SUPREME COURT.
STATISTICS FOR CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT. DIVORCE. The following axe the figures for divorce business for the year ended to- day DISSOLUTION OR NULLITY OF MARRIAGE. Petitions filed during the year . 74 Decrees on petitions filed during the year ’ Absolute . .13 Nisi, not yet made absolute 37 Decrees during the year on petitions filed in previous years— Absolute . . . . .43 Nisi, not yet made absolute . 37 Petitions dismissed .... 5 Petitions filed during year and not heard . . . . .24 .JUDICIAL SEPARATION AND RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS. Petitions filed during the year— Judicial separation . 2 Restitution of conjugal lights . 6 Decrees of separation or restitution .... v 5
Petitions filed during the year not heard . . .2 CTVIL BUSINESS. The following are the figures dealing with civil business for the quarter ended to-day :— AYrits of summons tested - . 20 Cases tried by common jury . . 1 Cases tried by special jury . . 1 Cases tried by judge alone . . 24 Findings for plaintiff . « 16 1 mdings for defendant . . .10 A', i its. ordinary .... 36 ‘Judgments entered y IS AYrits of execution issued . 5 ’iotal amounts for which judgments were recorded £6,574 14 8 PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION. Motions in chambers . . u 159 Coders' in chambers .... 154 Probates . . e . 82 Administrations .. .. 24 Orders . w . 47 REGISTRATION. C battel securities * 554 Searches . . . . . .791 BANKRUPTCY. Debtors’ jjetitions .... 7 Creditors’ petitions u . .8 Adjudications • » 1 Adjudications annulled ... I Discharges . • ■ * 5 Public examinations . . , 6 Orders ° ! 1 *. <5 PROPERTY LAW ACT. Applications to conduct . .14 CRIMiNAjL CA SES . The following figures deal with the criminal business for the quarter ended to-day indictments ..... 6 Persons convicted . .2 Committed for sentence under -Justices of the Peace Act . . .11 Subpoenas issued . . . .14 FEES. £ 8. d. Bankruptcy . . • . 53 3 6 Other than bankruptcy . 1510 3 9 Total .... £1563 7 3
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16928, 30 December 1922, Page 9
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