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APPENDICES

Appendix IX

(Chapter 13: Law, Order and Records)

Cases in the Supreme Court, District Court and Tenancy Tribunal 1959-1963

Supreme Court

Civil appeals

Criminal appeal

Original jurisdiction

Miscellaneous proceedings

Adoptions

Divorce

Criminal sessions

Admiralty jurisdiction

Probate grants

:

:

Lunacy

Bankruptcy

Company winding-up

Total ...

:

:

:

:

:

District Court

Criminal jurisdiction Civil jurisdiction ... Workmen's Compensation Distress for rent ...

:

459

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

29

17

27

33

46

613

622

419

453

488

604

682

943

1,271

1,351

283

314

354

449

445

119

173

176

176

139

44

68

63

67

58

30

30

73

57

61

9

9

8

29

20

544

580

604

720

930

12

12

12

14

1

15

10

14

9

17

7

4

8

9

12

2,309

2,521

2,701

3,287

3,568

300

309

323

242

245

4,986

5,253

6,921

8,870

8,239

96

117

169

159

142

876

789

827

809

789

6,258

6,468

8,240

10,080

9,424

Total ...

Tenancy Tribunal

Ordinary cases

1,101

1,015

891

917-

846

Exemption cases

106

226

561

592

1,036

Total ...

1,207

1,241

1,452

1,509

1,882

Work in the Magistracies for the Years 1959 - 1963

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

Total number of summary matters

(charges, summonses and appli- cations, etc)

209,275

144,585 124,920

Total number of adult defendants...

203,640

142,827

121,206

159,141 237,325 150,486 239,692

Total number of adult defendants

convicted

4.

193,708

130,165

113,075

143,231

226,575

Total number of juvenile defendants

11,769

4,303

3,378

4,561

5,075

Total number of juvenile defendants

convicted

11,683

4,112

3,094

4,383

4,988

Total number of charge sheets

issued

117,621

49,119

40,994

53,709

86,012

Total number of summonses issued

90,877

86,480

74,619

95,430

142,918

Total number of miscellaneous

proceedings issued

1,584

4,197

3,887

3,662

5,434

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