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TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF SEXUAL OFFENDERS SENTENCED UNDER THE RESPECTIVE HEADINGS IN NEW ZEALAND PRISONS AS ON 31st AUGUST, 1924.

* Victim an old lady, aged 71, who died as the result of a struggle, in which prisoner committed rape upon her. t Number includes 17 prisoners who appear under more than one of the above headings, therefore the actual number of individual offenders total 192. Number of sentenced prisoners (exceeding three months) in custody on the 31st August, 1924, was 980, therefore sexual offenders (192 individuals) represent 19-592 per cent, of the sentenced prison population serving periods exceeding three months.

Carnal Knowledge and Attempted Carnal Knowledge.

SOME ILLUSTRATIVE HISTORIES. Case No. I.

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Carnal Knowledge j lldeoent Indecent Indccell t T'\ S ° d ° m y? nd » nd . Manand Attempted * ,, . T , Attempted Attempted Attempted , ,, Tota . Carnal Assanlt - Act Exposure. godoRap J c . slaughter. Knowledge. 30 106 | 3 9 18 23 19 1* 209f

Age of Age of j Age of 1 Age of Age of Age of Offender. Victim. i Offender. Victim. Offender. Victim. 28 15 : 43 Several young ! 34 14 18 7 children 22 15 18 7 52 14 30 9 34 15£ 23 14 35 15 72 13i 25 9 27 12 21 8" 44 6 28 9 29 37 15 37 ' 14 29 13 29 15 55 3 40 14J 44 13 17 12 27 8 21 15 42 15 23 15

■s»a " s -j ~ Ill &l§f Offence. Sentence. S ®?^'; ed P before*Arrwt' |Sg 1 < Date) ' (Date> - on Further Charge. °l g ; I A. 1 19 Indecent assault on a male .. 4 years'hard labour .. 21/12/06 21/12/09 2$ months. 2 23 Idle and disorderly .. .. 12 months'hard labour 4/3/10 29/12/10 2 years 2 months. 3 26 Indecent assault on a male .. 10 years' hard labour 17/3/13 16/12/21 2j years. and 10 years' reformative detention 4 37 Indecent assault on males (three 10 years' hard labour 25/6/24 Still in charges) prison. Note. —Offender was born at Auckland anil is the third eldest of a family of eight. He was evidently dull at school, as lie passed the Third Standard only at the age of 13. At the age of 16 he was charged with the offence of vagrancy, convicted and discharged. The victims in ail his offences were children varying in age from 6 to 13 years.