FEES AND FINES
INCOME OF THE COURT “Five shillings or 24 hours” doesn’t seem very much to pay for the privilege of a night out, but collectively the five shillings (and larger sums) paid into the Magistrate’s Court in fees and fines each day amount to quite a tidy sum. « The court’s income for the first three months of 1927 amounted to something over £SOO a week, and totalled £6.669. According to the quarterly return issued by the court to-day. no fewer than 2,654 criminal cases—of which 188 were against women—were dealt with during this period. The number of civil cases tried amounted to 2,527, and the' total amount recovered by civil action, £ 35,289. The court also issued 568 distress warrants, 666 judgment summonses, 142 warrants of committal, while the bailiffs served 2.199 flummonses. Two hundred and thirty-three claims for new pensions were granted, 96 refused, and 124 are still pending. The total number of sittings of the court, both criminal and civil, was 217.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 14, 7 April 1927, Page 13
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165FEES AND FINES Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 14, 7 April 1927, Page 13
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