25.-GAOLS AND PRISONERS.
On the 1st January, 1887, there were 612 prisoners in Victoria Gaol; 4,600 were admitted during the year, and 4,541 discharged; the total number of prisoners on the 31st of December, 1886 was 632, of whom 49 were Europeans.
The daily average of prisoners was 584, as against 674 in the previous year.
The number of prisoners admitted into Gaol during the last five years was as follows:-
YEARS.
Men.
DAILY AVERAGE NUMBER
NO. OF PRISONERS.
TOTAL.
IN PRISON.
Women.
Juveniles.
1883,
3,200
137
149
3,486
542.50
1884,
8,670
168
185
1,023
552.00
1885,
3,327
147
136
3,610
530.00
1886,
4,278
178
149
4,600
674.00
1887,
4,012
149
147
4,308
584.00
26. CRIMINAL STATISTICS.
Supreme Court.
The following is a Return of cases tried at the Supreme Court during the last five years:-
CHARGES ABANDONED.
POSTPONED.
Number Number
YEARS.
of. Cases.
of Persons.
Convicted. Acquitted.
Number of Number of No. of
Cases. Persons. Cases.
No. of Persons.
91
126
70
68
101
65
91
147
103
75
107
59
94
155
82
22228
26
14
28 (α)
20
8
16
16
20
16
36
17
OOF
22
27 (b)
26
1883,
1884,
1885,
1886,
1887,
.......
Total,..
419
636
379
124
71
119
4
11
h
Average of 5 years,
83.
127.1
75.
24.3
14.7
23.
B
2층
Do.
ending 1882,
125.
183.
130.
42.
7.
10.3
148
miko
(a) 1 Committed suicide.
() 1 Recognisance estreated.
Police Magistrates' Court.
The Cases before the Police Magistrates during the last 5 years, were as follows:-
CASES HOW DISPOSED OF.
YEARS.
Total No. Total No.
of Cases.
of Prisoners.
Ordered
Punished
Convicted and Punished.
Dis- charged.
Committed Committed
for pending Trial. Orders.
to
for False Find
Tes- Security. timony.
Un-
decided.
1883,
1884,
1885,
1886.
1887.
10,653 12,104
14,065
10,281
14,611
12,015
8,797 2,747 129 15,935 12,836 2,562 11,901 8,800 2,446
12,923 16,647
2,388 10.679 13,458
103
161
159
2,779
167
32
ོམ ཁ་ འལ
38
216
171
38
281
8
107
14
456
18
5
969
35
168
463
14
48
Total,..
Average of 5 years,
Do.
ending 1882,
61,625 70,045
14,009 13,325
8,867.4 7,795.4
54,035
12,922
719
127
2,385
69
512
10,807 2,584.4
6,776.4 2,091.2
143.8
25.4
477.0
13.8
102.4
193.2
15.4
286.2
28.6 47.4
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