CRIMINAL STATISTICS OF LICENSING DISTRICTS FOR YEARS 1896 TO 1900.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1902 Session I, H-26

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1902. NEW ZEALAND.

CRIMINAL STATISTICS OF LICENSING DISTRICTS FOR YEARS 1896 TO 1900.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 30th October, 1901. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing the criminal statistics for each licensing district for the years 1896 to 1900, both inclusive."—(Mr. Eli,.)

Note. —This return has been compiled from the tables published in the annual volumes of the Statistics of New Zealand.

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Return of all Criminal Cases brought before Magistrates' Courts in 1900, arranged according to Licensing Districts.

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Classification of Summary Convic itions, with the Punishments awarded. Licensing Districts. Taken into Custody, summoned, or apprehended. Discharged by the Magistrate for Want of Prosecution or Want of Evidence. Dismissed on the Merits. Committed for Trial. Summarily Summary Convictions. PunisJ .ments. Orders made. Offences against the Person. Offences against Property. Drunkenness. Other Offences.! Fine. Imprisonment in lieu of Fine or Surety. Peremptory Imprisonment to (d I Igllj Bay of Islands Maraden .. Waitemata .. Auckland City, Eden, and Parnell Manukau Franklin Thames Ohinemuri Waikato Bay of Plenty Waiapu.. Hawke's Bay Napier Waipawa Pahiatua Masterton Wairarapa Egmont Taranaki Hawera Patea Wanganui .. Rangitikei Palmerston Manawatu .. Otaki Wellington City and Suburbs of Wellington Nelson .. Motueka Wairau Buller Grey Westland Ashley .. Kaiapoi .. .. Christchurch City, Avon, and Ricearton Lyttelton .. M. and P. 317 127 58 3,729 M. 305 124 58 3,160 F. 12 3 M. 30 7 2 289 P. 1 M. 30 15 15 273 P. 4 M. ■21 6 6 81 P. M. 224 96 35 2,514 F. 7 3 M. 17 7 2 108 P. 1 M. 19 5 5 158 F. H. 65 57 7 1,077 P. 1 2 M. 123 27 21 1,171 F. 5 1 M. 154 51 9 1,022 F. 2 M. 15 6 358 F. 2 M. 12 2 4 224 P. M. M. 2 2 F. 1 M. 15 3 10 277 F. 3 569 27 44 is 480 6 2S 249 197 116 110 58 17 13 03 86 132 385 352 336 260 429 234 514 384 205 442 138 186 224 285 200 677 357 666 451 67 2,973 81 130 316 334 303 254 412 225 467 371 182 421 136 178 215 267 191 622 329 600 434 63 2,500 5 2 19 18 33 6 17 9 47 13 23 21 2 8 9 18 9 55 28 66 17 4 473 1 14 55 40 52 34 53 10 58 23 19 37 32 12 25 27 43 52 28 49 27 9 310 1 18 17 11 39 32 43 22 15 40 24 20 13 11 13 22 32 18 63 48 50 61 9 134 2 4 12 10 10 8 8 9 12 9 5 9 6 7 3 11 32 3 8 8 2 87 60 95 238 245 209 169 329 191 357 315 138 362 87 146 165 197 128 475 250 493 338 43 1,969 4 2 15 11 19 3 14 8 29 11 17 21 2 8 8 12 7 32 23 59 10 4 387 4 8 9 32 19 17 28 7 10 13 4 26 3 6 3 13 3 13 7 5 32 3 80 6 15 20 30 14 28 22 12 34 22 12 23 11 11 11 16 8 38 24 37 30 5 195 23 31 84 85 53 32 130 85 123 113 40 172 24 71 51 72 43 175 61 205 82 18 891 3 1 2 27 41 125 98 123 92 149 87 190 167 82 141 49 58 100 96 74 249 158 246 194 17 803 1 1 12 10 17 3 7 6 15 9 8 10 7 45 125 156 141 119 152 64 124 114 78 150 52 100 75 112 79 219 167 257 203 22 911 26 3 54 13 7 1 30 17 17 68 1 5 13 13 15 12 24 35 7 30 45 11 34 5 4 12 10 3 30 6 40 36 5 198 1 1 2 10 9 30 26 27 16 44 26 75 41 21 55 13 19 42 24 13 59 43 54 38 3 206 1 2 4 10 2 2 1 4 1 3 1 8 9 11 1 1 6 1 5 1 •2 2 1 1 12 7 2 10 1 7 8 4 3 7 8 9 9 2 2 2 1 5 *7 '5 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 5 '2 6 '2 39 4 10 14 1 3 18 1 27 12 5 379 6 'i 1 1 1 2 2 5 6 1 2 1 7 1 3 1 4 1 13 4 6 3 '3 2 3 1 4 3 1 7 5 19 4 2 230 6 4 6 6 23 15 39 5 2 126 1 5 8 17 22 8 1 107 2 1 h 1 4 1 4 1 9 1 1 49 1 1 1 1 5 3 1 5 1 6 1 1 1 10 55 24 h 9 22 99 i '5 1 52 256 83 299 288 320 184 131 183 2,806 236 81 283 260 298 166 127 179 2,355 20 2 16 28 22 18 4 4 451 38 5 36 23 40 28 10 14 392 6 13 19 18 32 36 18 89 11 284 2 ■2-2 2 5 5 6 163 55 224 200 216 120 87 141 1,601 12 2 13 19 11 13 1 2 378 9 5 7 15 12 4 4 6 64 9 4 8 15 22 7 14 2 1 15 1 86 56 57 11 12 34 542 2 130 45 123 114 125 98 57 101 853 114 39 100 130 133 85 46 85 927 8 1 2 16 1 5 8 5 1 11 12 7 8 10 5 5 241 35 11 33 31 29 13 8 17 207 3 2 1 4 . 7 10 1 2 2 27 i '3 1 3 1 2 8 1 10 15 10 10 1 1 173 6 9 7 6 1 2 119 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 6 3 3 1 13 78 1 2 38 8 4 142 1 17 184 146 60 118 '4 i 53 536 515 21 67 6 9 439 15 10 38 2 202 9 189 4 171 6 70 1 63 1 2 1 15 1

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Return of all Criminal Cases brought before Magistrates' Courts in 1899, arranged according to Licensing Districts.

