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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