MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16415, 8 January 1919, Page 4

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

| (jrABTEHLY ANI' AL RETUEX.S. i • The fierce ehow the amount of cimitisl wo:k done at "acistrate's Court diiric? the quarter <>n<ie<l December Sle: last:-- jja'.es. Females. T!. Number of arrests •• ?' 273 Number of summonses j""- 1 062 Totals •• ■ J' *■ of juveniles in-ilud-ed above • ■ 4 ™ The number of caftcs was 16:t. The figure* for the correfponaiug quarter of 1 JSI7 were iw follows Males. Fomalee. Tl. Number of arrests •• 27a -11 3ir, Number of sum menses «- -»8S Totaie .. •• S0 " Nimiber of jtireniles in-clude-.1 :u above 6J ,1 CG The totals for the whole four quarters of 1018 were follows:- — Ma;es. Females. 'J'!. Xlimber of arrests -- * I^2 Xumber ol summonses 2136 -' 1 2.585 To-;I!q •. •• 3ft-- "•>' 3370 Number of juveniles included •. .. Ij' -0 15i Tiu» figures for tho wLolc ycai' 1917 were !i<j follows,, , „ , „ stales, l'cmalcs. Tl. Number of arrests .. Jo2li 195 1221 Number of summonses -298 '-13 2511 Totals .. •• 5324 JOS 3732 Xum'-vji l of juveniles in- .. 207 CIVIIj UKTCUXS. i The civil business done in the Court dur- ' in" {':<> ])i:at (juai-ior afforded the- following ; tfpiires, its roinpatcd with the corresponding utiiod of 1017 : — mis. lob. X u.-d. £ s. d. amouu'. sued for ' .. fi,OOS 10 1 12.717 4 5 Amount recovered 4,115 3 1 i,IIU 13 11 Number cf plainU i-sauvi EGb Distress warrants issued •• 1' Judgment sum- _ _ inonaeis issued W Number of orders on judgment eummouscs .. 22 38 Numbed v/arrante of committal .. 1" 10 Tlio returns for the whole year, aa compared v.-itlt 1017, were as follows: — 1918. 1917. £ s. d. £ s. d. A ""regale amount eued for 18,171 2 8 Ji7,iSß i> 4 Amount recoveri-J 2G,1G1 2 32,991 3 j Number of plaints issued • • 3420 52G0 Distiea3 warrants issued •• .252 13a Judgment summonses issued 470 ICS Orders on judgment summonses 152 131 Warrants of committal ... 43 ol