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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