LESS CIVIL BUSINESS
Quarterly Returns of the Magistrate’s Court. A decided falling-off in the volume of civil business but an increase in the number of criminal cases are points shown in the Magistrate’s Court returns for the quarter, January-March inclusive, 1934, as compared with the same period last year. The details of the returns are as follows (1933 in parentheses) : Number of civil sittings, 26 (39); criminal sittings, 12.3 (105); civil cases . ried. 39 (70); total amount sued for, £17,856 5s ( £22.905 2s 10d); applications n chambers, 337 (370); plaints entered, '<6 9 (1670): distress warrants. 92 (142); Judarment summonses. 275 (272); committal warrants, 16 (26): writs of arres f , - (1); processes served by bailiffs. 978 (1266); warrants executed, 100 (113); criminal cases, against males 1440 (1407), against females 215 (156); civil fees paid. £1347 1« (£1637 1 4s): criminal fees. £345 4s (£348 2s 11a); fines. £859 Ss 9d (£776 3s); licensing fees, £27 6s (£2 4s).
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20276, 10 April 1934, Page 10
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158LESS CIVIL BUSINESS Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20276, 10 April 1934, Page 10
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