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Return showing the Number of Offences Reported, Persons apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1896, and Year ending 31st December, 1897.

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1896. 1897. Offences. m o w So ° S . Persons apprehended or summoned. Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. a o s o Number of Convictions amongst those committed for Trial. M. F. 6 Cβ CD 3 a; I q O M. j F. M. F. M. F. Abandoning children Abduction Abortion, procuring Absconding from apprenticeship Absconding from bail Absconding from industrial schools Abusive and threatening language Armed, with felonious intent Arson Arson, attempted Assaults, common Assaults, indecent Assaults occasioning bodily harm Assaults on bailiffs Assaults on police Assaults and robbery Attempts to commit felony Bankruptcy offences Being in possession of housebreaking implements Begging Bestiality Bigamy Breaches of the peace Broaching cargo Burglary, breaking into shops, dwellings, &c. Carnally knowing girls Carnally knowing, attempted .. Cattle- anu horse-stealing (see Theft). Cattle-maiming Coinage offences Concealment of birth Conspiring to defraud Conspiring to murder Conspiring to defeat the course of justice Contempt of Court Cruelty to animals Cruelty to chidren Gutting and wounding.. Damaging police uniform Deserting and failing to provide for wives and children Deserters and stragglers from H.M. ships Deserting merchant vessels Discharging firearms Disobeying orders on board ships Disobeying orders of Court and summonses Disobeying terms of release under First Offenders' Probation Act Disorderly and riotous conduct.. Distillation offences Distributing obscene literature .. Disturbing meetings and congregations Drunkenness .. Embezzlement Escaping from custody Escaping from lunatic asylums.. Extortion Failing to support parents and near relatives False declarations .. . .. False pretences Falsifying a share-register Fish, illegally taking Forcible entry Forgery and uttering Fortune-telling Furious riding and driving Game, illegally shooting Gaming offences Illegally on premises Indecent exposure or behaviour 3 3 3 3 50 283 3 40 8 787 25 35 1 69 24 1 23 1 2 3 7 2 3 85 271 3 24 13 819 42 38 4 70 30 2 16 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 3 7 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 2 73 149 4 11 6 97 1 2 2 290 12 9 4 2 4 83 26y 3 15 4 805 39 37 4 70 13 2 16 3 35 12 12 2 4 2 4 7 12 2 10 2 4 20 15 1 1 1 455 7 11 26 1 29 5 32 17 3 3 1 6 1 10 1 1 3 8 64 1 2 5 1 2 12 1 '2 1 2 1 2 1 7 2 13 4 4 294 12 3 1 11 1 '2 12 3 ' 1 1 1 4 to 284 4 395 216 4 29 io 53 5 284 4 187 4 49 346 102 1 55 66 5 1 18 2 8 1 2 2 4 1 2 18 2 5 2 13 1 3 9 ♦ 5 7 3 7 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 2 i 6 1 1 4 4 2 4 6 4 4 4 4 8 137 1 3 25 587 1 112 5 8 46 337 96 1 1 44 172 16 1 1 112 5 8 46 308 7 25 i 7 i 2 "l 1 4 5 21 1 1 3 1 128 4 250 56 88 65 65 32 15 10 58 359 36 9 50 376 1 29 6 36 206 3 2 14 140 32 9 50 349 1 21 1 8 - 2 i 17 4 3 3 3 1 355 3 5 36 287 4 4 80 224 4 3 59 11 50 1 20 16 301 4 4 80 1 68 i 1 44 5,005 14 12 5,204 3 5 12 1 2 4,369 1,167 56 2 12 5,604 3 4 10 1 2 199 ii 7 2 10 12 1 154 1 275 169 2 84 12 267 121 9 141 2 170 3 66 1 22 3 ~2 1 85 9 32 27 3 2 153 3 66 1 18 3 1 29 3 47 7 19 2 83 37 1 i 2 12 69 54 63 79 104 71 3 58 42 55 64 96 52 5 1 56 36 38 53 71 1 1 3 1 6 17 8 19 2 61 3 58 42 55 64 95 SI 2 3 11 12 8 15 8 3 5