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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

Number of Persons Summarily Convicted.

the Merits.

On

Number of

Persons Committed for Trial in the Superior Courts.

Offences against the Person,..

Gambling,

Offences against Property* (other than Predial Lar- ceny),

Refusal of Duty,.....

Offences against Mastors and Sorvants Acts, including Acts relating to Indenturou Coolios,

Other Offences,

12

:

6

7

申年國

4

5

2

11

:=

=

:

+

Total Number of Porsong Summoned or Apprehended,...

• See foot note (*) to Table I.

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17

12

23

20

III. SUMMARY CONVICTIONS. (Police Court).

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

Punishmonts.

Total Number of

Assaults and othor Offoncos

Ma- licious Injurios Gam-

to bling.

Olloncos. against

Pro-

the Parson.

porty.

Опопсов against Pro- party other than Malicious

Injuriou to Property or Pradial Larceny.

Offences against Offoncos against

Rovenue Acts,

Highway Acts,

Hoalth Acts, and other Acts relating to the Social Economy of

the Colony.

1,420

Masters

and Servants

Acts, including Acts relating to Indentured Coolios.

Other

Опси-

ccs.

Fino,

6,074

289

9

166

55

4,126

Imprisonment in

lieu of fine or

auroty,

1,291

79

9

182

157

300

497

Peremptory Im-

prisonment.....

1,446

க

86

Whipping,

49

821

41

***

245

1

Bound over with

or without

216

143

1

60

:

Total,....... 8,999

691

19

649

1,079

1,720

12

1,929

Norg.—Where thors has been an Appeal from the Magistrato's decision, the curn is to be entered na feally and not necessarily according to the Magistrate's original «