H.—2l.

Return of all Criminal Cases brought before Magistrates' Courts in 1905—continued.

Return of all Criminal Cases brought before Magistrates' Courts in 1906, arranged according to Licensing Districts.

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Classification of Summary Convictions, with the Punishments awarded. Courts. Taken into Custody, summoned, or apprehenaea. Discharged by; the Magistrate for Want of Prosecution or Want Of Evidence. Dismissed on the Merits. Committed for Trial. ril; Offences against Drunkenness. Property. Summary Convictions. Pine. ■ Imprisonment Peremptory in lieu of ImprisonFine ment. or Surety. Punishments. "pi 5 Orders made. convicted. Bound over, with or without Sureties. Offences against the Person. Other Offences. Ashburton .. .. 231 Geraldine .. .. 153 Timaru .. .. j 508 Waitaki .. .. 179 Oamaru .. .. 454 Mount Ida .. .. 140 Waikouaiti .. .. 80 Chalmers .. ■.. 162 Duneclin City and Caver- 1,961 sham Taieri .. .. 61 Bruce .. .. 124 Clutha .. .. 99 Tuapeka .. .. 248 Wakatipu .. .. 135 Mataura .. .. 195 i Awarua .. .. 126 Invercargill .. .. 666 Wallace .. .. 96 31,242 222 J 147 487 173 439 131 78 160 1,740 9 6 21 6 15 9 2 2 221 29 I 1 55 43 12 ! 9 24 24 45 8 24 14 8 12 160 3 ■2 1 2 1 5 12 7 12 157 115 375 154 362 104 61 145 1,357 6 3 17 4 14 3 1 2 189 2 3 37 4 7 4 2 1 25 17 10 36 18 11 13 1 12 111 I 1 34 30 174 83 208 31 10 79 437 104 72 128 49 136 56 48 53 784 5 3 7 4 13 3 84 118 85 163 80 178 G4 47 92 802 3 8 2 5 .. !••! 13 5 44 16 34 3 1 4 1 7 18 46 22 59 18 6 20 234 2 1 4 1 8 3 " 1 5 1 3 1 "9 •51 i 3 1 1 1 ■ ■ 1 •• 3 2 i 1 1 10 1 "l 3 52 1 1 ii 93 1 1 69 5 144 1 .. 1 37 109 ■27 1 1 43 171 9 22 57 I 118 90 235 131 186 121 599 88 4 6 9 13 4 9 5 67 8 3 7 3 14 9 24 3 99 9 1 i 2 2 20 16 16 18 1 28 2 " 1 1 3 2 5 6 23 1 •• 52 109 64 203 101 138 113 449 76 4 6 7 12 3 8 5 45 8 1 3 3 9 4 4 1 15 2 5 13 4 14 13 10 12 33 13 2 11 25 8 39 24 21 48 135 8 1 1 1 35 68 49 141 60 103 52 266 3 5 4 11 3 21 6 38 72 51 155 62 105 45 234 50 2 3 2 7 3 6 2 16 5 2 1 1 1 2 1 4 12 4 4 36 i •■ 1 ■•I i 9 10 4 24 16 11 27 121 14 2 a i I "2 j 20 8 16 4 1 8 2 2 10 1 14 's '■ 4 2 4 3 28,772 2,470 2,613 186 2,024 188 831 29 23,304 |2,067 643 27 1,802 1143 8,006 853 12,853 1,044 13,007 779 !l,883 239 1,661 278 31 72 10 3,112 1322 Note.— Of those summarily convictea 3,455 men and 432 women were dismissed with cautions, without being sentenced to imprisonment, fine, or other punishment; and 83 men and 7 women wei Offenders' Probation Act, 1886." The number of offences (included in the table) charged against persons of the Native race was flOl: of the persons so charged, 377 ware summarily convicted, 28 commute 96 dismissea. re released under " The Fir! id for trial or sentence, anc

Classification of Summary Convictions, with the Punishments awarded. Court*. Taken into Custody, summoned, or apprehended. Discharged by the Magistrate for Want of Prosecution or Want of Evidence. Dismissed on the Merits. Committed for Trial. Summary Convictions. Punishments. Orders made. convicted. Offences against the Person. Offences against Property. Drunkenness. Other Offences. Pine. Imprison- g> ment Peremptory -g in lieu of Imprison- & Fine nient. 3 or Surety. «; Bound over, with or without Sureties. Bay of Islands aipara Marsden Auckland City, Eden, Parnell, & Grey Lynn Manukau Franklin Thames Ohinemuri Waikato Bay of Plenty Waiapu M. & F. 227 245 320 4,929 M. 217 243 308 4,429 F. 10 2 12 500 M. 39 28 31 403 P. 1 M. 17 23 24 278 F. M. 13 1 11 182 F. M. 148 191 242 3,566 P. 5 2 9 435 10 7 6 134 "P. M. 27 14 18 297 F. 2 1 1 19 M. 32 28 60 1,299 F. M. 79 142 158 1,836 F. 3 1 7 224 M. 88 137 178 1,665 F. 4 1 4 138 M F. M. 8 2 6 453 F. M. M. F. M. 24 39 35 503 F. ■2 39 1 18 8 1 192 1 1 521 59 1 64 9 2 10 i 188 235 399 212 490 675 1,013 182 232 373 205 481 654 969 6 3 26 7 9 21 44 14 19 39 33 9 39 103 34 2 4 3 147 189 286 149 406 506 809 6 9 12 9 3 15 11 42 2 25 7 9 6 45 49 44 18 48 104 36 99 136 327 95 122 164 104 247 310 396 4 107 124 190 98 274 284 461 3 6 4 9 5 1 5 14 31 44 28 37 76 116 51 47 17 26 89 8 4 1 3 1 17 3 5 19 39 1 3 1 12 3 2 11 18 9 3 2 7 11 10 6 1 3 2 1 19 19 37 I ■2 i 1 3 17 13 100 1 7 27 45 45 2 3 3 2 11 1 1 3 1