SUPREME COURT STATISTICS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1028, 18 January 1911, Page 8

SUPREME COURT STATISTICS.

A QUARTER'S BUSINESS.

A. return just prepared shows that the following business was couductod at tho Supreme Court, Wellington, during the quarter ended December 31, 1910;—

Criminal cases —Sitting (lays, 15; indictments, 1"; persons convicted, 13; persons acquitted, 6; persons committed for sentence under the Indictable Offences Summary Jurisdiction Act, 18; declared habitual criminals, G; subpoenas, 12; office copies, depositions, etc., SSO; searches, 2. Civil cases.—Sitting days, 28; writs, ordinary, 31; writs, bills of exchange, 5; extraordinary remedies,,."); originating summonses, 7; trials by Judge, 13; judgments entered, 10; discontinued, 1; charging orders nisi and absolute, 2; taxations, 7; fubpeenas, U3; office copies, 30.; searches,

5. Compensation cases,—Sitting days, 6' claims, 4; awards, 1.

Chambers.—Sitting days, 56; motions, 371; summonses, 13; petitions, 2-1; orders, 430.

Banco—Sitting days, 39; motions, 11; hearings, 19; rules and orders, 27; appeals from inferior courts, 7; special cases, 1. Divorce and Matrimonial Causes—Sitting days, 10; petitions tiled, IS; motions in Chaml)3i's, 21; orders, 42; trials hy common jury, 1; trials by Judge, 18; decrees nisi. 1G; decrees absolute,. 17; taxation, 1; office copies, 10; searches, 1. Probate and Administration.—Probates, 87; administrations, 17; exemplifications, 7; office copies, 51; searches, 31. Lunacy.—Petitions, 2; motions, 5; orders, 7; "searches, 1. Registration.—Chattel securities, IS9; memoranda of satisfaction, 10; powers of attornev, 6; other matters, 1; searches, Bankruptcy.—Sitting days, 6; debtors' petitions, 5; creditors' petitions, 2; adjudications, 6; discharges, 3; motions in Chambers, 29; motions in Court, 16; orders. 37; writs of arrest, 1; subpoenas, 11; taxation, 2. Fees collected, amounted to ,£970 25., including bankruptcy, «£69 35.; and other than bankruptcy, ,£9OO 19s.