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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