CRIME IN WELLINGTON

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1018, 6 January 1911, Page 3

CRIME IN WELLINGTON

o PAST YEAR'S RECORD. NOTICEABLE INCREASE.

Tho criminal returns for the Wellington Magistrate's Court for ■ the year just closed show a considerable increase over those for the previous year, and the total is the highest for many years. The totals work out as follovr. Tho corresponding figures for 1909 are given in parentheses: —Persons taken info custody, summoned, or apprehended, 5137 males, 638 females (-IG7B and Ct2); discharged for want of prosecution or want of evidence, 312 males, 38 females (371 and 32); dismissed on the merits, 173 males, 20 females (122 and 11); committed for trial or sentence, 150 males, 7 females (145 and 10); summarily convictcd, 4172 males, 5G7 females (1049 and 559); fined, 2120 males, 121 females (1925 and 135); imprisoned in lieu of fine or surety, 591 males, 101 females (572 and 90); peremptory imprisonment, 385 males, 74 females (375 and 84); whipped, 22 males (33 males) j bound over with or without sureties, 3 males (3 and 3j j orders made, 524 males, IG9 females (499 and'lß9); convicted . and discharged with caution, 824 males, 102 females (623 and 88).

Details of tile offcuces as classified under the regulations' are:—

Offcnces Against the Person. Class I.—Assaulting the police, 15 males (16); attempted suicide, 5 males, 2 females (4 and 1) j common assault, 9G males, 7 females (122 and 5); criminal assault, 7 males (0); assault and robbery, 0 males (9); assault with intent to commit a crime, 3 males (1); assault causing actual bodily harm, 4 males (8); bigamy, 1 male (2); attempted unnatural oii'ence, 2 males (nil); carnally knowing, 3 males (nil); attempted knowledge, 2 males (1); murder, 1 male (nil); cruelty to -child, 1 female (1); indecent act with intent to insult, 2 males (nil); abducting child, 1 female (nil); using instrument to procure miscarriage, 1 female (nil).

Crimes Against Property. Class 2.—Arson, 2 males, 1 femalo (1 male);. burglary, 12 males (5 males); breaking and entering, 52 males, 1 female (71. and 2); forgery, 12 males (II moles); forgery and.uttering, S males (nil); theft from dwelling-house, 5 males (li); theft from the person, 1 male (7); theft, 23S males, 29 females (297 and 22); attempted theft, 2 males (2); false pretences, 11 males, 3 females (27 and 4); mischief, 53 males, 3 females (-13 and 7); receiving stolen property, 9 males, 1 femalo (S and 2) ;• inducing delivery of postal packet by falso pretences, 1 male (nil); postal officer opening postal packet contrary to his duty, 1 malo (nil); .failing to keep proper books, 1 malo (nil); quitting New Zealand and taking property, 1 malo (nil); placing obstruction on railway line, 1 malo (nil); sending falso telegram, 2 males (nil); detaining postal packet, 2 males (nil).

