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Appendix XLIII

Cases in the Supreme Court, District Court and Tenancy Tribunal 1962–6

Supreme Court

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

Civil appeals

33

46

40

78

59

Criminal appeal

453

488

575

585

612

Original jurisdiction

1,271

1,351

1,605

2,917

2,493

Miscellaneous proceedings

449

445

514

522

487

+

Divorce

Adoptions

Criminal sessions

Admiralty jurisdiction

Probate grants

Lunacy

176

139

125

89

160

67

58

71

82

136

:

57

61

53

65

65

29

20

37

14

16

720

930

890

939

989

14

1

3

2

2

Bankruptcy

9

17

15

44

26

9

12

15

19

28

3,287

3,568

3,943

5,356

5,073

TA.

F.

:

:.

Company winding-up

District Court

Total ...

Criminal jurisdiction

Civil jurisdiction ... Workmen's compensation Distress for rent

Total...

Tenancy Tribunal

242

245

205

216

8,870

8,239

7,726

10,962

215

12,890

159

142

226

214

250

809

789

679

1,119

1,362

10,080

9,424

8,836

12,511

14,717

};

Ordinary cases

917

846

746

796=

749

Exemption cases

592

1,036

495

83

24

Demolished Building cases

260

272

286

Total ...

1,509

1,882

1,501

1,151

1,059

Work in the Magistracies for the Years 1962–6

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

Total number of summary matters

(charges, summonses and appli- cations, etc)

+

159,141

Total number of adult defendants...

150,486

237,325 292,347 361,811 239,692 281,189 338,666

399,907

412,960

Total number of adult defendants

convicted

143,231

226,575

270,002 322,516

384,620

Total number of juvenile defendants

4,561

5,075

9,829

16,281

12,325

Total number of juvenile defendants

convicted

4,383

4,988

9,760

16,127

12,072

Total number of charge sheets

issued

53,709

86,012

118,183

145,277

155,311

Total number of summonses issued

Total number of miscellaneous

proceedings issued

95,430

142,918 162,662

184,221

236,123

3,662

5,434

5,838

5,204

4,800

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