COURT RETURNS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18893, 7 January 1927, Page 3

COURT RETURNS.

FIGURES FOR WELLINGTON.-.="-■,-.tlßß PKEaS'' : Speciijl, \ ... ;-i. January, j.; v. } rhe : 'en6rmous-;ainourit of:civil..busi:, dealt .with at. the- 'WeHington Ma'gistrate!'s Court.during'the .quarter, is shown by figure's which have just been made. available • for the three months ending December 31st, 1926, by comparisonwith the figures for the corresponding: 1925 period; './ The .number ; of plaints entered shows a decroase,;but the actual''cases tried and the total, amount recovered'are vory much -in excess of the returns for the 19-j quarter, there being an increaso of nearly £7OOO in the amount recovered by civil claims., ' Another interesting fact revealed by the returns is that 1685 persons were brought before the' Court ™ connexion with criminal offences ..during the last quarter, whereas .in the corresponding period of 1925 the number was 18J6 : In 1925 there were also more juvenile offenders dealt with than in the last quarter;: Following are the detailed figures'for. the two periods:— " Giv'il business—Plaints entered, 1964 (1926, 1885); amount sued for £32 231 14sld (£41j300 18s'9d); cases tried, 957 "(1188)* amount claimed -jn cases tried, £13,886 10s 8d (£23 512 los 8d; amount, recovered,-£12,972 8s 9d (£19,8221.19s ,8d). ... , . Criminal. cMes'(W2s. figures m' paren-. :thoses)— ArrestSj . Males .571 :(3aD), females ', 39 v ....(44)■;', summonses, 1008(1198), 67'(54)'; juveniles, nmlß .aiul ■female- (included .in above), 4sJ- (00.).