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1948. 1949. Offences. Number of Number of Number of Offences in Offences Offences Which Arrests Reported. Reported. or Summonses Resulted. Police Offences Act—continued Inciting violence, disorder, or lawlessness 2 9 9 Unlawfully using horses, motor-cars, &c. 1,013 861 602 Unlawfully use horses, motor-cars, &c., attempts to 2 Unlawfully on premises at night without criminal intent .. 260 "259 237 .Sunday trading 36 55 55 False allegation re commission of offence 16 8 8 ■Obtaining entrance to entertainment without paying the fee 1 1 Unlawfully entering a motor-car 1 27 27 Unlawfully laying poison .. .. 1 1 Gaming Act Common gaming-house, keeping or managing, &e. 49 54 52 Found in a common gaming-house ' .. 47 141 141 ■Gaming with instruments 60 11 11 Publishing advertisements relating to betting on horse-races 3 Lotteries, unlawfully establishing or conducting, &c. 30 69 69 Betting, unlawful 6 7 7 Following the occupation of bookmaker 206 177 177 Publishing betting charts 5 6 6 Trespass on racecourse 73 74 74 Post and Telegraph Act Illegally opening or delaying postal packets 1 1 1 postal packets, mail-bags, &c. 63 35 31 .Stealing money, &c., from postal packets 9 43 41 Injuring post-office pillars or boxes 6 5 3 Damaging telegraph-equipment 35 16 4 Posting indecent post-cards or letters 9 2 2 False statement re posting postal packet 2 1 1 Misuse of telephone 16 46 30 Destitute Persons Act Failing to maintain wife or children 1,315 1,206 1,178 Failing for fourteen days to pay maintenance moneys 1,753 1,513 1,465 •Offences by husbands while separation orders are in force 9 10 10 Shipping and Seamen Act Sbip-desertion 719 651 602 Absent without leave 65 33 31 ■Offences against discipline 27 27 Embezzling cargo 1 1 •Stowing away 33 48 48 Licensing Act Permitting drunkenness or violent conduct 2 2 2 .Selling or supplying liquor to intoxicated persons 2 1 1 Person other than licensee supplying liquor at unauthorized 3 times Selling or supplying liquor, or exposing for sale, or opening 410 486 484 or keeping open premises at unauthorized times Supplying liquor to persons under twenty-one years 48 28 28 Selling or supplying liquor to prohibited persons 9 4 4 Unlawfully employing females in or about a bar 2 Illegally supplying liquor to Maoris 138