MAGISTRATE'S COURT RETURNS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10209, 10 April 1911, Page 5

MAGISTRATE'S COURT RETURNS.

i FOR THE PAST QUARTER. At tlae Masteitton Magistrate's Court during the quarter ended March 31st, 191., 60 persons were apprehended and! .summoned, of whom 57 were males, as against 72 during the corresponding period of last year. The total amount of criminal fees and fines paid was £lB 19s. For 1910 the fees collected amounted to £45 9s. One male and one female were committed to a lunatic asylum. There were seven charges of drunkenness, all of which were males. Breaches of the Borough by-laws numbered seven. Three cases were heard Tinder the Destitute Persons Act, and four under the Industrial Schools Act, for failing 'to maintain wives and children.' Six Natives were charged with failing to destroy rabbits. There were only two charges for obscene language, one of which was dismissed, and there were two convictions for assault. Eiglit breaches of the Licensing Act , were heard, three of which were dismissed. There was also one charge against a male of bastardy. Following is a comparison of the civil cases transacted during the : quarters ending March 31st, 1911, and l 1910, the former period being mentioned first in each instance:— Aggregate amount sued for, £2153 "2s 9d, £251.3 18s; aggregate amount recovered, £*37 2s 9d; £1133 19s Id; applications heard in Court or Chambers, 8, 4 ; orders made, 5, 2; plaints entered, 279, 3 >3; distress warrants ! issued, 18, 13; judgment summonses, issued, 43, 49; orders made on judgment summonses, 12, IS; warrants of committal issued, 7, 5 ; writs of arrest issued, 0, 0; summonses and other processea served by' the bailiff and assistants within two miles, 362, 204; over two miles. 33, 47; distress warrants executed by the bailiff and assista-its within two miles, 15, 13; over two miles, 2, 1 ; warrants of committal executed by bailiff, 7, 2; amount of civil fees paid In stamps. £123 13s, £l5B 10s Gd. /