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Persons Apprehended, 1878. Persons Apprehended, 1879. Offences. Number of all Offences reported Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged Number of Persons AppreNumber of all Offences reported Committed^ for Trial. I Summarily Convicted. Discharged Number! of Persons Apprehended. Increase Decrease Remarks. I ended. M. F. M. F. M. F, M. F, M. P. M. F. Brought forward . Attempt to rescue a prisoner Bankruptcy Act, breaches of Bestiality .... Bigamy ..... Breach of the peace Breaking and entering premises . Burglary .... Bush Fires Ordinance, breaches of Cattle maiming .... Child desertion .... Coinage Act, offences against Concealment of birth Contempt of Court . . Counties Act, Breaches of Cruelty to animals Cutting and wounding Dangerous Goods Act, breaches of Demanding money by menaces Disorderly conduct Disobeying summonses Distillation Act, offences against . Drunkenness .... Embezzlement .... Escaping from Industrial School Escaping from legal custody Escaping from Lunatic Asylum . -■ False pretences, obtaining goods and money by Fish Protection A ct, breaches of Forgery and uttering Foreign Seamen's Act, breaches of Gambling Horse and Cattle stealing House breaking .... Illegally on premises Indecent exposure Keeping houses of ill fame Larceny ..... Libel 145 1 1 2 1 81 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 13 2 16 18 6 1 1891 9 2 2 1 14 " 1 2 ' 1 «•• ' i 1 89 1 ' '63 1 1 1 ' 12 2 ' 15 1 1 ' 6 1 14 2 1 32 ii 1 1 1 2 1 159 5 2 i i i 2 125 1 1 2 1 68 1 2 1 •■•■_ 1 1 2 2 ••_ 1 18 5 159 1 1 ' 231 5 1 1 3 2 16 7 ' 11 24 1 1 ' 2 1 2 } • i 83 i94 2 7 3 6 27 28 1 2 9 o ' '2 9 3 2 i 141 1 1 ' i30 2 1 3 6 7 ' 'lO 34 150 1 2 2 3 5 21 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 16 18 93 Summons cases. 2 Summons cases. 10 Summons cases. 4 Summons cases, 3 Summons cases. 6 5 1477 1 1 241 14 1891 6 1 2 2054 19 4 1589 5 4 350 ioo 3 15 2050 15 4 163 10 2 1 'io 2 2 1 30 15 10 2 15 0 o 1 25 42 5 22 8 2 17 23 38 16 534 1 4 22 4 3 5 2 1 14 21 11 11 1 3 1 1 37 16 6 1 8 14 38 15 12 2 summons cases, 1 remanded to Waimate. 4 summons cases. 14 ' 14 7 'io 1 1 7 ' 3 3 6 5 ' '2 2 10 14 14 2 1 summons case. 7 9 24 20 412 'is i ' 12 ' 3 2 5 1 4 1 3 5 24 18 1 1 25 ' 2 1 15 3 4 1 summons case. 1 summons case. 19 summons cases. 1 summons case. 17 <S 'il6 ' 1 24 '76 12 232 ' 5 184 26 72 13 1 306 122 1 ..