S.M.COURT.
ANNUAL RETURNS. The following are the local Magistrate’s Cotirt returns for the year ended December 31st, 1917: — Criminal. —Drunkenness!26, breaches of the peace, 6; thefts, 3;. forgery, 1; assaults, 3; obscene language 1; military service, 10; Factory Act, 1:. breaches, of the. Licensing Act, 20; prohibition orders, 7; bylaws, 12. Total number of persons summoned or apprehended, 82; total amount of lines and costs collected, £B4 9's. Civil. —Plaints entered, 93; judgment summonses, 21; orders made, 11; distress warrants, 6; processes served or executed by bailiff, 152. Amounts sued f,or, £852 17s 8d; amount recovered, £5Ol 6d 9d. Amount collected in Court fees, £42 6s. The Magistrate ..provided over four sittings of the Court during the year, the balance of sittings being presided over by justices. During the year there was a large decrease in civil proceedings, but ah increase in criminal sproceedings, principally breaches of the Licensing Act and drunkenness
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1771, 3 January 1918, Page 3
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152S.M.COURT. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1771, 3 January 1918, Page 3
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