(Y3)

TABLE showing the number of Persons brought before the Marine Magistrate by Arrest Warrants or Summonses for Offences, and how their Cases were disposed of

in the Marine Magistrate's Court.

Number Discharged

for want of Prosecution by the Party complaining or for want of Evidence.

Number of Cuses Dismissed

оп

the Merits.

Number of Persons summarily Convicted.

Number of

Persons Committed for Trial in the

Superior Courts.

Offences against the Person....

1

Gambling,

Offences against Property

other than Prædial Lar.

ceny,

Refusal of Duty.......

Offences against Masters and ¦

Servants Acts, including Acts relating to Indentured Coolies,

15

:

16

15

:.

37

G

15

52

Other Offences,..

Total Number of Persons

Summoned or Apprehended,

16

19

• See fout note (*) to Table 1.

105

III.—SUMMARY CONVICTIONS. (Police Court).

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

Offences against Pro- perty other than Malicious Injuries to Property or Prædial Larceny.

Punishments.

Total Number of Offences.

Assaults and other Offences ngainst the Person.

Ma- licious Injuries Gam-

to bling.

Pro-

perty.

Fine.......

Imprisonment,

3,474 288

25

28 280

100

Offences against Offences against

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

Offen-

ces.

507

27

2,244

in lieu of fine

or surety,

Peremptory Im-

1,610

106

457

244

209

7

690

prisonment,

1,104

65

1 101

730

11

200

Whipping,

2

:

Bound over with

or without

suretics,

262

100

1

10

03

Total,

0,448

058

33

857

1,139

731

50

34

3,096

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.