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TABLE showing the Number of P'ersons brought before the Marine Magistrate by Arrest Warrants or Summonses for Offences, and how their Cases were disposed of

Offences against the Person, ...

Gambling,

Offences against Property* (other than Prælial Lår- ceny),

Refusal of Duty,..

Offences against Masters and Servants Acts, including Acts relating to Indentured Coolies,

Other Offences,

in the Marine Magistrate's Court.

Number Discharged

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

...

:

Number of Cases Dismissed

on

the Merits.

Number of

Number of

for Trial in the

Superior Courts.

Persons Summarily | Persons Committed

Convicted.

2

2

1

:

:.

55

95

:

13

Total Number of Persons

Summoned or Apprehended,

3

* Ste foot-note (*) to Table I.

110

III. SUMMARY CONVICTIONS. (Police Court.)

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

Highway Acts,

Punishments.

Total Number of Offences.

Assaults and other Offences against the Person.

Ma- licious Injuries | Gam- |than Malicious

Offences against Pro- perly other

Offences against Revenue Acts,

to Pro-

bling.

perty.

Injuries to Property or Prædial

Larceny.

35

36-1

256

36

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

2,995

Offences against Masters and Servants Acts, including Acts relating

to Indentured

Coolies.

22

Other

Olfen.

ces.

32

8,095

Fine,

7,171

394

Imprisonment in

lien of fine or

surety,

2,119

155

54

287

301

783

7

532

Peremptory In-

Whipping,.......

prisonment,.... 1,476

Dil not appear and absconded,

Sent to Reform-

atory,

153

1

6

1,006

1

11

298

1

24

30

1

1

:

:

1

1

of Detention,...

:

:

:

G

Scut to the House

10

:

10

:

Bound over with

or without

enretics,

271

130

G

19

2

1

113

Total,..... 11,085

83.1

90

667

1,612

8,782

ان

4,019

:

:

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.