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Enclosure 2 in No. 1. Table No. 2. SOUTH ISLAND DIVISION OF CONSTABULARY. RETURN showing the NUMBER of OFFENCES committed and APPREHENSIONS during the Year ending 30th April, 1878.

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Offences. «T3 C O v Committed for Trial. Persons Apprehendei Summarily Convicted. Discharged. or Proceeded against by Summons. Total number ol Persons apprehended or proceeded against by Summons during Yeai endingthe30tt April, 1878. Male. I Female. Male. Female. Male. Female. Abduction Abortion Absconding from bail ... Absconding from Industrial School Arson Arson, attempted Assaults, common Assaults, violent Assaults on police Assaults, indecent Assault and robbery Assault with intent to do bodily harm Bestiality Begging Breach of the peace Burglary, attempted Burglary Breaking into offices and attempting to steal therefrom Cattle-stealing Carrying offensive weapons Contempt of Court Conspiring to defraud ... Child desertion ... ... ... ' Cruelly to animals Cutting and wounding with intent Damaging property Damaging polico uniform Demanding money by menaces and threats Deserting from hired servico Discharging firearms in a public place Disobeying summonses Disobeying orders of the Court ... Disorderly conduct Distillation Act, breaches of Drunk and disorderly ... Dog-stealing ... Dog Nuisance Ordinance, breaches of Embezzlement Embezzling ships' cargo and stores Employment of Females Act, breaches of... Escaping from legal custody Ealsc pretences, obtaining goods and money by Furious riding and driving Forgery Gambling Habitual drunkenness ... Harbouring ship deserters Hawkers' License Ordinance, breaches of ... Horse-stealing Illicit distillation Illegally on premises ... Infanticide Indecent exposuro Keeping houses of ill-fame Larceny Larceny from dwellings Larceny from shops Larceny from the person Larceny from gold mines Larceny from offices Larceny as bailees Lunacy licensing Ordinance, breaches of Letting off fireworks Murder Manslaughter Maliciously obstructing a railway line Maliciously maiming cattle Municipal By-laws, breaches of ... Neglected and criminal children Obscene language Obstructing police Perjury Profane language 3 1 5 2 25 1 231 9 193 23 1 15 5 3 115 12 3 "l "7 4 1 3 1 1 4 1 63 2 7 3 3 1 5 2 11 1 231 9 193 23 166 4 180 13 12 3 ... '"7 3 3 "6 5 "6 "l 1 14 5 3 115 8 1 "2 104 "l 1 10 6 2 1 20 18 1 25 5 9 0 3 143 5 1 1 2 4 14 70 4 4,432 9 4 53 7 3 5 77 19 46 2 20 1 1 28 7 32 3 18 2 843 38 2 15 4 2 39 288 27 2 7 7 4 3 165 184 296 12 15 4 5 4 '3 "l 17 "2 3 1 "3 9 1 1 22 "4 90 4 2 1 6 46 3 3,617 2 2 11 I 1 19 19 1 "io l 16 457 3 3 2 2 12 2 6 8 1 322 2 2 12 2 "'5 1 "36 14 8 1 25 5 9 6 3 112 5 1 1 2 3 12 70 4 4,432 4 4 43 7 3 5 72 19 39 2 20 1 1 7 6 32 1 18 2 528 27 1 15 1 "'1 4 '3 6 27 16 "35 2 "2 "-2 6 1 1 "io "4 1 '" I "3 l I 4 4 16 "' ... "l 13 "1 '"2 . '"» 15 "2 "42 3 ' G 1 274 11 1 2 48 1 135 8 1 5 23 3 "5 1 "l "2 "2 "ii "*2 10 201 26 1 ' '2 36 7 38 1 1 13 32 288 27 2 7 7 "3 4 2 2 "l "2 "2 136 82 233 11 2 66 44 27 23 13 1 2 1 13 6 2 165 184 290 12 14 4 'io "2 3 Carried forward 7,704 I 189 28 5,375 724 795 125 7,230