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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 Cases Dismissed

011

the Merits.

Number of Persons Summarily Convicted.

Number of

Persons Committed for Trial in the

Superior Courts.

Offences against the Ferson,...

Gambling,.

Offences against Property

(other than Prædial Lar- ceny),.....

Refusal of Duty...........

Offences against Masters and

1

:

6

7

:

:

27

22

83

Servants Acts, including

Acts relating to Indentured Coolies,

Other Offences,..........

19

19

53

Total Number of Persons Summoned or Apprehended, .......

47

47

93

* See foot note (*) to Table I.

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:

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- party other

Gam-than Malicions

Punishments.

Total Number of Offences.

Assaults und other Offences

Mn- licious

Injurios

bling. t.o

against the Porson.

Pro-

perty.

Injuries to Property or Predin! Larceny.

Offences against | Offences against

Revenue Acts, Highway Acts,

Health Acts, and other Acts relating to the Social Economy ofį

the Colony.

Mastery and Servants

Acts, including Acts

relating

to Indenturel Coolies,

Other

Offen-

c0%.

3,590 252

1-

206

87

390

1,360

65

341

226

18]

1,481

95

+4

206

934

12

28

:

:

Fino,

Imprisonmont,

in lion of tino or surety,

Poremptory Im- prisonmont,

Whipping,.........

Bound over with

or without suroties,

363

94

10

:

Total,... 6,791 306

16

-

13

1.299

583

33

2,615

T

37

640

230

254

3,640

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