MAGISTRATE'S COURT RETURNS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 13936, 9 January 1911, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT RETURNS.

The followinc returns show the business transacted at the local Magistrate's Court for the quarter ending December 31st, 1910. The figures in parentheses are for the corresponding period of 1909 :—■ CRIMINAL. Sittings presided over by Magistrates 73 (i' 3), by Justices of the Peace b (6). Persons taken into custory: Males __ (21), females 1 (1); discharged lor want of evidence, males 3 (1), females 1 (nil). Committed for trial or sentence, males o (5); summarily convicted, males 14 (12), females nil (i). Crimes against the rights of property : Persons arrested, males 122 (88), females 2 (2); discharged for want of evidence, males 29 (llj; dismissed on the merits, males 4 (5), females nil (1); committed for trial or sentence, males 13 (17); summarily convicted, males 7G (05), females 2 (1). Crimes aftectin_ the administration of law or justice: Persons arrested, males 2 (2); discharged for want of evidence, 1 (nil); committed for trial, males 1 (nil); summarily convicted, nil (2). Offences agaiust revenue laws: Persons arrested, males 1 (nil), females 1 (nil); summarily convicted, males 1 (nil), females 1 (nil). Offences against good order: Persons arrested, males 539 (417), females 82 (89); discharged for want of evidence, males o7 (64), females 4 (3); dismissed on the merits, males 11 (24), females 2 (nil); summarily convicted, males 471 (329), females 76 (86). Other offences: Persons arrested, males 303 (342), females 26 (22); discharged for want of evidence, males 28 (13), females 6 (2); dismissed on the merits, males o (22), females 1 (2); committed for trial, males 1 (nil); summarily convicted, males 274 (307), females 19 (18). Totals: Persons arrested, males 994 (870), females 112 (114); discharged for want of evidence, males 118 (89), females 11 (/>); dismissed on the merits, males 20 (54), females 3 (3); committed for trial, males 20 (22); summarily convicted, males 836 (705), females 98 (106). Fines: Criminal fees paid in stamps, £95 3s (£111); fines naid in stamps, £7083 9s (£327 13s Gd). CIVIL. Sittings presided over by Magistrates, 24 (27); cases heard, 506 (444); aggregate amount sued for, £9752 Is Id (£9741 16s sd); amount recovered, £5146 (£4864 3s 6d); applications heard in Court or Chambers, 333 (28); orders made, other than judgment summonses, 266 (26); plaints entered, 969 (985); distress warrants issued, 137 (149); judgment summonses issued, 125 (91); orders made on judgment summonses, 31 022); warrants of committal issued, 3 (7): summonses and other processes served by the bailiff, within two miles, 840 (656); over two miles. 149 (137); distress warrants executed by bailiff, within two miles, 68 (61); over two miles. 11 (13); warrants of committal, executed by bailiff, 3 (6); amount of civil fees paid in stamps, £640 15s (£4lO 13s); licensing fees paid in stamps, £11 18s (£lO lis).