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[.—OFFENCES.
A.—TABLE showinir the number of cases reported to the Police and how chey were dealt with.
Trivial oases in which Police refused
to take proceedings
Not brought before a Magisterial
Court for want of evidence
Brought* before a Magisterial Court
Total
Total.
22,576
2.270
12.453
Homicide.
1
:'.0
j
37,299 • 31
Theft of
animals with
or without
violence to
person.
366
303
669
Offences
against
property
(other than
theft of
animals) ->***ith
violence to
person.
5
5
Other
o-fences
against
property.
9,124
1,574
1,972
12,670
Other
otfunces
against the
person.
6,813
14
1,15*4
7,983
-Other
olfences.
6,637
315
3,939
15,941
(rt) Number of cases prosecuted by cht- Police before a Magisterial Conrt
(b) Number of cases convicted by a Magisterial Court
12,453
11,089
B.-
- T A B L F .
s h o w i n g the n u m b e r of oftenc--.**? b r o u g h t before a Magisterial C o u r t d u r i n g the year.
Total number
of offences
reported.
Homicide.
Theft of ;
animals •-vith i Other theft
violence to
;
of animals.
the iierson.
Offences
au-ainst
property
(other tlian
theft of
animals)
with violence •
to the person.
Oilier
offences
against
property.
i
Other
offences '
i against the '
person. |
1
;
j
j
Other
Offences
Total
20,759
30
32.
2.139
1,599 16,650
"Animals" includes sheep, soars, kine, horses, mules, asses, camels and animals included under the teskere law
(1 Destur, 712).
•' Violence to person " includes threats and attempts to commit violence and offences committed by persons armed.
• Offence against property " includes offences against rights of property and injuries to the subjects of property but does
not include offences "against the Forest L a w or under the Field Watchmen Law.
" Offence against the person " does not include insult or libel.
" Theft" includes wilfully receiving stolen property knowing it to be stolen, and possessing property reasonably suspected
of being stolen.
" Offences against property " (other than theft of animals) with violence to the person includes sacrilege, burglary, house–
breaking and shopbreaking.