1899 — Page 296

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pop 1-2 wg.

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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

Offences against the Person,

Gambling,....

Offences against Property

(other than Prædial Lar- 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 Prosecution by the Party complaining or for want of Evidence.

:

2

Number of Cases Dismissed

on

the Merits.

:

:

:

Number of Persons Summarily Convicted.

1

:

30

17

5:

Number of

Persons Committed for Trin in the Superior Courts.

:

:

Total Number of Persons

Summoned or Apprehended,

2

48

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

III.--SUMMARY CONVICTIONS. (Police Court.)

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

i

Punishments.

Total Number of Offences.!

Assaults:

nl other Offences against the Person.

Ma- licious Injuries | Gam-

to bling.

Pro-

perty.

Offences against Pro- perty other than Malicious ¦

Injuries to Property or Prædial Larceny.

Offences against

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

Offences against Masters and Servants.

Acts, including Acts relating

to Indentured Coolies.

....

Other

Offen-

ces.

Finc,

6,460

563

89

$19

307

1,659

18

3,305

Imprisonment in

lieu of fine or

security,.........

1,319

91

45

120

235

308

9

541

Peremptory Im-

prisonment,....

1,564

146

1

1,082

2

331

:.

Whipping,

101

7

1

84

1

:

Escaped,

1

1

:

Solitary Confine-

ment,

13

1

9

:

Exposed in

Stocks,

2

:

:

:

Sent to Honse of

3

1

48

Detention,

48

:

Bound over with

]

or without

suretics,

102

44

1

7

9

:

:

Total,...... 9,640

862

135

650

1,725

1,978

29

4.271

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