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APPENDIX A. Return showing the Number of Offences reported, the Number of Offences for which Persons were apprehended or summoned, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ended 31st December, 1940, and Year ended 31st December, 1941.

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1940. 1941. 1»40. 1941. g g -9 i g g 3 g 8 S 1® s 8 I™ § s |®"g 1 I Hi Offences. § o oils Offences. 0 q -al « -gSg •S -g o _ o _ s si si fe-s i §S il s«i ,2-g fl-g a-sS •St; -Sl 'S3 § |g, g§, |ss |S, |a f*s £ I s a a fc Crimes and Justices op the Peace Crimes and Justices of the Peace Acts, etc. Acts, etc. —continued. Subversive statements, making, pub- 60 6 6 Offences against Rights of Property—ctd. lishing, &c. Theft of animals (specified) .. .. 24 27 19' Theft of animals, attempted .. .. .. 2 1 Misleading Justice. False pretences .. .. .. 714 600 554 Perjury and false oaths .. .. 2 2 2 False pretences, attempted .. .. 17 13 13False statements and declarations .. 71 37 37 Obtaining credit by fraud .. .. 150 132 123 False accounting by officials or clerks .. 8 26 26 Escapes and Rescues. False statements by officials or public .. 1 1 Breaking prison .. .. .. ■ • 7 7 officers Escaping from prison or lawful custody 33 23 22 Conspiracy to defraud .. .. 3 .. Assisting or aiding escape from prison .. .. 2 2 Fortune-telling or practising witchoraft 2 7 7 Robbery and aggravated robbery .. 28 18 11 Offences against Religion. Assault with intent to rob .. .. 2 2 1 Disturbing public worship .. .. 1 • • • - Demanding with intent to steal .. 1 Extortion by threats .. .. 1 2 2 Offences against Morality. Burglary .. .. .. .. 91 45 24 Unnatural offence .. .. .. 10 20 20 Burglary, attempted .. .. 9 Unnatural offence, attempted .. 3 .. .. House or shop breaking, &c. .. .. 1,546 1,152 916 Indecently assaulting a male .. .. 105 104 104 House or shop breaking, &c., attempted 87 68 49 Incest .. .. .. .. 13 31 31 Being found in dwellinghouse by night .. 5 10 8 Indecent acts .. .. .. 37 24 24 Being armed with intent to break or enter 1 Being disguised or in possession of house- 10 11 Offences against the Person, &c. breaking implements Murder . . .. .. . • 4 9 9 Receiving property dishonestly obtained 139 128 128 Murder, attempted .. .. .. 1 2 2 Forgery .. .. .. ._. 61 86 85 Manslaughter .. .. .. 6 7 7 Uttering forged documents or false certi- 22 17 17 Suicide, attempted .. .. .. 74 59 59 ficates Suicide, aiding and abetting .. • ■ 2 2 Sending false telegram .. .. 1 2 Concealment of birth .. .. 4 2 2 Coinage offences .. .. .. . • 2 2 Disabling or stupefying with intent to 5 5 Personation .. .. .. 2 commit a crime Arson .. .. .. . • 56 20 20 Wounding with intent to do grievous 3 11 Arson, attempted .. .. .. 10 6 5 bodily harm Wilfully placing obstruction on railways 12 9 5 Endangering safety of persons on rail- 2 .. .. Mischief .. .. .. 1,082 992 939 ways or tramways Mischief on railways and tramways .. 17 9 7 Administering poison or other noxious 2 .. .. Sending threatening letters .. .. 1 .. things with intent to injure or annoy Threatening acts with intent to intimidate 4 2 2 Assault causing actual bodily harm .. 20 15 13 Unlawfully altering brands .. .. .. 1 1 Causing actual bodily harm under circum- 2 2 2 stances that, if death had been caused, Police Offences Act. would be manslaughter Breach of the peace or behaviour with 698 655 653 Assault, indecent .. .. .. 175 131 113 intent Assault with intent to commit a crime .. 3 11 10 Cruelty to animals .. .. .. 47 57 57 Assault .. .. .. 781 759 739 Drunkenness .. .. .. 5,243 4,695 4,695 R a p e .. .. .. .. 7 5 4 Drunk while in charge of horses, &c., or 27 19 19 Rape, attempted .. .. .. 6 2 2 loaded firearms Carnally knowing girls under sixteen years 105 41 41 Drunk and disorderly .. .. 200 173 173 Carnally know girls under sixteen years, 15 6 6 Soliciting prostitution .. .. .. 1 1 attempts to Exposure of person and grossly indecent 193 177 143 Carnally knowing idiots or imbeoile women 12 2 acts Killing unborn child .. .. .. 1 1 Using profane, indecent, or obscene 554 500 499 Abortion, procuring .. .. .. 15 4 4 language Abortion, supplying means of procuring 12 2 Vagrancy (idle and disorderly persons, o02 z40 Z4i) Bigamy .. ., .. .. 4 14 13 rogues and vagabonds, and incorrigible Abduction!! .. .. 1 •• •• rogues) _ Stealing children under fourteen years .. 4 1 1 Assaulting, obstructing, or resisting con- 160 174 174 stables, &c. Offences against Rights of Property. Inciting violence, disorder, or lawlessness 9 2 2 Theft (undescribed) .. .. .. 7,560 7,104 5,664 Unlawfully using horses, motor-cars, &c. 1,287 1,160 790 Theft, attempted .. .. .. 57 54 40 Unlawfully on premises at night without 245 177 170 Theft'from the person .. .. 16 24 10 criminal intent Theft from the person, attempted .. 2 8 3 Sunday trading .. .. .. 81 52 52 Theft from dwellings .. .. 292 211 114 False allegation re commission of offences 7 3 •> Theft from dwellings, attempted .. 7 2 2 Falsely assuming designation of a con- .. 3 3 Theft by clerks or servants .. .. 30 53 1 53 stable