COURT STATISTICS
CRIMINAL AND Cim THE YEAR’S FIGURES. The rTilums of the Dunedin Magistrate's Court for the past year shows that 2,147 persons were charged with criminal offences and offences against bv-laws, ns compared with 1,966 during 1923. The number of juvenile offenders during 1924 was 115, as against 135 in 1923. There was a very largo increase in tho civil business as compared with tho previous year, as the following table shows ; Plaints entgred—'l924, 4,029; 1923, 2,952. Amount sued for —1924, £51,335 11s 7d; 1923, £40,162 2s 3d. Cases tried—l 924, 2,005; 1923, 1,583, Amount involved—--1924, £26,489 13s 3d; 1923, £24,752 6s lOd. Amount recovered—l 924, £24,732 6s lOd; 1923, £21,141 18s Id.
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Evening Star, Issue 18833, 6 January 1925, Page 6
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114COURT STATISTICS Evening Star, Issue 18833, 6 January 1925, Page 6
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