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Ellesmere .. .. 1 88 Selwyn .. ... 70 Ashburton .. .. 309 Waitaki .. .. 186 Timaru .. .. 429 Geraldine .. .. 135 Oamaru .. .. 346 Waihemo .. .. 120 Waikouaiti.. .. j 337 Dunedin City and 1,973 Caversham Taieri .. .. j 86 Bruce .. .. I 130 Tuapeka .. .. 216 Clutha .. .. j 142 Mataura .. .. : 165 Wakatipu .. .. 163 Wallace .. .. I 158 Invercargill .. .. j 622 Awarua .. .. j 119 84 68 292 185 407 124 331 116 326 1,707 4 2 17 1 22 11 15 4 11 266 6 4 20 1 20 37 1 3 39 1 17 1 9 1 194 28 7 3 15 3 23 14 24 11 26 160 4 2 3 1 1 3 17 5 6 6 3 22 6 8 5 67 4 i "i 1 .. *6 66 55 251 159 325 101 260 83 291 1,286 4 1 19 7 12 2 7 215 •2 5 2 7 6 6 5 5 1 19 2 1 6 3 25 5 28 3 19 6 32 114 1 • - ' 6 20 20 89 73 150 35 146 23 148 510 2 27 1 5 1 5 6 100 38 27 135 74 141 57 90 49 110 643 2 32 7 1 13 4 7 2 1 108 39 32 118 93 156 50 132 47 113 677 i 2 1 6 9 3 5 1 2 77 1 2 3 19 1 5 2 6 115 •• i 33 6 1 .. .. ; .. 26 .. .. ! .. 14 .. .. ! .. 47 4 .. 1 8 30 1 .. 7 4 j .. 2 70 j 21 .. 3 2 : i 1 9 I 1 11 53 21 1 35 1 19 2 20 4 10 1 1 14 j .. 199 : 59 19 j .. 5 , 1 32 ! 7 19 9 23 1 77 15 10 2 86 123 206 141 151 150 142 553 116 7 10 1 14 13 16 69 3 3 ! .. 14 2 39 ! 3 41 .. 19 .. 22 j .. . 18 3 83 I 20 8 ! .. j 2,587 j 258 5 ! 9 16 11 12 13 27 31 12 1 1 2 4 5 6 ■• 77 100 149 85 115 109 S 97 390 ! 96 5 7 14 12 7 45 3 5 2 7 3 2 7 2 5 7 I " " 2 13 5 13 4 7 6 30 11 : •• 1 9 14 28 12 38 36 28 141 30 1 1 2 61 71 109 57 71 59 61 214 48 4 6 11 12 5 30 j 3 51 67 96 72 60 65 52 181 46 3 6 4 3 4 12 1 '3 I • • i i ;; " 1 8 1 .. 1 4 I .. 2 2 : 1 .. 4 .. .. 1 1 .. .. 1 15 2 1 2 4 1,451 ! 295 16 90 •• •• 6 i 4 i 3 1 16 4 II 49 .. ! 4 2 11 1 '3 I i " Totals .. 25,044 22,486 2,558 1,970 215 720 j I 53 17,209 2,032 713 30 1,402 109 6,436 908 8,658 985 8,685 652 1,573 335 •■ 29 2,195 j 357 357 I I

Licensing Districts. Taken into Oust summoned, or apprehendf iody, ed. Discharged by the Magistrate for Want of Prosecution or Want of Evidence. Dismissed on the Merits. Committed for Trial. Summarily convicted. Summary Convictions. Classification of Summary Convictions, with the Punishments awarded. Punishments. j Orders made. I ?i§! ( j— Offences against the Person. Offences against Property. Drunkenness. Other Offences. Fine. Imprisonment in lieu of Peremptory Fine or Surety. Imprisonment! Bay of Islands Marsden Waitemata Auckland City, Eden, and Parnell Manukau Franklin Thames Ohinemuri Waikato Bay of Plenty Waiapu Hawke's Bay Napier M. and F.| 290 145 47 3,311 M. 286 137 46 2,789 F. 4 8 1 522 M. 41 16 8 321 F. 2 M. 39 6 9 204 F. 1 2 1 36 M. I F. 12 2 12 .. 84 9 M. 194 103 28 2,180 F. ' 1 4 M. 24 6 3 72 P. I M. 42 9 3 161 F. M. 29 54 1 908 F. 2 M. 99 34 21 1,039 P. 1 2 M. 145 43 18 819 F. 2 M. F. 5 14 4 I .. 314 j 128 1 i .. 3 ! .. 15 J 1 10 i .. ■18 .. 6 ] .. 22 ! 1 39 ( .. 26 2 M. 9 13 2 253 8 7 22 27 12 15 28 17 39 F. M. M. 1 F. M. i F. 15 1 8 ! 2 4 ! .. 242 ', 58 50 427 35 241 143 77 65 37 3 72 94 442 254 304 182 386 286 580 68 92 429 247 259 177 348 277 530 4 2 13 7 45 5 38 9 50 7 8 79 19 62 15 37 26 90 1 1 12 4 20 12 36 17 19 26 13 28 1 1 1 2 4 4 .. 21 i .. 14 I 1 11 1 14 i 1 18 ! .. 4 , .. 13 ' .. 57 60 317 178 169 129 267 234 399 3 1 12 5 31 2 27 8 38 4 5 5 14 11 10 19 7 9 1 j i i 1 16 26 23 21 29 27 21 22 1 2 1 22 13 91 51 34 31 107 97 130 4 1 6 1 7 1 13 30 26 195 90 103 59 114 109 238 2 6 8 23 1 9 7 25 33 32 185 77 113 88 133 60 167 1 6 2 22 1 2 1 2 4 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 4 j .. 8 ! .. 44 I 2 30 ! 2 14 I 4 10 J 1 30 3 26 I 2 53 ! 7 7 1 5 11 12 5 13 8 5 7 3 1

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Return of all Criminal Cases brought before Magistrates' Courts in 1899— continued.

