CRIMINAL STATISTICS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11511, 18 February 1903, Page 4

CRIMINAL STATISTICS.

CANTERBURY-NORTH OTAGO -' '< 1 DISTRICT, -'. ■, I For the year 1902 the police statistics.' - -' I of the Canterbury and North Otago district '-'i I show that the "total number o? offences , -■ committed and reported was 3777 as com- , ,-■ pared with 4042 -in the previous year—« \-„8 decrease of 265. Of the total number of s-'.'.H I offences last year, 3702 persons were appre. ~ r ;'' bended and summoned, leaving only 78"*,,"1j offence*? chiefly of a, minor character,-7--. which were undetected. Of the 3708 per-.-*' I sons brought before the courts 119 males'?"-J and 2 females (121 in all) were committed v for trial; 2954 males and 290 females (38W"?-?.----in all) were summarily convicted; and 313 r,\T males and 24 females (337 in all) were dfa-^/; 5 charged. • '.•,£& There was a decrease of 234 in of -drunkenness—the 1901 figures being - and those of 1902 being 1681. \fml Compared with the previous year thtrafMt were decreases as follows:—Disobeytaj£*|§P| . orders of the court and summonses, • deserting and failing to provide for wivßj39g [- and families, 50; disorderly and k conduct, 32; failing to support near relaJ§l| 5 tives, 41; absconding from industrisllllll ; schools, 23. .('jffi ' During 1902 there were 56 cases of \ pretences reported, an increase of j, compared with the previous year. [ under the Gaming and Lotteries Act i%|v-V creased by 39 as compared with the figures'-;?%, for 1901. Indecency cases showed an crease last year of 19, and cases of *§ * cious injury to property increased by !k*V' '--£ - There was an increase of 50 in treipa*»~,V{? > Sixty cases of burglary and breaking into '.yjf shops and dwellings were reported last '■§' year and 53 were dealt with. There were' '*#, 59 cases the previous year. Thefts in 1901 -i*j* aiumbered 256, and last year 300, and v ia" ':$' connection with these 276 persons vers ar- ' -,£ rested and seven were committed for trial, o'/.