CRIMINAL STATISTICS.
Betukn showing the number of prisoners received into H.M.s Gaol,' lnvercargill, their country, occupation, religion, education, and offence ; also the number . discharged, therefrom, for the half-year ending 30tli June, 1864. ■'-■•■-•- '■':■•.•■■■ > ■/..-:■:■.'. •// Total number of prisoners received from Ist January to; 30th June, ■ : 1864-rMales, j2osj females, 7. Total number of prisoners discharged. from lsfc January to 30th June, 1864— Males, 173,; females; 9. ' ■ - Native CoUOTET.— England," 79 ; Ireland, 48 ; Scotland, 56 ; Colony of Tasmania, 2 ; Colony of New South Wales, 4 ; Colony of Victoria, 2 ; Colony of New Zealand, 1 • West Indies, 2 j America, 9 ; Norway, 1 ; Austria, 1 ; Sweden, 2 ; Germany, 1 ; Prussia, 1 ; France, 1 ; Switzerland, 1 ; Hamburgh.' 1. i Occupatiok. — Artisans, &c, 87 ; laborers, 80 ; seamen, 45. j Religion. — Church of England, 97; Eoman Catholic, 63 ; Presbyterians, 47; Wesleyanß,- 3 ; Baptist, 1 ; Hebrew, 1. «* J . Edtjcatiok. — Neither read nor write, 38 ; read 1? only, 2 ; read and write imperfectly, 95 ; read and write well, 56 ; s ' superior * education, 20 ; uninown,"l. I Offence.^ —^Drunkenness, 50: debt, 39; embezzlement, 2 ; larceny, 9 ; assault, 22 ; breach of peace, 9 ;■> indecency, 11 ; vagrancy,- 2 ; breach of Seamen's Act, 13 ; illegally on premises, 2 ; breach of Polfco Ordinance, 2 ; obscene language, 1 > ~f damaging property, 2 ; stealing from the .person, 1 ; breach of Licensing Ordinance, 1;" lunacy, 9 ; remanded cases, 13 ; committed for trial, 24.
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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 20, 16 July 1864, Page 2
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224CRIMINAL STATISTICS. Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 20, 16 July 1864, Page 2
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