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Classification ol Summary Conri< iions, with the Punishments awarded. Licensing Diatriota. Taken into Custody, summoned, or apprehended. Discharged by the Magistrate for Want ol Prosecution or Want ot Evidence. Dismissed on the Merits. Committed for Trial. Summarilyconvicted. Summary Convictions. Punioiiuients. Offences against the Person. Offences against Property. Drunkenness. Other Offences. Pine. Imprisonment p t Fine'or^ety.^P"-"-- 1 2 Waipawa Pahiatua Masterton Wairarapa Egmont Taranaki Hawera Patea Wanganui Rangitikei Palmerston .. Manawatu Otaki Wellington City and Suburbs of Wellington Nelson Motueka Wairau Buller Grey Westland Ashley Kaiapoi Christchuroh City, Avon, and Eiocarton Lyttelton Ellesmere Selwyn Ashburton Geraldine Timaru Waifcaki .. Oamaru Waihemo Waikouaiti .. Dunedin City and Caversham Taieri M. and F. 340 208 420 147 187 294 382 171 656 284 617 315 71 2,670 M. 330 193 400 143 175 277 351 168 592 263 546 299 69 2,286 F. 10 15 20 4 12 17 31 3 64 21 71 16 2 384 M. 50 24 61 17 13 24 40 22 47 46 72 29 6 281 F. 1 2 1 2 5 1 10 3 9 2 M. 20 20 19 15 14 30 42 25 79 34 27 47 17 141 F. 1 3 1 1 1 4 M. 5 8 8 5 7 10 11 9 29 12 18 3 F. M. 255 141 312 106 141 213 258 112 437 171 429 220 46 1,777 P. 8 12 17 4 10 14 22 2 41 13 57 9 2 316 M. 2 6 15 5 8 4 29 3 22 11 18 16 5 107 F. 1 'i M. 33 10 34 28 11 26 24 15 -28 11 43 15 16 192 F. 1 2 M. 85 37 120 24 69 53 58 38 143 43 182 48 3 688 P. 3 7 1 3 7 4 M. 135 88 143 49 53 130 147 56 244 106 186 141 22 790 P. 7 9 10 3 6 6 16 2 33 7 37 7 1 109 M. 112 90 156 66 102 96 152 65 198 106 233 145 19 833 P. 6 8 4 1 2 3 16 2 9 7 27 3 M. 30 10 16 5 17 9 3 25 P. 2 6 M. 31 7 27 6 6 24 20 8 50 1 37 5 10 191 P. 2 1 4 1 M. 4 SI. 2 5 2 2 20 P. 1 1 M. 32 16 39 7 14 37 17 13 37 42 49 24 6 151 F. 1 5 1 1 2 3 12 4 5 5 1 1 1 1 5 3 5 17 1 1 184 *8 1 1 1 2 i 12 4 16 3 1 52 '■2 1 42 11 1 337 3 2 2 35 31 87 ~2 6 17 76 71 40 '5 15 '3 236 23 204 298 306 159 128 184 2,271 206 23 194 270 273 137 118 177 1,915 30 10 28 33 22 10 7 356 30 2 12 17 40 17 17 • ao 801 9 1 1 3 3 21 3 12 27 47 8 12 14 203 3 2 1 5 10 1 3 1 10 1 1 1 72 1 '2 145 17 167 225 176 111 88 142 1,339 17 5 26 25 19 7 7 313 6 1 7 12 11 2 4 8 40 1 12 1 10 7 5 4 13 19 145 2 4 22 2 73 76 51 20 12 36 390 10 4 3 105 13 77 130 109 85 59 79 764 15 5 12 20 16 7 7 143 89 9 86 138 105 73 50 72 802 7 2 10 4 7 5 3 124 "9 17 9 10 2 1 1 15 12 13 9 1 2 3 1 1 1 37 8 31 22 29 17 16 40 227 9 3 6 16 5 3 4 10 143 1 53 23 16 4 2 10 158 98 53 8 3 1 3 35 511 104 95 316 129 461 135 333 131 279 I 1,831 498 95 94 304 125 442 117 314 122 255 1,509 13 9 1 12 4 19 18 19 9 24 322 73 15 26 7 59 4 29 20 9 192 6 i 4 16 15 32 21 2 10 17 9 44 140 1 1 2 2 1 9 22 1 4 2 6 4 1 7 9 4 424 60 70 240 93 380 96 259 89 202 1,121 7 9 1 10 3 15 16 16 6 15 265 13 10 5 6 5 8 4 24 1 3 20 1 1 59 5 2 7 8 26 14 13 13 26 99 1 2 1 1 6 169 18 20 108 36 216 41 149 17 79 426 4 3 2 4 1 8 1 7 116 183 27 43 119 44 130 37 73 58 94 576 2 3 1 7 2 11 8 8 5 8 124 148 23 39 137 48 167 55 85 44 96 561 3 2 6 7 9 78 11 5 47 1 65 8 8 97 1 1 55 9 1 10 9 51 5 33 8 10 103 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 19 10 16 48 17 39 12 19 8 3 122 1 2 6 3 4 1 2 62 1 2 6 4 7 75 2 25 56 io h 20 40 48 4 '2 61 61 1 2 58 33 2 1 2 4 2 10 6 43 23 2 33 21 1 2 16 5 'i

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Note.— Oi those summarily convicted, 2,806 men and 364 women were dismissed with cautions, without being sentenced to imprisonment, fine, or other punishment; and 48 men and 10 women were released under " The First Offenders' Probation Act, 1886." The number of offences (included in the table) charged against persons of the Native race was 421: of the persons so charged, 300 were summarily convicted, 29 committed for trial, and 92 dismissed.

