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25.-GAOLS AND PRISONERS.
On the 1st January, 1891, there were 549 prisoners in Victoria Gaol; 5,221 were admitted during the year, and 5,268 discharged; the total number of prisoners on the 31st December, 1891, was 502, of whom 27 were Europeans.
The daily average of prisoners was 507, as against 566 in the previous year.
The number of prisoners admitted into Gaol during the last five years was as follows:---
YEARS.
No. OF PRISONERS.
TOTAL.
Men.
Women.
Juveniles.
DAILY AVERAGE NUMBER
IN PRISON.
1887,
4,012
149
147
4,308
584.00
1888,
3,390
98
139
3,627
531,00
1889,
3,453
131
121
3,705
581.00
1890,
3,218
119
107
3,444
566.00
1891,
4,805
223
203
5,231
507.00
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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.
1887,
1888,
1889,
1890,
1891,
15082
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94
155
82
36
17
26
1
B
101
186
99
47
40
92
143
64
41
24
37
59
80
43
20
17
32
37
26
9
2
28272
Total,.....
378
601
314
153
78
122
1
8
Average of last 5 years,
75%
120
621
303
153
243
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Do.
ending 1886,
89
1383
841
251
134
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Police Magistrates' Court.
The Cases before the Police Magistrates during the last 5 years were as follows:—
CASES HOW DISPOSED OF.
Total No. Total No.
YEARS.
of Cases.
of Prisoners.
Convicted aud Punished.
Dis- charged.
Committed Committed
for pending Trial. Orders.
Ordered
to Find Security.
Punished
for False Tes- timony.
Un-
decided.
1887,
1888,
12,015 14,182 11,647 13,309
10,679 2,779
167
32
463
14
48
9,932 2,849
174
109
192
3
50
1889,
8,670 10,033
6,894 2,497
167
54
337
17
! 67
1890,
9,739 10,772
7,740 2,557
102
15
318
3
37
1891,
13,676 16,382 13,972 2,040
40
12
172
145
Total,.
Average of last 5 years,
55,747 64,678
11,149.4 12,935.6
Do. ending 1886, 11,435.4 13,197.8
49,217 12,722
650
222
1,482
38
347
9,843.4 2,544.4
9,959.8 2,164.0
130.0
44.4
296.4
7.6
69.4
165.6
26.8
457.0
14.4 110.2
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