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Appendix 45

Cases in the Supreme Court, District Court and Tenancy Tribunal 1966-70

Supreme Court

Civil appeals

Criminal appeals

Original jurisdiction

:

Miscellaneous proceedings

Adoptions

Divorce

Criminal sessions

Admiralty jurisdiction

Probate grants

Lunacy

Bankruptcy

Company winding-up

District Court

Total

Criminal jurisdiction

Civil jurisdiction

Workmen's compensation

-

Distress for rent

:

:

Total

Tenancy Tribunal

323

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

59

52

36

47

51

612

711

758

912

735

2,493

1,983

1,651

1,642

2,210

487

316

296

246

237

160

134

224

292

271

136

164

144

222

257

65

64

51

53

72

16 H

62

31

30

40

989

1,080

1,101

1,240

1,449

2

2

26

27

11

10

10

28

39

26

21

10

5,073

4,632

4,331

4,715

5,342

215

383

123

*

12,890

16,717

18,892

305

15,444

216 15,690

250

223

158

175

1,362

1,730

1,314

1,255

201

1,214

14,717

19,053

20,487

17,179

-17,321

Ordinary cases

749

580

702

759-

719

Exemption cases

24

18

13

62

289

Demolished building cases

286

173

164

132

110

Total

1,059

771

879

953

1.118

Work in the Magistracies for the Years 1966–70

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

Total number of summary matters (charges, summonses and appli- cations, etc)

399,907

+

Total number of adult defendants

412,960

316,177 342,101

441,461 478,711 435,120

528,363

486,753

541,247

Total number of adult defendants

convicted

384,620

Total number of juvenile defendants

12,325

9,368

310,668 399,685 12,711

445,211

490,146

9,587

5,111

Total number of juvenile defendants

convicted

12,072

9,111

12,539

9,077

4,682

Totalnumber of charge sheets issued Total number of summonses issued

Total number of miscellaneous

proceedings issued

155,311

113,451

161,785

175,498

199,414

236,123

199,136 274,332

295,915

321,387

4,800

3,590

5,344

7,298

7,562