Return of all Criminal Cases brought before Magistrates' Courts in 1898, arranged according to Licensing Districts.

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Clutha Tuapeka Mataura Wakatipu Wallace Invercargill .. Awarua 111 230 210 167 170 682 122 102 215 191 160 159 594 122 9 15 19 7 11 88 39 28 36 31 32 . 66 3 1 15 7 7 22 3 10 54 8 2 3 2 2 4 5 2 1 4 4 5 38 54 179 129 122 112 436 111 6 61 12 j 11 10 i 3 5 3 7 3 64 17 7 4 15 7 7 15 51 6 1 8 39 45 50 13 109 51 1 1 1 1 7 36 114 74 62 81 259 47 5 11 9 48 44 118 57 77 70 179 64 3 8 6 2 17 "3 2 1 6 5 3 ! 32 3 1 9 1 2 1 25 21 14 15 102 9 34 2. 3 24 4 *2 7 16 3 1 1 2 Totals 23,094 20,618 I 2,476 2,596 252 1,740 15,611 1,974 i 683 34 1,486 7,991 963 i ■ 616 29 J 1,923 I 381 211 671 39 133 5,451 844 i 7,776 1,472 319 1,434 ; 268 I 123 16

Classification of Surnmary Convii itions, with the Punishments awarded. Licensing Districts. Taken into Custody, summoned, or apprehended. Discharged by the Magistrate for Want of Prosecution or Want of Evidence. Dismissed on the Merits. Committed for Trial. Summarily. Summary Convictions. Punishments. Orders made. Offences against the Person. Offences against Property. Drunkenness. Other Offences. Fine. Imprisonmen t in lieu of Fine or Surety. Peremptory Imprisonment I ggjjf Bay of Islands -.. Marsden Waitemata Auckland, Parnell, and Eden Manukau Franklin Thames Ohinemuri Waikato Bay of Plenty Waiapu Hawke's Bay Napier Waipawa Pahiatua Masterton Wairarapa Egmont Taranaki Hawera Patea Wanganui Rangitikei Palmerston .. Manawatu Otaki M. and F. 295 136 39 2,744 M. 285 133 J 38 2,297 F. 10 3 1 447 M. I F. 40 i 2 29 .. 3 304 53 M. 30 6 8 161 F. 2 M. 33 10 143 F. M. 182 i 88 26 1,689 F. 6 3 1 354 M. 13 2 6 107 P. 2 M. 21 10 3 190 F. M. F. 37 44 2 5 547 164 M. Ill 32 12 845 F. 4 1 1 152 M. 142 57 19 647 F. 4 2 M. 12 F. i M. F. 14 2 J .. M. M. 5 F. 2 M. 4 7 2 166 F. 33 "l 15 23 88 247 76 199 J 48 6 4 22 e> 1 45 50 110 493 244 144 256 412 389 832 313 208 431 152 81 300 242 208 525 80 693 352 33 42 106 I 445 ! 229 130 248 376 369 787 295 197 416 150 80 284 ! 233 ■ 199 469 64 581 334 32 8 4 48 15 14 8 36 20 45 23 11 15 2 1 16 9 9 56 16 112 18 1 11 .. 75 J 6 22 ! 3 16 .. 29 ! 2 44 ! 4 10 1 106 8 32 j .. 15 ! .. 52 i 1 2 ! .. 13 I .. 19 ! .. 24 1 37 5 56 5 3 i 1 82 I 18 26 i 2 7 36 21 20 20 53 37 65 65 27 24 47 32 5 27 30 34 66 12 40 57 9 1 2 10 7 3 8 14 1 17 12 3 9 2 4 11 10 8 9 8 16 4 2 1 2 34 57 339 180 91 158 281 293 599 224 155 308 114 58 227 ! 169 120 338 41 443 247 ! 23 ' 8 4 40 5 8 5 29 10 36 23 10 12 2 1 16 8 2 37 10 84 16 1 2 5 27 21 4 14 15 6 16 13 11 14 5 3 11 14 5 30 2 17 11 1 1 3 13 56 22 5 36 17 18 22 17 14 17 13 2 33 13 10 15 4 46 17 3 19 8 15 113 4 38 1 27 29 119 i 13 53 i .. 186 i 12 71 i 2 45 I 3 158 i 3 41 I .. 16 .. 54 , 2 56 I 2 27 1 112 ' 10 13 3 157 25 46 I .. • 6 I .. 21 24 143 99 55 79 130 216 375 123 85 119 55 37 129 86 78 181 22 223 173 13 8 4 16 4 8 5 is! 10 22 18' 6 8, 12; 4 1 19 57 19 34 166 112 53 107 141 98 295 122 97 178 56 32 111 89 77 142 28 236 188 16 5 27 1 5 2 13 2 8 12 2 3 4 8 38 1 36 ; 3 16 i 1 5 .. 3 29 3 15 2 51 1 24 ! 3 13 25 i 1 9 i 1 3 j .. 25 .. 14 1 12 26 36 ! 10 10 1 1 I .. 1 3 1 2 41 22 14 27 27 34 78 32 21 12 21 11 45 23 21 37 12 49 25 5 2 2 8 2 3 3 5 2 10 3 6 4 1 1 10 3 1 4 6 10 1 1 6 4 1 3 9 1 2 1 1 7 5 31 22 35 14 6 18 6 1 20 3 6 28 3 3 3 3 1 2 1 "% 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 11 3 43 13 2 10 3 1 3 1 1 2 12 5 10 2 i 4 5 i 2 3 46 10 1 2 1 3

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Return of all Criminal Cases brought before Magistrates' Courts in 1898— continued.

