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Return of all Criminal Cases brought before Magistrates' Courts in 1902, arranged according to Licensing Districts.

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Lyttelton Oourtenay Selwyn Ashburton Geraldine ... Timaru Waitaki Oamaru Mount Ida Waikouaiti Chalmers Dunedin City and Caversham Taieri Bruce Clutha Tuapeka Wakatipu Mataura Awarua Invereargill Wallace 35 77 309 155 559 242 347 116 71 351 1,979 508 32 76 302 148 540 238 335 110 67 348 1,753 21 3 1 7 7 19 12 6 4 3 226 99 3 1 26 20 49 30 14 4 14 261 "a i 2 17 4 7 4 11 8 12 1 34 17 5 37 180 i 2 1 3 1 14 I 10 1 3 3 19 4 6 2 1 62 'o 399 22 70 262 117 460 233 265 77 57 297 1,250 17 3 1 7 4 16 4 9 3 3 3 189 7 2 5 7 4 14 3 18 3 2 6 47 1 i 34 6 11 17 12 34 7 21 8 17 22 120 1 1 1 18 180 1 21 122 51 221 79 154 18 12 170 468 i U 1 1 1 7 6 1 3 96 178 13 33 116 50 191 144 72 48 26 99 615 1 5 3 6 2 8 3 3 2 2 75 I 188 9 44 151 63 242 146 109 36 34 133 643 1 5 "*\ 11 1 3 2 2 46 66 1 1 40 39 39 1 3 5 126 1 1 1 ■26 49 5 11 17 3 46 2 34 3 3 12 104 1 2 52 5 1 I 1 I 2 , 2 1 1 2 1 12 2 6 36 25 57 36 16 26 2 10 172 1 3 i 3 2 1 2 1 39 .. 67 84 108 168 249 272 138 775 121 66 79 105 154 237 252 127 727 116 1 5 3 14 12 20 11 48 5 3 9 16 23 26 6 6 82 15 •• 2 *2 11 11 13 10 27 34 1 56 12 2 4 2 1 1 3 14 12 2 42 " i 51 59 75 118 170 200 118 547 89 1 5 3 10 8 15 11 40 3 1 4 4 1 7 4 3 15 7 •• 2 5 6 2 6 17 18 12 56 16 i 7 17 9 43 34 67 37 137 11 1 1 1 2 3 1 7 38 32 60 68 112 111 66 339 55 3 3 7 6 12 10 29 3 27 43 60 67 100 120 71 238 65 1 5 3 11 7 21 1 "A "2 1 3 17 ■• i ■• 1 3 7 5 9 7 5 44 2 2 1 .1 1 1 1 •■ 17 1 5 19 21 37 7 115 10 3 3 1 " I 1 1 4 1 3 1 i 4 3 1 1 9 2 26,257 23,910 2,347 2,674 204 1,832 173 707 — 49 18,697 1,921 765 40 1,660 130 1 1,004 1 9,517 577 1,578 348 1,692 269 I 88 25 2,119 7,114 j 9,158 747 20 1230 Note.— Of those summarily convicted, 3,626 men and 465 women were dismissed with cautions, without being sentenced to imprisonment, fine,, or other punishment; and 58 men and 7 women were released under " The First 05 dSinfssed number of offences (included in the table) charged against persons of the Native race was 440 : of the persons so charged, 298 were summarily convicted, 47 committed for trial or sentence, and

Classification of Summary Conviel ;ions, with the Punishments awarded. Courts. Taken into Custody, summoned, or apprehended. Discharged by the Magistrate lor Want of Prosecution or Want ol Evidence. Dismissed on the Merits. Committed lor Trial. Summarily convicted. Summary Convictions. Punishments. Orders made. °S?t s I oflenees f),H ' against Drunkenness. Person. J Property. Other Offences. Fine. Imprison- g> Bound ment Peremptory -g over, i in lieu of Imprison- § "with or Fine nient. £ without ! or Surety. Sureties. Bay of Islands Kaipara Marsden Auckland City, Eden, Parnell, & Grey Lynn Manukau Franklin Thames Ohinemuri Waikato Bay of Plenty Waiapu M. &P. 190 142 161 3,558 155 227 265 203 405 333 405 M. 183 142 153 3,123 145 220 249 192 385 315 393 P. 7 '*8 435 10 7 16 11 20 18 12 M. 27 4 7 306 6 17 56 22 49 16 39 F. 2 32 M. 23 10 22 246 25 25 6 30 34 34 22 F. 2 3'J 2 M 14 2 5 155 5 7 3 8 7 30 22 P. *6 M. 119 126 119 ' 2,416 109 171 184 132 295 235 310 : P. "4 358 8 7 12 16 11 9 M. 6 14 4 11 7 4 10 4 10 F. 1 1 5 1 M. 23 20 14 173 12 19 11 11 30 17 23 F. 2 22 1 M. 24 18 65 956 25 49 74 36 86 71 124 P. 177 1 1 1 M. 66 74 36 1,203 72 92 92 81 169 143 153 P. 4 3 154 6 5 9 8 15 7 5 M. P. 91 3 82 .. 77 4 1,019 96 71 4 106 3 104 I 5 59 7 183 9 157 9 154 ; 1 M. 4 18 4 235 3 2 5 14 7 6 86 F. 49 M. 5 191 7 5 10 3 16 10 33 P. 31 M. M. 2 1 26 P. 4 M. 13 5 4 238 7 25 26 22 33 16 37 P. 72 1 3 5 '2 3 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 2 4 4 2 1 7 2 '2 4 1 5 3