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APPENDIX A—continued. Return showing the Number of Offences reported, the Number of Offences for which Persons were apprehended or summoned, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ended 31st December, 1930, and Year ended 31st December, 1931 — continued.

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1930. 1931. Increase or Decrease in © © ©-£© Results of Cases in which Persons were Number of fl § d m rt apprehended or summoned. Offences <2 <2 (Charges against Males and Females Number of reported, o o S *2 fl separately.) Convictions Offences. 2 2 amongst those 9 committed •£*3 Committed Summarily for Trial. Si Sl s!®® (or Trial. convicted! Dismissed. 6 g - © © >H IT'S £ 2 CŌ |0 ** g g g 3 S l£ g.S S 2 M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. § S S5 Si H Q Police Oefences Act —continued. Intimidation to restrict lawful acts .. .. 29 29 .... 6 .. 19 4 .. .. 29 Inciting violence, disorder, or lawlessness 19 24 24 .... 14 1 9 .. .. 5 Unlawfully using horses, motor-cars, &c. 708 717 436 1 .. 411 1 23 1 .. 9 Unlawfully on premises by night with- 186 210 210 .. .. 182 10 12 6 .. .. 24 out criminal intent Sunday trading .. .. .. 52 174 173 .. .. 118 43 II I .. .. 122 Gaming Act. Common gaming-house, keeping or 87 76 76 69 1 6 .. .. .. 11 managing, &c. Found in a common gaming-house .. 124 84 84 .... 78 .. 6 .. .. .. 40 Gaming with instruments .. .. 55 26 25 .... 23 .. 2 .. .. .. 29 Publishing advertisements relating to 1 1 1 .... 1 .. .... betting on horse-races Lotteries, unlawfully establishing or 18 35 35 .... 29 .. 5 1 .. .. 17 conducting, &c. Betting, unlawful .. .. .. 56 38 38 .... 32 2 4 .. .. .. 18 Following occupation of a bookmaker 22 35 35 1 30 1 3 .. .. 13 Trespass on racecourses .. .. 35 49 49 .... 49 .. .... .. .. 14 Publishing betting-charts .. .. .. 11 11 .... 9 .. 2.. .. .. 11 Post and Telegraph Act. Illegally opening or delaying postal 17 12 12 .... 9 3 .. .. 5 packets Stealing postal packets, mail-bags, &c. 32 72 66 20 46 .. .... 20 .. 40 Stealing money, &e., from postal packets 33 40 34 26 7 1 25 7 Unlawfully opening mail-bags .. .. 2 2 1 1 .. .... 1 .. 2.. Fraudulently secreting or detaining 6 .. .. .... . . .. .. 6 misdelivered mail-bags, &c. Injuring post-office pillars or boxes .. 11 18 15 .... 13 .. 2 .. .. 7 Damaging telegraph equipment .. 26 188 124 4 .. Ill .. 9 .. .. .. 162 Posting indecent postcards or letters.. 3 5 3 .... 3 .. .... .. .. 2.. False statement re posting postal packet 2 6 6 31 2 ...... 3 1 4.. T)Ī1STTT I I N. .A.OT Failing to maintain wife or children .. 2,197 1,842 1,718 .. .. 1,470 12 231 5 .. .. .. 355 Failing for fourteen days to pay main- 3,233 3,300 3,162 .. .. 2,678 18 457 9 .. .. 67 tenance moneys Offences by husbands while separation 33 22 22 .... 18 .. 4 .. .. .. 11 orders are in force Offences prescribed in sections 52 to 58 5 6 5 1.. 2 .. 2 .. .. 1 of Destitute Persons Act Shipping and Seaman Act. Ship-desertion .. .. .. 49 18 16 .... 15 .. 1 .. .. .. 31 Absent without leave .. .. 18 1 .. .... .. .. .. 17 Offences against discipline .. .. 3 .. •. .... .. .. .... .. .. .. 3 Embezzling cargo .. .. .. 2 .. .. .... .. .. .. 2 Stowing away .. .. .. 100 122 118 .. .. 118 .. 22 Licensing Act. Permitting drunkenness or violent eon- 7 6 6.... 4.. 1 1.. .. .. 1 duct Selling or supplying liquor to intoxi- 14 8 8 .... 3 .. 5.. .. .. .. 6 cated persons Selling or supplying liquor, or exposing 466 658 651 .. .. 406 32 190 23 .. .. 192 for sale, or opening or keeping open premises at unauthorized times Supplying liquor to persons under 33 26 26 .... 17 2 7 .. .. .. 7 twenty-one years Selling or supplying liquor to prohibited 45 31 31 .... 24 .. 7.. .. .. .. 14 persons Permitting prohibited persons to be on 2 .. .. .... .. .. .. 2 premises Unlawfully employing females in or 3 1 1 .... .. 1 .. .. 2 about a bar Employing minors in bars .. .. 2 1 1 .... 1 .. .. 1 Illegally supplying liquor to Natives .. 61 58 57 .... 41 .. 16 .. .. .. 3 Selling adulterated liquor .. .. 1 • ■ • ■ .... .. .. .. 1