# CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES
## Table III
### ABSTRACT of CASES under Cognizance of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS during the Year 1923
CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH Head.
Total Number of Cases Total Number of Prisoners Convicted and Punished Discharged Committed for Trial at the Supreme Court Committed to Prison or Detained pending Orders of H.E. the Governor Ordered to find Security To keep the Peace To be of Good Behaviour To answer any Charge Witnesses punished for preferring False Charge or giving wilful False Testimony Undecided Assaults and other offences against the person, Malicious injuries to property, Gambling 1,817 1,946 1,220 48 426 2 Offences against property other than malicious injuries to property or predial larceny 7,776 9,780 7,557 141 1,603 32 Offences against Revenue Acts, Highway Acts, Health Acts, and other Acts relating to the social economy of the Colony 1,537 2,921 2,078 25 Offences against Opium Ordinance No. 4 of 1914 and No. 6 of 1922 799 Offences against Masters and Servants Acts, including Acts relating to indentured coolies 12 6 22 Other offences 114 28 Total 21,720 27,123 21,875 356 3,790 72 246## WRITS ISSUED BY THE POLICE MAGISTRATES DURING THE YEAR
M. F. Warrants To keep the Peace 56 2 ... To be of Good Behaviour 45 3 To answer any Charge 4 3 Witnesses punished for preferring False Charge or giving wilful False Testimony 9 Undecided 18 Total Number of 51 7,512 24 10 127 2033 583 48 10,337 23 1,975 1,946 15 9,622 177 2,884 37 1 29 45 4 27 21 63 1 8,818 103 121 10 100 43 98 5 25,894 368 * TOTAL MALES AND FEMALES 26,262 * Consisting of Offenders not sentenced to Imprisonment 2033 593 48 10,837CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES,
Table III.
ABSTRACT of CASES under Cognizance of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURts during the Year 1923.
CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH Head.
Ordered to find Security.
WRITS ISSUED BY THE POLICE MAGISTRATES
DURING THE YEAR.
Warrants.
TOTAL NUMBER
OF CASES.
TOTAL NUMBER OF PRISONERS.
Convicted and
Punished.
Discharged.
Committed for Trial
at the Supreme Court.
Committed to Prison
or Detained pending Orders of H.E, the Governor.
To keep the
Peace.
だ
Assaults and other offences offences against the person, Malicious injuries to property, Gambling,
Offences against property other
than malicious injuries to property or predial larceny, Offences against Revenue Acts,"
Highway Acts, Health Acts, and other Acts relating to the social economy of the Colony,
Offences against Opium Ordin-"
ance No. 4 of 1914 and No. 6 of 1922,
Offences against Masters and Servants Acts, including Acts relating to indentured coo- lies......... Other offences,
ar.
F.
M.
I. M.
P. M.
536
20
599 239 25 177
23 728 1,975 1,752
12 23
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6
14
217
1,817 1,946 1,220 48 426
2
7,776| 9,780| 7,557|141| 1,603 32
1,537 | 2,921 | 2,078 | 25
799
12
6
22
22
10
114
:
:
28
9,302 | 9,851 | 8,601 | 114 549
104
:
:
Total,
|21,720 |27,123 (21,875|356 | 3,790 72246 B
M. F.
56
2
...
་
To be of Good Behaviour.
To answer
any Charge.
Witnesses punished for preferring False Charge or giving wilful False Testimony.
Undecided.
Total Number of
M. F. M.
F.
M. F. M. F. M.
F
:
45 3
4
3
9
18
:
:
15
:.
:
:
:
:
19
آزاد
51
7,512 24
10 127 |2033 583
48
10,337
23
1,975
:
1,946
15
+ | 9,622
177
...
2,884
37
1
29
45
4 27
21
63
1 8,818
103
121
10 100
43
98
5 25,894
368
7,512 24
10 | 127
* TOTAL MALES AND FEMALES,
26,262
* Consisting of Offenders not sentenced to Imprisonment,
:
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2033 593
48 10,837
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