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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 Diselmrged

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

Number of Cases Dismissed

(111

the Merits.

Number of

Number of

Persous Summarily | Persons Committed

Convicted.

for Trial in the

Superior Courts.

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,

Total Number of Persons

Summoned or Apprehended,

1

I

13

31

17

:

* Soo Font-mode (*) to Table 1.

HI. SUMMARY CONVICTIONS. (Police Court.)

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

Punishments.

Total Number of

Assaults

and other Offences

Ma- licions

Injuries ! Gam-

'Offences. against

to bling.

Pro-

the Person.

perty.

Offences against Pro

perty other than Malicious

Injuries to Property or Prandial Larceny.

Offences against Revenne 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.

Fine,

11,119

470

101 1,223

303

Imprisoument in

3,903

!

I

Other

Offen-

res.

30

5,089

lieu of fine or security,... 1,421

68

43 222

197

192

697

Peremptory Im-

prisonment,

1,586

75

1.201

6

22

280

Whipping,....

ล

06

51

:

2

Escaped,

Solitary Contine-

ment,

1

⠀

Exposed in

Stocks,

Sent to House of

Detention,

36

36

Bonnd over with

or without

sureties,

312

190

1!

3

Total,...... 14,531

805

150 1,447

1.781

4,104

104

6,205

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