Crime Statistics.

Otago Witness, Issue 1581, 11 March 1882, Page 23

Crime Statistics.

There has been a decrease of crime in Otago during last year as compared with 1880. . The number of cases reported to the police m ISbO was 3919, and they were.dealt with as follows :— Committals for trial, 94; summary convictions, «i^7 discnar g es > s ?g. - Lasfc y ear there were bo" cases reported, 82 committals, 2722 summary convictions, and 431 discharges. * The following shows the nature of the cases M reported during 1881 : — •^ Absconding, 5; breach of Arms Act, lj arson, 11 ; assaults, 6G ; indecent assaults, 4 ; police assaults, 34 ; assaults and robberies, 3 ; violent assaults, 3 ; assault with intent to commit rape, 1 ; assault with intent to do bodily harm, 3 ; breach of Births and Deaths Act, 1 ; breaking into premises, 10 ; breaking into premises and stealing therefrom, 10 ; breaches of the peace, 24 ; burglary, 3 ; cattle maiming, 3 ; child desertion, 6 ; contempt of Court, 3 ; crueli )' to animals, 24 ; breach of Customs Regulations, 1 ; cutting and wounding, 5 ; damaging police uniforms, 2 ; damaging property, 18 ; default in payment of a fine, 2 ; deserting licensed service, 3 ; breaches of the Debtors and Creditors Act, 2 ; disobeying orders of tho Court and summonses, 8 ; disorderly conduct, 6 ; breach of the.D,pg Nuisance Ordinance, 1 ; breaches of Dog Registration Act, 13 ; dog-stealing, 1 ; drunkenness, 1355 : embezzlement, 21 ; breaches of the Employment of Females Act, 7 ; escaping from industrial and naval schools. 4 ; esoaping from legal oustbdy,.2 j exposing obscene piotures. 1 } obtaining goods and money by false pretenoee,

23 ; breaches of the Fish Protection Act, 4 ; forgery and uttering, 11 ; gambling, 7 ; breaches of the Gold-mining Act, 39 ; horse and cattle stealing 5 ; breach of harbour regulatious, 1 ; illegally on premises, 1G ; breaches of the Impounding Ordinance, 1 1 ; indecent exposure, 13 ; inciting to resist the police, 1 ; breaches of the Land Act, 4 ; larceny, 43(> ; breach of the Licensed Hawkers Ordinance, 1 ; breach of the Lotteries Act, 1; lunacy, 87; breaches of the licensing laws, 66 ; malicious injury to property, 04 ; manslaughter, 2 ; breaches of the Merchant Shipping Act, 85 ; breaches of the Municipal Corporations Act, 250; neglected children, 116 ; obscene language, 102 ; obstructing the' police, 2G ; perjury, 1 ; breaches of tho Public Works Act, 26; breaches of the Prisons Act, 5 ; rape, 1; attempted rape, 3 ; breaches of railway bye-laws, 16 ; roceiving stolen property, 1 ; riot, 7 ; breaches of Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 5 ; sheep-stealing, 1 ; breaches of Slaughterhouse Act, 4 ; soliciting alms, 1 ; breach' of the Stamp Act, 1 ; attempted suicide, 7 ; breaches of Sunday Observance Ordinance, 2; threatening language, 10; breaches of the Town and Country Police Ordinance, 77 ; breach of the Tram ways Act, 1 ; land-trespassing, 3;unnatu^ ral offence, 1; vagrancy, 234; breaches of the Weights and Measures Act, 16; wife-desertion 20. For the purposes of comparison we place in juxtaposition the'i numbers of the more important cases reported throughout 1880 and 1881.— . , , 1880. 1881. Arson .. ' '.. ..9 11 Assaults ' .. ..'B9 114 Cutting; and wounding 3 6 Drunkenness .- ...<>. .. 1718 1355 Embezzlement .. ..13 21 j Forgery and uttering . ■ 13 11 Illegally on premises 24 16 Indecent exposure ..18 13 Larceny .. ..532 436. Manslaughter .. ..2 2 Murder ' • . . ' ' . . 2 0 Neglected children .. 112 116 Obscene language . . 150 102 Obstructing and resisting the police .. ..37 26 Perjury .. ..1 1 Bape .. .. ..1 1 Attempted rape . . 0 3 Attempted suicide ..7 7 Vagrancy .. ..209 234 Wife-desertion .. ..7 20