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Classification of Summary Convii itions, with the Punishments awarded. Licensing Districts. Taken into Custody, summoned, or apprehended. Discharged by the Magistrate for Want of Prosecution or Want of Evidence. Dismissed on the Merits. Committed for Trial. Summarily Summary Convictions. Punis] .meuts. Orders made. Offences against the Person. Offences against Property. Drunkenness. Other Offences. Fine. Imprisonment in lieu of Fine or Surety. | Peremptory Imprisonment bC _ j. +3 CO M.andP. Wellington City and 2,806 Suburbs of Wellington Nelson .. .. 263 Motueka .. .. 61 Wairau .. .. 224 Buller .. .. 326 Grey .. .. 219 Westland .. .. 143 Ashley .. .. 127 Kaiapoi .. .. 259 Christchurch Gity.Avon, 2,560 and Biccarton Lyttelton .. .. 368 Ellesmere .. .. 172 Selwyn .. .. 114 Ashburton .. .. 287 Geraldine .. .. 90 Timaru .. .. 375 Waitaki .. .. 136 Oamaru .. .. 272 Waihemo .. .. j 150 Waikouaiti .. .. ! 202 Dunedin City and ; 1,867 Caversham Taieri .. .. ! 106 Bruce .. .. I 60 Tuapeka .. .. 230 Clutha .. .. j 142 Mataura .. .. ! 207 Wakatipu .. .. j 165 Wallace .. .. | 126 Invercargill .. .. I 777 Awarua .. .. 151 M. 2,440 233 59 211 283 194 122 123 247 2,140 335 169 111 277 87 362 131 250 141 197 1,551 F. 366 30 2 13 43 25 21 4 12 420 33 3 3 10 3 13 5 22 9 5 316 M. 269 51 6 19 37 29 14 10 20 286 56 3 4 28 10 48 4 55 33 17 203 F. 25 4 2 5 4 2 2 42 6 2 M. 255 18 13 17 35 25 19 17 27 237 37 3 25 14 27 9 14 14 23 122 F. 45 3 1 2 5 2 5 2 2 39 1 2 2 M. 66 12 1 11 4 4 2 4 70 4 1 3 8 4 30 F. 3 1 4 M. 1,850 152 39 164 207 136 87 92 800 1,547 275 128 101 216 59 257 118 171 92 157 1,178 F. 293 22 1 9 33 19 14 2 8 335 27 2 1 6 3 11 1 20 7 5 271 M. 87 1 8 9 8 1 8 6 21 29 7 8 5 " i i F. 5 i 2 M. 189 8 8 8 16 5 6 8 14 194 23 11 16 30 6 35 7 29 20 20 82 2 1 1 i 17 F. 23 M. I F. 791 j 163 21 1 1 61 2 43 4 49 9 17 5 13 35 417 I 173 108 i 14 16 | 1 23 ! .. 55 .. 20 113 5 47 1 67 9 18 63 1 466 115 M . 783 123 29 87 139 74 63 63 145 915 115 94 54 126 33 102 60 69 - 51 69 609 F. 102 J 6 28 10 8 2 8 143 13 1 6! 2 6 M. 778 108 29 88 159 80 45 66 147 883 133 79 68 103 30 111 78 47 45 79 547 F. ! M. 58 ; 218 9 j 2 5 7 28 8 6 6 3 8 2 1 3 1 121 119 6 45 1 4 2 1 2 2 27 1 6 3 22 4 6 5 88 69 •• 5 2 3 - 56 4 P. 64 M. ! F. I 245 57 5 1 1 16 1 7 4 10 I 1 7 I 1 5 11 189 51 36 1 17 2 21 6 39 1 5 28 5 13 7 74 33 M. 5 i 7 1 M. 6 j 1 2 1 1 1 5 2 ••! F. 5 '2 M. 200 37 5 19 14 19 15 10 32 256 8 23 23 41 10 34 14 29 7 4 129 F.. 60' 11 3 2 7 5 4 45 7 2 2 1 3 2 ■• 1 2 4 1 10 2 7 4 6 3 5. 21 141 1 4 i i i 2 2 6 3 2 60 " 2 1 24 18 48 ■3 15 31 1 "• 105 51 211 137 194 157 120 686 147 1 9 19 5 13 8 6 91 4 2 6 31 45 25 29 29 77 6 2 3 3 1 2 11 15 2 16 11 18 4 13 72 5 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 10 1 7 3 •• 86 42 154 80 144 121 78 507 135 7 16 2 8 6 4 66 4 5 2 3 5 6 8 12 9 I •• 14 25 3 14 12 5 45 10 j •• i •• 16 9 2 26 I 2 2 i .. 60 i 2 40 I .. 10 j 1 107 ! 7 35 j .. 51 31 101 ' 72 65 63 55 343 81 *' i 5 14 2 6 6 3 49 4 58 17 100 71 69 56 50 278 80 10 1 6 2 1 I 4 I 6 j 1 26 ! '21 3 [ 9 632 j 1,175 2 !! 14 I "' I 1 '2 ■■ 1 8 10 17 7 19 17 10 80 14 5 8 1 2 •• 8 3 1 37 7 5 - ■••! 12 30 1 ] " ■■ 2 19 1 2 2 8 5 3 [ "' I " Totals .. 22,752 20,290 2,462 2,502 257 2,046 244 685 27 15,057 46 1,483 121 4,772 764 8,131 1,008 7,744 272 1,388 240 I 16 99 21 1,850 1,934 671 395 ' ISBB^nn^^

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Return of all Criminal Cases brought before Magistrates' Courts in 1897, arranged according to Licensing Districts.

