RETURN OF CASES, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL, FOR THE DISTRICT OF-MOUNT IDA—1873.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 255, 23 January 1874, Page 2

RETURN OF CASES, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL, FOR THE DISTRICT OF-MOUNT IDA—IB 73.

Through, the courtesy of the > Cleric to the Court, we are furnished with following statistical information: —- ' " * The number of - civil'cases heard at * Naseby during 1873 was 131, the amount sued for was £1196 13s.'; and the amount recovered, £678 95.~4d. • ~ __ . „ At' St. Bathans there were 23 cases tried ; amounts*' sued,, - recovered, £64 75.-3d. , .. ;'r - - At there! were 11 cases; £3 6 7s. 6d. was and -J£6 65.; .6di re- ■, - cohered. , At Hyde there were 5 cases-; £123 Os. Bd.*sued for, and' £5 7s.'recovered.' " " At" Hamilton Serpentine there were 8 cases; £lB2 15s. 3d. sued for, and £7 13s. 9d. recovered. The return dealing with criminal cases heard at JNaseby shews that A there "were 11 cases of assault, 6 of- 5 theft, 1 of em--, bezzlement, 2 J of.false pretences,.23 drunk \ and disorderly, 8 charged with lunacy, \ 6 with-vagrancy, 5 cases "of breach of the Licensing Nuisance Ordinance,' 12 breaches pf\the Town and charged under fthe Neglected Children's Ordinance, and one case of threat of breach * of the peace; in aU, 83 cases - brought into Court. Out of thesej 26 were dismissed or discharged, 3' com- " mitted for trial,_ 54 convicted, 44 being > fined—4 of the children were * sent to the Industrial School. v , At St. Bathans .there were three cases, of which 2 were dismissed,"" and one con- -" ~ victed and fined. * 4.-* r /- ! At Macraes there were" 13 cases,- of - which 10 were dismissed, and 3 convicted. At Hyde ther'e were 9 cases, of-*which •_""' 7 were dismissed, Jand-2, convicted and fined'" 5- *- At"Hami]ton r and Serpentine 3 casesonly, ,1 dismissed, und~'2 convicted and " fined. On the whole, _the 'district cannot be accused .of developing a heavy criminal list—St. Eathans particularly showing to advantage. The" great excess of f the amounts sued for oyer the amounts re-covered-show; how-readily parties considering themselves aggrieved are to go to law, and'how very "futile those attempts at redress - generally are. A lesson to avoid litigation may very well be extracted out of these dry statistics of the Court transactions during 1873 in this district.