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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, 1933, and Year ended 31st December, 1934— continued.

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1938. 1934. Increase or , Decrease in © © © iS © Results of Cases in which Persons were Number of 2 2 apprehended or summoned. XT , „ Offences <2 <2 ° * o (Charges against Males and Females Number of reported, w « « S ° separately.) Convictions Offences. ~ amongst those •3 -3 "g „ a committed ■Sti -H-d Committed Summarily -r )1 - slTllRRHfl lor Trial. £-2 25 £3 ® for Trial. convicted. "«missed. 6 ® ® ® « O fc ā a" o > 3 g ai gg I 2 S-SSg M. P. M. ! F. M. F. M. F. § | la ss I m Q Police Offences Act—continued. j Intimidation to restrict lawful acts .. 58 1 1 .... 1 . . .. .. 57 Inciting violence, disorder, or lawlessness 4 12 12 .. .. 8 ..14.. .. .. 8 Unlawfully using horses, motor-cars, &e. 465 353 319 .. .. 311 ., j 7 1 .. .. .. 112 Unlawfully on premises at night without 114 98 95 .. 83 1 11 .. .. .. 16 criminal intent Sunday trading . . . . .. 203 292 292 .. .. 200 82 8 2 .. .. 89 Gaming Act. Common gaming - house, keeping or 131 137 137 .. . . 125 2 10 .. .. 6 managing, &c. Found in a common gaming-house .. 196 214 214 . . . . 196 .. 18 .. .. .. 18 Gaming with instruments .. .. 5 9 9 .... 4 .. 5.. .. .. 4.. Publishing advertisements relating to 2 9 9.... 5.. 4.. ,. .. 7.. betting on horse-races Lotteries, unlawfully establishing or 25 47 47 .... 25 3 19 .. .. 22-;; ... conducting, &c. Betting, unlawful .. .. .. 49 21 21 .... 17 . . 4 .. .. .. 28 Following the occupation of bookmaker 62 65 65 2 57 3 3 1 3 Publishing betting charts .. .. 4 8 8 .... 5 .. 3.. .. .. 4.. Trespass on racecourse .. .. 52 51 48 46 1 1 .. .. .. 1 Post and Telegraph Act. Posting packet containing explosive, &c. .. 1 1 .... 1 .. .... .. .. 1 Putting explosive, &c., into post-office, .. 1 1 .... 1 [ 1 &e. Illegally opening or delaying postal 5 9 9 4.. 5 4 • • 4.. packets Stealing postal packets, mail-bags, &e. 40 9 9 4 5 4 { 31 Stealing money, &c., from postal packets 6 7 7 .... 7 .. 1 Fraudulently secreting or detaining .. 2 2 1 1 1 • • 2.. misdelivered mail-bags, &c. Injuring post-office pillars or boxes .. 3 5 .. .... .. .. .... .. .. 2.. Damaging telegraph equipment .. 103 103 94 .... 85 2 7 Posting indecent post-cards or letters 5 1 1 .... .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 4 False statement re posting postal packet 1 .. .. .... .. .. . . 1 T»T?CTTf TTTĪ 1 PfRdnWd ArT Failing to maintain wife or children .. 1,433 1,529 1,482 .. .. 1,278 9 192 3 .. .. 96 .. Failing for fourteen days to pay main- 2,553 2,189 2,136 .. .. 1,778 2 353 3 .. .. .. 364 tenance moneys Offences by husbands while separation 16 10 10 .... 9 .. 1 . . .. .. 6 orders are in force Offences prescribed in sections 52 to 58 7 7 7 .... 3 .. 4 of Destitute Persons Act Shipping and Seamen Act. Ship-desertion .. .. • • 12 13 7 .... 7 .. .. 1 Absent without leave .. .. 1 4 1 .... 1 . . 3 Offences against discipline .. .. 3 87 87 .... 87 .. .... .. .. 84 Embezzling cargo .. .. .. 4 2 1 .... 1 .. .. 2 Stowing away .. .. .. 29 30 29 .... 29 .. 1 Licensing Act. Permitting drunkenness or violent con- 5 6 6 .... 1 .. 5.. .. .. 1.. duct Selling or supplying liquor to intoxicated 8 7 7 .... 3 .. 4.. .. .. .. 1 persons Selling or supplying liquor, or exposing 605 641 641 . . .. 376 37 213 15 .. . . 36 for sale,' or opening or keeping open premises at unauthorized times Supplying liquor to persons under 18 22 22 .... 21 .. 1 .. .. 4 twenty-one years Selling or supplying liquor to prohibited 16 8 8 .... 8 .. .. 8 persons Permitting prohibited persons to be on 3 .. .. .... .. .. .. 3 premises Unlawfully employing females in or 1 1 1 .... 1 about a bar Employing minors in bars .. .. .. 1 1 .... 1 .. I..