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RETURN OF PUNISHMENTS AWARDED IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF OFFENCES, DURING THE YEAR 1924

Description Number of each kind inflicted Offences against the person Malicious injuries to property Offences against property other than malicious injuries to property or predial larceny Gambling Revenue Acts, Highway Acts, Health Acts, and other Acts relating to the social economy of the colony Masters and Servants Acts, including Acts relating to indentured coolies Other Offences
Fines 22,259 201 19 1,839 262 3,177 24 18,647
Imprisonment in lieu of fine or security 1,740 19 23 145 253 2 1,297 ...
Peremptory Imprisonment 4,398 90 10 91 1,450 2,055 1,685 ...
Whipping 317 8 3 8 109 37 157 ...
Solitary Confinement * ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Exposed in Stocks ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Sentenced to House of Detention 32 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Juvenile Offenders' Prison ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Bound over with or without Sureties 441 128 ... ... ... ... ... ...

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ABSTRACT OF CASES BROUGHT UNDER COGNIZANCE OF THE POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS DURING A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS 1915–1924

Year Total number of cases Convicted and punished Discharged Committed for trial at the Supreme Court Committed to prison or detained pending order of His Excellency the Governor To keep the peace, to be of good behaviour, and to answer any charge Escaped Punished for preferring false charge or giving false testimony Undecided Total number of defendants
1915 18,937 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1916 11,222 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1917 9,805 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1918 12,901 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1919 12,203 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1920 12,788 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1921 15,207 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1922 18,520 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1923 17,374 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1924 21,720 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total 100,621 101,907 3,041 14,150 500 ... 1,902 100 ... 20,124

Note: The original table includes detailed male/female breakdowns for each disposal category, but the OCR text is too corrupted to reconstruct those columns reliably. Only the main summary columns are shown above.

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RETURN OF PUNISHMENTS AWARDED IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF OFFENCES, DURING THE YEAR 1924

Description Number of each kind inflicted Offences against the person Malicious injuries to property Offences against property other than malicious injuries to property or predial larceny Gambling Revenue Acts, Highway Acts, Health Acts, and other Acts relating to the social economy of the colony Masters and Servants Acts, including Acts relating to indentured coolies Other Offences
Fines 22,259 201 19 1,839 262 3,177 24 18,647
Imprisonment in lieu of fine or security 1,740 19 23 145 253 2 1,297 ...
Peremptory Imprisonment 4,398 90 10 91 1,450 2,055 1,685 ...
Whipping 317 8 3 8 109 37 157 ...
Solitary Confinement * ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Exposed in Stocks ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Sentenced to House of Detention 32 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Juvenile Offenders' Prison ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Bound over with or without Sureties 441 128 ... ... ... ... ... ...

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ABSTRACT OF CASES BROUGHT UNDER COGNIZANCE OF THE POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS DURING A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS 1915–1924

Year Total number of cases Convicted and punished Discharged Committed for trial at the Supreme Court Committed to prison or detained pending order of His Excellency the Governor To keep the peace, to be of good behaviour, and to answer any charge Escaped Punished for preferring false charge or giving false testimony Undecided Total number of defendants
1915 18,937 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1916 11,222 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1917 9,805 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1918 12,901 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1919 12,203 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1920 12,788 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1921 15,207 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1922 18,520 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1923 17,374 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1924 21,720 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total 100,621 101,907 3,041 14,150 500 ... 1,902 100 ... 20,124

Note: The original table includes detailed male/female breakdowns for each disposal category, but the OCR text is too corrupted to reconstruct those columns reliably. Only the main summary columns are shown above.

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3.-RETURN of PUNISHMENTS awarded in respect of CERTAIN Classes of Offences, during the Year 1924,

PUNISHMENTS.

Offences against

Offences against ! Offences against

Assaults and other offences

Number of

against

Description.

ench kind

inflicted.

the person.

Malicious injuries to property.

property other

Gam-

than malicious

Revenue Acts, Highway Acta, Health Acts, and

bling.

injuries to pro- perty or predial inreely.

other Acts relating to the social economy of the colony. |

Masters and Servants Acta, including Acts relating to

Other Vien.

Ces.

indentured coolies.

Fines,

22,259

201

19

1,839

262

3,177

24

18,647

Imprisonment in lin

of line or security,

1,740

19

23

145

253

2

1,297

Feremptory Imprison.

ment, *******EDIT

4,398

90

10

91

1,450

2.055

เร่

1,685

Whipping,

317

8

3

8

109

37

157

Solitary Confinement........

*

Exposed in Stocks, ..............;

Sentenced to House of

Detention,

32

Juvenile

Bound over with or

without Sureties,

Offendlers'

441

128

Prison,

30,175

536

40

1,961

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41

---

32

202

2.024

5,563

36

20,015

4.—Abstract of Cases brought under COGNIZANCE of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS during a period of ten years 1915-1924.

CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, and the Number of Matx asp Female PrISONERS ENDku bach Head,

Year

Total nazuber of

cases

Convicted and punished.

Diseluurgel.

Committed Orderait to

Commit-prison or fad scarity

teil for

detained

pentling or-

trial ut, "der of His Supreme Excellency

Conft.

the

Governor.

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charge.

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396

Qu

(Y6)

3.-RETURN of PUNISHMENTS awarded in respect of CERTAIN Classes of Offences, during the Year 1924,

PUNISHMENTS.

Offences against

Offences against ! Offences against

Assaults and other offences

Number of

against

Description.

ench kind

inflicted.

the person.

Malicious injuries to property.

property other

Gam-

than malicious

Revenue Acts, Highway Acta, Health Acts, and

bling.

injuries to pro- perty or predial inreely.

other Acts relating to the social economy of the colony. |

Masters and Servants Acta, including Acts relating to

Other Vien.

Ces.

indentured coolies.

Fines,

22,259

201

19

1,839

262

3,177

24

18,647

Imprisonment in lin

of line or security,

1,740

19

23

145

253

2

1,297

Feremptory Imprison.

ment, *******EDIT

4,398

90

10

91

1,450

2.055

เร่

1,685

Whipping,

317

8

3

8

109

37

157

Solitary Confinement........

*

Exposed in Stocks, ..............;

Sentenced to House of

Detention,

32

Juvenile

Bound over with or

without Sureties,

Offendlers'

441

128

Prison,

30,175

536

40

1,961

G8

་་་

41

---

32

202

2.024

5,563

36

20,015

4.—Abstract of Cases brought under COGNIZANCE of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS during a period of ten years 1915-1924.

CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, and the Number of Matx asp Female PrISONERS ENDku bach Head,

Year

Total nazuber of

cases

Convicted and punished.

Diseluurgel.

Committed Orderait to

Commit-prison or fad scarity

teil for

detained

pentling or-

trial ut, "der of His Supreme Excellency

Conft.

the

Governor.

To keep the

poser, tu bror,

good bela

rlour, and to

Muner any

charge.

PUR

absconded.

Did not appear

Escaped helore

being

brought

for trial at

the Ma-

gistracy.

Escaped.

Punished for preferring

false charge or giving false testimony.

Gindecided.

Total number

of defendants.

3

A

7

ཝཱ

9

10

12 13

H 13

Id

17

18

19

MA

F.

M.

M. P

M.

F

V. V. F. | N.

M.

P. M.

નમ

20

21

I.

F.

H

mod

M

1915..

1916,...). 18937

1917, ... 11 #22

-1019, ...| 9,805

4919,... 12,901

12,203 12,788 30.5

Į

2,076

111 149 16

483

14,881

2.233 |

11.727 410 2.168

9,359 973 1,947

1 18,788 34 1,602

900 £14 4

10

12 | 119, 3

127 | 117 TV

108 146

ליין

咖雪啡

271

24

71 10

HA

ZIN 34

1

**

---

11

hom

70

Trank.......! 67,00%

62,513 | 1,938 | 10,066

644 017 20 | 25

1,106

1

THE

18,4014 |12,50W8 || M876

2,0102 | 1044 1991 51

t

:

48

  • N

IT

15,990

! 17,625 135

#

12

14

143U 59)

-1100

11,663

543

2

13,678

475

220

**

72,494 2,451

---

  • T

50

14,2138] 52

1

1970, ...

1921, ..

1922.

15,207 18,520

17,374 18,796

18,383 18,978

4 إنه

0924.

21,720 | 22,078

617 1,541

GG | 2,247

2,018

8,190

119 136

131

ů

143 11

| སྐ

i

Q

T

J#24,

27,724

28,708

8,131

76 1PM

79'246

172,171

-

+%

244

m

30

---

+

264

17

+44

---

Kob

--

UN

喝咖

Total,--|| 100,621 | 101,907 |3,041

14,150

500 K38 19

-

1,902 | 100

---

pick Your,

20,124 |20,534 | 108 1

2.20

1'8

-

---

Grand NOT for the

102,028 | 166,8:0 |4,979

24,910 11,024 1,468, 48

#44

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1308 251

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{10,962-8

16,681 | 1979 | 2,4910 | 1194 |1awal 498

8:4

MON 23-1

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to

7

EW

001

610

+

Pa

min

35

17,300

AR

A

21,975 $1

2

747

08

A

95,772

450

170 15

34,585 | 1,000

882

190,848 8,790

704

#

|24,1076 | 7582

day

31

193,149| 6,422

|19,4102 | 6429

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