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Appendix XLV

Cases in the Supreme Court, District Court and Tenancy Tribunal 1965–9

Supreme Court

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

Civil appeals

78

59

52

36

47

Criminal appeals ...

585

612

711

758

912

Original jurisdiction

2,917

2,493

1,983

1,651

1,642

Miscellaneous proceedings

522

487

316

296

246

Adoptions

89

160

134

224

292

Divorce

82

136

164

144

222

Admiralty jurisdiction

Criminal sessions

Probate grants

Lunacy

Bankruptcy

Company winding-up

District Court

Total...

Criminal jurisdiction

Civil jurisdiction

+

Workmen's compensation

Distress for rent

65

65

64

51

53

:

:

14

16

62

31

30

939

-989

1,080

1,101

1,240

2

2

2

44

26

27

11

10

:..

19

28

39

26

21

:

:.

5,356

5,073

4,632

4,331

4,715

Total ...

216

215

383

123

+

10,962

12,890

16,717

18,892

305

15,444

214

250

223

158

175

1,119

1,362

1,730

1,314

1,255

12,511

14,717

19,053

20,487

17,179

Tenancy Tribunal

Ordinary cases

Exemption cases

Demolished building cases

Total ...

:.

:

:

796

749

580

702

759

83

24

18

13

62

272.

286

173

164

132

1,151

1,059

771

879

953

Work in the Magistracies for the Years 1965-9

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

Total number of summary matters

(charges, summonses and appli- cations, etc)

Total number of adult defendants

Total number of adult defendants

convicted

T

Total number of juvenile defendants

361,811 399,907 316,177 441,461 338,666 412,960 342,101 435,120

478,711

486,753

*

322,516 16,281

384,620 310,668 399,685 12,325 9,368 12,711

445,211

9,587

Total number of juvenile defendants

convicted

-

Total number of charge sheets issued Total number of summonses issued Total number of miscellaneous

proceedings issued

16,127 145,277

184,221

12,072

9,111 12,539 155,311 113,451 161,785 236,123 199,136 274,332

9,077

175,498

295,915

***

5,204

4,800

3,590

5,344

7,298