Affecting Administration of Law. Class 3.—Perjury, 1 malo (1). Escaping from custody, nil (2 males). Class 4— Crimes ogainst the revenue laws: Evading Customs, 2 males (2); unlawfully unshipping uncustomed goods, 1 malo (1); faisc declaration to Customs, 1 malo (jiil); harbouring uncustomed goods, 5 males (10); harbouring restricted goods, 1 malo (nil); possessing opium, 2 males (nil); smoking opium, 2 males (nil); manufacturing opium in form suitable for smoking, 2 males (nil); permitting smoking of opium, 1 malo (nil). Class s.—Crimes against good order, flyiaws: Wellington city, 470 males, 11 lemales (32ii and 10); lvarori, 21 males, 2 females (17 and 3); Onslow, 16 males (7); Eastbourne, 22 males, i female (G. and 1); Wellington Harbour Board, 3 males (3); Now Zealand railways, 23 males (21); Uutt Count)-, 2 males (nil); bastardy, 42 males ;(51); desertion of wife or child, 12 males (4); maintenance of destitute person, 71 males, 7 females (104 and 2); failing to provide for unborn illegitimate child, 4 males (G); disobedience of order, 130 males (181); sureties to comply witn order, 12 males (7); commuting order, 3 males (5); order varied or cancelled, 23 males (27); breach of Fisheries Act, 4 males (nil); street betting, 3 males (B); laying tqto odds, 1 malo \(nil); betting with infant, 7 males (G); Keeping gaming house, 2 males (6); sundry other breaches of the Gaming Act, 1908, 41 males (Go); drunkenness, Maori, 1 male (nil) ; drunkenness, 2232 males, 273 females (1927 and 210); drunk and disorderly, G2 males, 9 females (89 and 37); drunk in charge of a horse, 14 males (14); furious or negligent driving, 3. males (4 and 1); ill-treat-irig animals, 5G males (28 and 1); indecent act, 30 males, 2 females (35 and 2); obsccnc language, 104 males, 14 females (107 and 7); unlawfully on premises, 25 males, G females (59 and 12); idle and disorderly, 51 males, 20 females (G6 and 35); rogue and vagabond, 10 males, 19 females (7 and 7); incorrigible rogue, 5 males, 3 females (5 and 2); prostitution, 14 females (52); resisting or obstructing police, 19 males (19 and 1); inciting to resist, 4 males (3); stone throwing, 4 males, 1 female (nil); Sunday tradin", 7 males (1); trespass, 10 males (nil); threatening behaviour, 10 males (8); breach of peace, G5 males, 2 females (53 males); insisting language with intent to provoke breach of peacc, 5 males, 1 female (11 and 1); selling indecent literature, 2 males (8); exposing indecent picture, 1 male (nil); distributing indecent literature, 1 male (nil); youth with firearms, 2 males.(nil); soliciting alms, 7 males (nil); breaches Dog Registration Act, 70 males, 5 females; summary separation, 43 males (45); keeping brothel, 1 female (1 . and 1); keeping premises open or exposing liquor for salo after hours, 5 males, 2 females' (nil); permitting drunkenness, 1 male, 1 female (nil); breach prohibition orders, 130 males, 42 females (114 and" 22); refusing to quit licensed premises, 18 males; selling liquor after hours, 4 males, 5 females (nil); selling liquor without a license, 18 males, 1 female (22 and 1); being on licensed premises after hours, 24 males; prohibition orders issued, 158 males, 32 females; privy to sale of liquor in unlicensed promises, 3 males (nil).

Class 6.—Miscellaneous. Giving false name and address, 1 males (1); soiling liquor in No-license district or assisting, 5 males (nil);, keeping liquor for. sale m No-License district, 1 male (nil); not notifying that .liquor was to lie taken into a No-License district, 5 males (ml); delivering liquor not labelled m a No-License district, 8 males (nil); accompanying prohibited person into a hotel, 1 male (nil); being on premises for purposes of' dealing in liquor, 3 males (nil); maintenance in industrial schools, 11 males, 19 fer'lies; neglected child, 32 males', lp females (37 and 28); orders varied or cancelled, 10 males, 15 females; withdrawing child from industrial school, 1 male (nil); prohibited immigrant, 1 male (nil); lunacy, 72 males, 38 females (19 and 10); maintenance iii lunatic asylum, 1 male (nil); unlawfully possessing game, 1 male (nil); breaches of Factories Act, 2 males, 2 females (nil); breaches of Shops and Office? Act, 12 males (11 and 2); breach ,of Secondhand Dealers Act, 1 malo (1 and 1); breaches of the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 18 1 female (1G males); killing at other than a registered slaughterhouse, 1 male (nil); breaches of the Defence Act, 9 males (22); desertion from lI.M. Navy, 6 males (5); desertion from Merchant Service, 13 males (2); absent without leave, 16 males (12); disobeying commands, etc., G males (11); making false declaration regarding discharge, 1 malo (nil); stowaways, 1(! males (9); offences against Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1 males, 1 female (8 and 5); breach of Companies Act, 10 males (nil); sureties of the peace, 7 mates, 2 females; failing to send child to school, 1G males, 7 females (38 and 1); pawnbrokers' licenses issued 7 males (G); Greeting scnfl'olding without giving notice. 2 males (nil); failing to pull down condemned building, 1 malo (nil); failing to comply with drainage noticc, 5 males, 2 females (nil); reckless driving of motor-car, 9 males (t); not stopping after accident, 1 male; breach of Poisons Act, 2 males; breach of Orchard and Gardens Diseases Act, 8 males, 3 females; breach Public Health Act, 1-malc; unregistered midwife, 1 female; breach of Friendly Society's Act, 2 males; application to bo sent lo Inebriates' Home, 1 male; making false declaration to lie-inserted in ■marriage register, 1 male (2 and 2); altering railway ticket to evade fare, 2 males; breach of Pharmacy Act, 1 mnlc (nil); failing fo clear noxious weeds, 33 males, 5 females; breach of AVeiihts a si' Measures Act, 5 males (3 and 31,