MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.
BUSINESS STATISTICS FOR 1921. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Statistics in the Gazette to-day show that, excluding multiple charges, 14,079 persona, 846 of whom were women, were, arrested and. dealt with at magistrates' courts throughout the Dominion during the year 1921. Of these, 11,562. men and 749 women were summarily convicted, while 914 men and 20 women were committed to the Supreme Court for sentence, and 487 men and 22 women were committed for trial. In no lesa than 26,242 distinct cases 1359 were women and were dealt with on summonses. Of these, 20,090 men and 1050 women were summarily convicted, one woman and 54 men were convicted for sentence, while 63 men and 15 women were committed for trial. Of 39,013 civil cases dealt with by the Magistrate’s Courts 34,588, involving £685,479 concerned Europeans only, the total amount recovered being £585,183. The number of cases in which Maoris were concerned, whether as plaintiffs or defendants, were 4425, the total amount involved being £77,126, and the i&npunt recovered £49,680.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 March 1922, Page 4
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172MAGISTRATES’ COURTS. Taranaki Daily News, 24 March 1922, Page 4
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