Classification of Summary Convictions, with the Punishments awarded. Licensing Districts. Taken into Custody, summoned, or apprehended. Discharged by the Magistrate for Want of Prosecution or Want of Evidence. Dismissed on the Merits. Committed lor Trial. Summarily Summary Convictions. Punishments. Orders made. Offences against the Person. Offences against Property. Drunkenness. Other Offences. Fine. Imprisonment in lieu of Fine or Surety. Peremptory Imprisonment ill! Bay of Islands Marsden Waitemata Auckland City, Eden, and Parnell Manukau Franklin Thames Ohinemuri Waikato Bay of Plenty Waiapu Hawke's Bay Napier Waipawa Pahiatua Masterton Wairarapa Egmont Taranaki Hawera Patea Wanganui Bangitikei Palmerston Manawatu Otaki Wellington City and Suburbs of Wellington Nelson Motueka Wairau Buller Grey Westland Ashley Kaiapoi Christchurch Oity.Avon, and Eiocarton Lyttelton M. and F. 274 73 61 2,344 56 84 521 207 221 196 380 316 510 281 181 418 134 110 420 210 123 474 81 543 155 70 2,634 M. 267 69 58 1,934 53 83 485 204 ' 189 186 356 306 472 268 169 392 122 108 404 196 120 445 76 471 151 69 2,256 F. 7 4 3 410 3 1 36 3 32 10 24 10 38 13 12 26 12 2 16 14 3 29 5 72 4 1 378 M. 57 17 10 380 6 22 90 21 32 27 75 23 83 39 12 47 14 13 41 26 17 40 2 59 20 7 258 P. 1 2 49 3 1 12 1 5 2 6 1 1 3 2 M. 23 2 14 91 10 25 32 26 29 24 29 16 18 25 28 31 21 7 26 42 15 29 11 50 14 12 176 P. 1 2 32 2 4 6 3 2 1 1 3 6 2 3 10 5 15 12 18 6 19 12 II. 21 2 3 SS P. 5 i M. 166 48 31 1,375 37 33 353 152 113 123 234 261 352 192 129 309 86 80 320 124 85 365 60 357 117 50 1,744 F. 5 2 1 324 1 1 29 2 14 5 17 8 31 11 8 17 8 2 12 10 1 19 2 55 3 1 313 M. 15 13 5 97 2 8 16 26 8 5 17 9 8 20 7 5 3 5 9 4 3 17 3 26 4 7 92 F. 16 1 2 1 4 1 M. 23 3 6 161 7 3 51 20 11 10 21 3 21 25 22 23 8 8 131 7 20 13 7 38 12 14 219 F. 22 2 1 5 1 1 2 2 2 2 31 38 25 6 507 14 10 124 52 17 32 84 79 125 59 36 128 22 8 57 35 20 109 17 88 17 7 819 F. 3 1 167 '8 4 6 1 11 3 2 1 1 M. 90 17 14 610 14 12 162 54 77 76 112 170 198 88 64 153 53 59 123 7842 226 33 205 84 22 614 F. 2 1 1 119 1 17 1 10 10 7 15 6 5 12 4 M. 92 31 14 486 6 24 171 73 57 82 121 81 140 89 80 165 58 50 119 75 51 157 37 205 78 19 662 F. 2 1 61 15 2 6 4 7 1 5 7 5 8 2 M. 26 " 6 258 j 9 2 37 1 4 14 23 4 15 5 i 4 I F. 84 2 2 M. 15 "3 177 3 32 21 33 10 26 29 40 29 17 27 9 8 125 10 5 28 3 39 3 15 206 F. 1 55 3 2 1 2 9 1 M. 1 3 3 M. 4 1 6 20 1 1 4 1 2 3 2 p. 5 'i 2 M. 12 6 1 170 5 2 46 21 14 11 23 19 58 28 18 47 5 13 36 13 12 69 12 43 21 4 205 F. 1 45 "l 4 1 5 2 7 1 3 6 3 3 1 3 1 1 5 5 1 8 17 4 3 11 3 5 1 2 1 5 5 5 5 1 13 2 48 1 1 104 2 1 1 3 '*6 ! 1 1 2 26 1 32 7 327 1 2 2 3 'i 2 1 2 1 7 2 2 4 2 '■2 3 6 2 '2 3 1 7 2 9 13 4 1 5 38 3 '3 2 31 24 78 10 1 177 48 95 58 1 10 1 59 208 73 202 289 273 154 142 163 2,027 193 72 188 277 253 126 136 155 1,746 15 1 14 12 20 28 6 8 281 17 10 28 35 56 17 25 11 257 1 2 1 5 2 2 19 20 15 14 24 35 28 23 13 216 2 1 1 2 8 1 2 16 1 .. 2 ' 1 5 j .. 5 j .. 2 j .. 1 ; 1 5 :: 45 I 4 155 45 141 213 160 80 84 126 1,228 13 12 9 17 14 3 4 242 8 4 7 17 12 8 5 15 67 i 3 5 6 12 14 5 24 6 95 1 19 24 2 44 81 46 22 11 24 312 1 1 4 6 9 1 120 34 84 103 88 45 44 81 724 11 11 4 11 5 2 4 90 117 29 81 122 89 31 39 77 646 3 5 6 4 3 3 1 42 6 15 18 10 1 1 3 5 1 10 17 14 3 11 12 143 3 3 1 1 1 4 1 30 11 23 13 16 15 12 18 233 9 2 5 2 133 80 52 39 7 '4 '2 47 381 357 24 77 14 13 .. 267 10 24 2 31 I 1 115 7 91 2 32; 34 1 3 16 4 97

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Note.—Of those summarily convicted, 2,493 men and 364 women were dismissed with cautions, without being sentenced to imprisonment, fine, or other punishment; 35 men and 3 women were released under " The First Offenders' Probation Act, 1886," and 6 men received compound punishments. The number of offences (included in the table) charged against persons of the Native race was 636: o f the persons so charged, 450 were summarily convicted, 28 committed for trial, and 158 dismissed.

Return of all Criminal Cases brought before Magistrates' Courts in 1896, arranged according. to Licensing Districts.

