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III. SUMMARY CONVICTIONS.

TABLE showing the Number of Suminary Convictions for various Classes of Offences, and the kind of Punishments Inflicted.

Punishments.

Total Number of

Assaults and other Offences Offences against

Ma- licious Injuries

Offences against Pro-

perty other

Offences against Revenue Acts, Highway Acts,

Gam-

than Malicious

to

bling.

Pro-

the Person.

perty.

Injuries to Property or Prædial Larceny.

Health Acts, and other Acts relating to the Social Economy of the Colony.

Offences against Musters and Servants

Acts,

including Acts relating

to Indentured Coolies.

Other

Offen-

ces.

Fine....

0,005

-144

1

Imprisonment,

in lieu of fine

or surety.

85

10

Peremptory Im-

prisonment...

1,010

08

:

Whipping.

10

نت

Bound over with

or without

aureties

147 48

Total.....

7,866 579

090

÷

190

C1

207

4,010

54

1,733

22

31

524

*

55

12

258

808

4,000

0

1

227

30

60

1,090

NOTE. Where there has been an Appeal from the Magistrate's decision the case is to be entered as finally decided, and not necessarily according to the Magistrate's original decision.

IV.—INDICTMENTS AND INFORMATIONS IN THE SUPERIOR COURTS,

Including Courts analogous to the Courts of Quarter Sessions in England-i.e.,

District Courts, &c.

Include in the Returns below the Indictments for Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several Offences.

State how the Cases tried in the Superior Courts ended.

(Each prisoner tried should be counted as a separate case; but where any large batch of prisoners have been convicted together, the fact might be men- tioned in a note below).

Total.

1

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3

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7

20

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Murder, other than Wife and Child Murder.

Manslaughter.

Attempt at Murder.

Murder of Wife, Reputed Wife,

or Concubine.

Child Murder.

Concealment of Birth,

Abortion.

Rape.

Other Offences against the Person. Malicious Injuries to Property.

Unnatural Crimes.

Robbery with Violence.

Prædial Larceny.

Other Offences against Property.

Miscellaneous Offences.

Judgment for the Crown

50

1

3

Judgment for the Prisoner 21

Prisoner found Insane.

Case fell through for want of Prosecution, including cases where a Bill waH thrown out by Grand Jury......

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