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Return showing the Number of Offences reported, Persons apprehended, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ending 31st December, 1895, and Year ending 31st December, 1896.

1895. 1896. Offences; to o o S . ..5j m £•32 o Persons apprehended or summoned. Committed for Trial. Summarily Convicted. Discharged. IS we a o « o praiDd ill EH «O Number of Convictions amongst those committed for Trial. M. F. CI i 1 1 O ■ ■' ' ' ■ : . _'■ : ■ ■' '?' ■ M. P. M. P. M. F. Abandoning children Abduction ,. ,'■,.. Abortion, procuring Absconding from apprenticeship Absconding from bail .. .. Absconding from industrial schools Abusive and threatening language Armed, with felonious intent 4 3 8 4 3 3 3 3 50 283 3 40 8 787 25 35 1 69 24 1 23 13 1 'i 1 *2 1 2 3 1 3 49 281 3 18 2 776 24 35 1 69 13 1 23 13 1 "l "s 1 3 47 164 3 4 42 235 2 21 10 765 15 42 2 57 42 i '2 13 *2 16 85 1 3 2 277 9 12 1 7 4 16 1 5 • 8 48 1 19 2 2 Arson .. •. • • Arson, attempted Assaults, common ... Assaults, indecent .. ■ • Assaults occasioning bodily harm Assaults on bailiffs .. Assaults on police Assaults and robbery Attempts to commit felony Bankruptcy offences Begging .. _ .. •• Being in possession 01 nousebreaking implements Bestiality Bigamy Breaches of the peace Burglary, breaking into shops, dwellings, &c. Carnally knowing girls Carnally knowing, attempted .. Cattle- and horse-stealing (see Theft). Cattle-maiming . i. Coinage offences ... Concealment of birth Conspiring to defraud .. Conspiring to defeat the course of justice Contempt of Court Cruelty to animals Cruelty to chidren .. Cutting and wounding.. Damaging police uniform Defiling an imbecile woman Demanding goods with menaces Deserting and failing to provide for wives and children Deserters and stragglers from H.M. ships Deserting merchant vessels Discharging firearms ;. Disobeying orders on board ships Disobeying orders of Court and summonses Disobeying terms of release under First Offenders' Probation Act Disorderly and riotous conduct.. Dissuading witnesses from giving ..evidence Distillation offences... Distributing obscene literature .. Disturbing meetings and congregations Drunkenness Embezzlement .. Escaping from custody Escaping from lunatic asylums.. Extortion jjf> a] [j .. • • •' Failing to support parents and near relatives False declarations False pretencesFalse trade-marks - Fish, illegally taking Forcible entry 1 ,,. Forgery and uttering Fortune-telling —.. Furious riding and driving Game, illegally shooting Gaming offences .. 46 9 5 1 5 270 458 5 7 16 "8 9 145 8 10 24 1 1 479 3 9 5 7 4 8 137 1 3 25 587 4 4 294 346 5 1 2 13 8 '8 ii i 1 3 89 4 1 1 2 '4 4 '3 447 2 13 61 1 1 9 11 234 18 3 104 '23 312 1 "i 9 'i i 13 '3 1 3 42 29 1 1 4 1 32 1 '2 190 27 *2 5 'l 7 3 6 2 4 4 3 137 1 3 25 518 4 3 294 136 5 1 1 10 4 "5 "3 "l 1 3 - 56 2 1 4 "2 "5 "i i 108 22 10 12 i '4 3 24 i 'h i 18 23 *4 i 112 4 7 'i i 8 7 7 i i 71 56 45 45 15 7 13 50 191 15 10 58 359 5 8 48 250 2 10 80 5 10 58 337 8 *8 168 *3 '3 "i 3 4 4 4 1 217 1 355 316 9 29 354 138 i 1 '■72 3 5 36 i 2 3 29 1 1 4 3 5 33 1 2 5 36 4,636 23 7 7 5,005 14 12 io 2 4,115 1 8 809 73 2 1 8 5,005 13 11 "8 1 369 '5 '9 i 1 *7 1 154 'i "l 143 'l 153 ioo '2 38 '3 2 154 1 21 7 91 4 80 18 76 9 141 1 33 1 3 59 3 4 27 '2 9 124 '22 1 7 13 1 2 5 8 4 11 19 2 83 'l5 4 2 9 19 2 71 '43 "5 54 '7 "l 69 54 63 59 46 52 i 9 8 10 69 54 63 36 1 13