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Licensing Districts. Taken into Custody, summoned, or apprehended. Discharged by the Magistrate for Want of Prosecution or Want of Evidence. Dismissed on the Merits. Committed for Trial. Summarily Summary Convictions. Classification of Summary Convii itions, with the Punishments awarded. Punishments. Orders made. Offences against the Person. Offences against Property. Drunkenness. Other Offences. Fine. 1 * Peremptory I Fine or Su?ety. I-P™°nment £ „ I Bllesmere Salwyn .. Ashburton Geraldine .* Timaru Waitaki Oamaru Waihemo Waikouaiti Dunedin City and Caversham Taieri Bruce Tuapeka Clutha Mataura Wakatipu Wallace Inverca rgill Awarua M. and F. 198 125 274 145 466 177 263 176 180 2,030 M. 194 124 260 139 447 169 245 166 168 1,637 F. 4 1 14 6 19 8 18 10 12 393 M. 7 I 18 41 ! 17 46 10 17 47 11 200 F. 3 1 3 1 1 34 M. 24 8 11 16 34 8 22 18 11 138 F. 1 2 1 1 1 2 17 M. 1 16 7 11 2 16 2 F. 1 M. 162 98 192 99 356 149 190 99 146 1,270 P. 4 1 10 3 18 4 16 8 9 341 M. 6 9 14 4 21 16 3 6 35 F. 1 1 M. 9 3 27 16 22 11 22 4 10 121 F. 1 2 1 M. 17 35 46 19 185 63 56 10 51 j 477 F. 1 io M. 130 51 105 60 128 67 96 82 79 637 F. 4 1 8 1 7 3 14 5 9 151 M. 134 62 91 60 176 109 74 61 83 571 F. 2 1 2 7 1 6 2 4 89 M. 2 9 4 21 F. 'I M. 8 5 30 15 41 14 24 7 10 113 F. 1 1 M. i M. 1 . 2 3 F. M. 7 6 35 i 7 41 21 45 11 5 108 F. 2 4 6 3 9 1 2 59 1 3 '22 2 1 4 2 2 1 29 1 i 19 167 70 52 60 ■6 72 93 190 147 137 125 83 612 100 70 91 169 136 132 113 73 526 96 2 2 21 11 5 12 10 86 4 1 25 25 60 21 15 9 77 7 3 5 2 3 1 1 18 12 12 2 j 11 48 5 " 4 2 1 3 8 2 10 1 5 1 66 65 116 63 94 95 53 392 84 2 2 14 4 3 8 7 59 • 10 3 3 8 5 12 6 •• ■i| 7 4 10 2 3 4 1 '" 22 7 23 1 15 34 i 8 84 20 ; _ 1 31 54 73 57 73 49 40 235 50 1 2 12 4 3 8 6 35 34 45 88 50 64 47 38 199 52 1 1 4 4 1 4 2 17 1 1 6 4 1 2 2 22 6 1 ■i 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 9 8 14 3 14 18 80 [ 7 3 2 1 4 18 12 4 9 i 61 8 16 '8 4 2 8 2 4 ■3 ■• I •• I Totals 2,625 i i 262 1,614 177 544 37 13,584 1,739 766 41 1,432 135 4,401 753 6,985 810 6,583 439 1,136 308 1,473 258 98 14 •1,745 353 20,582 18,367 2,215 iS !

Classification of Summary Convi< :tions, with the Punishments awarded. Licensing Districts. Taken into Custody, summoned, or apprehended. Discharged by the Magistrate for Want of Prosecution or Want of Evidence. Dismissed on the Merits. Committed for Trial. Suuimaril; convicted Summary Convictions. Punishments. Orders made. Offences against the Person. Offences against Property. Drunkenness. Other Offences. Fine. Imprisonment -d,™,,™,,*. -5 u° 5-2 I J fill Bay of Islands Marsden .. Waitemata Auckland City, Eden, and Parnell Manukau M. and F. 237 107 32 2,313 M. 228 100 32 1,952 F. 9 7 M. 44 8 2 264 F. 2 1 M. 20 7 4 123 F. M. 11 6 9 43 p. M. 153 79 17 1,522 F. 7 2 M. 27 1 1 57 P. 1 M. 31 4 4 167 F. 2 M. 17 .82 1 560 F. M. 78 42 11 738 P. 4 M. 103 51 13 570 F. 1 2 M. 5 F. M. 25 6 1 184 F. 3 M. M. 8 5 F. M. 11 13 F. 3 2 2 2 361 51 13 297 '6 2 180 89 53 2 210 86 56 7 - 3 248 40 38 35 3 1 11 1 23 2 2 4 7 10 2 15 2 3 2

