The number of summary convictions ;—
3
5
1. For offences against the person,
1
2. For brouching cargo,.......
3. For offences against property other than bronching eurgo,
1
*
155
IRI
348
281
4. For other offences,
The number of convictions in the Superior Courts
1. For offences against the persou............
2. For offences against property,
3. For other offences,
The number of persons acquitted :-
1. In the Marine Magistrate's Court. 2. In the Superior Courts,
30
:
65
18
26