INVERCARGILL COURT RETURNS.
Per Press Association. Jnvercargill, April 4, The quarterly returns of the Invercargill Police and Magistrate'* Courts show that during that period 171 people were charged, as against 127 during the same period last yenr, and 140 summarily convicted, as against 00. The figures show an increase in what may he culled minor crimes, the cases of drunkenness being 22, as against 1!), and the number of prohibition orders issued 19, as against 14. In civil business, there were 2(18 plaints entered aud 121 eases heard, the_ aggregate amount sued for being £2544 0s Id; amount recovered, £1371 13.i Sd. Last year's figures under the same heart were: 370 cases, 11)4 hearings, ~£3348, 10 sued for. and £IOO4 4s roS')t«!red. 'j'ltere were 18 judgment sumuionsFßjvus against 83, and 11 orders made against 15. During the nine months olNieHjeeiiso ended March. 31, 78 persons were ctuivieted of drunkenness. With only (.ne\txeeption, all the cases were traceable to\iilaces other (hau Invercargill. Duringi the same period lines, amounting to \250, have been imposed for sly-grog seluW.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 5 April 1907, Page 2
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175INVERCARGILL COURT RETURNS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 5 April 1907, Page 2
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