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Franklin Thames Ohinemuri .. bOWaikato Bay of Plenty MWaiapu Hawke's Bay Napier tSWaipawa PPahiatua Masterton Wairarapa Egmont Taranaki .. Hawera Patea Wanganui Kangitikei Palmerston Manawatu Otaki Wellington City and Suburbs of Wellington Nelson Motueka Wairau Buller Grey Westland Ashley Kaiapoi Christohurch City,Avon, and Riocarton Lyttelton Ellesmere Selwyn Ashburton Geraldine Timaru Waitaki Oamaru Waihemo Waikouaiti Dunedin City and Caversham Taieri Bruce Tuapeka Clutha Mataura 91 492 201 227 170 403 329 538 277 208 308 145 94 305 176 155 372 113 532 172 74 2,070 89 463 193 202 160 395 314 498 266 192 285 141 84 281 113 151 351 108 476 167 73 1,706 2 29 8 25 10 8 15 40 11 16 23 4 10 24 13 4 21 5 56 5 1 364 20 55 17 28 18 57 47 66 14 45 14 25 17 40 19 11 34 24 61 11 11 189 4 2 7 2 1 3 1 4 2 19 40 18 18 28 31 4 39 39 22 27 20 6 22 21 20 15 15 45 35 6 219 1 1 1 3 2 4 2 7 3 i 4 1 11 9 9 10 15 5 12 6 7 2 8 2 14 8 7 17 6 15 6 2 47 i 1 49 357 149 147 104 292 258 381 207 118 242 88 59 205 115 113 285 63 355 115 54 1,251 1 24 6 17 5 5 15 32 9 9 18 4 5 18 13 1 15 3 45 4 1 311 3 21 13 15 5 82 12 15 6 10 4 6 4 3 6 12 3 12 7 4 52 1 1 4 1 9 37 14 34 17 37 12 41 15 12 14 2 3 29 13 17 14 5 24 9 5 26 4 6 2 10 146 27 26 33 151 38 125 56 29 105 32 8 38 40 23 95 7 83 29 4 652 9 1 4 2 3 5 6 1 27 153 95 72 49 96 206 203 121 71 113 50 42 134 59 67 164 48 236 70 41 521 1 11 4 7 5 2 12 23 8 9 10 3 5 11 8 26 191 86 77 63 108 111 143 121 63 101 50 36 116 53 62 112 36 226 70 21 501 1 10 3 5 1 2 2 5 4 3 5 3 54 1 7 8 70 9 26 6 20 1 7 5 4 20 3 1 4 1 1 4 34 21 24 11 26 27 55 24 10 18 1 "5 1 8 10 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 7 3 1 2 4 3 1 2 4 5 1 6 38 19 J 10 37 15 50 16 I 23 ! 40 15 I 8 30 21 19 50 I 18 35 18 10 179 4 1 5 4 2 7 3 4 3 1 3 4 3 2 1 5 4 9 5 1 4 20 17 16 25 5 28 15 11 120 3 3 '3 1 2 i 12 3 33 3 2 4 1 2 7 I 8 1 ■28 2 40 4 3 308 3 1 1 105 2 1 2 1 7 25 24 4 1 1 <5 1 194 iio 66 35 2 2 65 256 66 256 246 343 193 151 192 1,994 233 63 230 219 315 152 141 183 1,726 23 3 26 27 28 41 10 9 268 28 1 26 39 44 12 20 24 228 1 1 3 10 2 22 16 7 28 40 11 15 29 237 4 2 3 2 3 17 2 5 5 1 1 2 1 58 166 44 192 147 230 128 104 129 1,203 19 3 23 23 23 28 8 6 235 12 3 3 9 13 6 13 11 65 2 9 3 26 12 20 12 8 10 100 19 5 56 50 58 20 20 28 342 3 13 6 4 126 33 107 76 139 90 63 80 696 19 3 15 10 17 23 . 7 4 96 106 28 104 73 142 63 56 59 617 8 2 11 3 6 9 6 1 89 10 3 16 13 8 2 6 9 4 20 10 21 15 12 13 116 2 4 1 2 3 2 2 1 ■2 1 1 35 8 23 23 23 18 25 36 231 10 1 l< II 1 1 1 17 3 10 6 1 1 15 1 123 ioo 46 2 57 15 1 370 88 152 237 139 483 146 269 111 188 1,698 349 83 144 226 135 462 140 256 98 179 1,328 21 5 8 11 4 21 6 13 13 9 370 63 1 14 29 ]9 58 8 44 11 18 178 1 15 32 31 9 16 11 17 7 12 124 1 3 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 25 9 4 277 63 98 154 104 383 119 184 78 147 985 20 4 5 5 3 14 2 9 11 6 306 25 4 5 10 4 17 5 9 5 9 36 1 28 8 7 4 4 37 2 21 8 19 109 3 2 93 20 27 65 36 221 66 84 21 33 308 7 131 31 59 75 60 108 46 70 44 86 532 9 2 3 2 2 6 1 6 8 3 111 120 33 57 63 32 178 70 91 47 75 504 6 57 4 4 9 7 41 6 2 28 8 23 12 5 42 11 13 3 7 95 2 1 1 20 5 4 18 16 39 12 18 4 5 82 ! 4 12 3 5 2 11 2 2 41 i 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 5 1 2 1 1 35 1 2 8 9 1 5 1 2 71 1 1 2 1 1 i 3 3 160 34 7 4 93 3 2 48 1 51 2 2 3 3 11 4 2 33 3 96 58 181 99 125 95 55 172 95 118 I 3 9 4 7 9 1 25 16 11 1 1 2 1 5 18 13 8 1 1 1 3 2 2 5 5 1 83 47 124 61 98 1 2 7 2 2 7 2 9 2 9 1 18 4 18 10 6 6 11 17 1 52 30 80 49 66 1 2 6 1 1 65 26 74 41 46 1 6 1 1 4 1 8 2 16 2 3 1 2 8 17 7 22 1 17 1

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'Classification of Summary Convictions, with the Punishments awarded. Licensing Districts. Taken into Custody, summoned, or apprehended. Discharged by the Magistrate for Want of Prosecution or Want of Evidence. Dismissed on the Merits. Committed for Trial. Summarily convicted. Summary Convictions. Punishments. Orders made. ! Offences against the I Person. Offences against Property. Drunkenness. Other Offences. Fine. imprisonment in lieu of ?ine or Surety. Peremptory |, gg*jj:g Imprisonment -S , o £ Wakatipu Wallace Invercargill .. Awarua M.and F. ISO 127 592 89 M. 141 116 546 89 F. 9 11 46 M. 27 19 22 3 F. 1 2 1 2 I M. 2 IS 108 7 F. 5 14 M. 5 1 i 31 F. I M. .. 107 .. i 81 385 .. ; 79 F. 7 5 30 M. 7 14 15 F. j M. 10 3 66 F. '4 M. 26 122 16 F. 3 4 M. F. 64 4 57 5 183 22 40 j .. M. 59 43 191 35 F. 6 2 11 M. i F. ! 3 I .. 3 ; .. 12 J 4 5 I .. I 1,253 i 324 M. 10 2 F. I 3 ■• M. • M. F. I 3 J .. 1 j .. 113 J 26 j M. 13 24 50 11 F. 1 2 7 "" 262 7 I J j 1,745 306 Totals 2,140 1,730 170 523 1,678 648 33 1,189 112 4,174 769 6,790 764 6,223 423 1,295 19,274 17,194 2,080 209 23 12,801 I