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4.-COMPARATIVE TABLE.
COMPARATIVE T A B L E
showing the number of convictions for various crimes and offences
for the last four years.
The nnmber of summary convictions :—
I. Offences against the person :—
(a) Attempted murder ...
(b) Abetting or attempting suicide ..
(c) Causing injury with knife ...
(d) Assaults
(«) Offences involving neglect of duty by those in charge
of others
(/) Other criminal negligence
(g) Kidnapping and abduction
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(j) Procuration and kindred offences ...
(/j) Abortion and concealment of birth
(if) Bigamy and pretended marriage
(m) Unnatural offences ...
(n) Other offences
2. Pnedial larceny
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A. Malicious injuries to property :—
(a) Arson
(b) Injuring animals
(e) Malicious injury to other property
(d) Trespass and damage by animals
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p. Offences against property (other than praedial larceny
\ and maliciouB injuries to property) :—
(a) Burglary, housebreaking, and similar offences ...
(b) Robbery and extortion
(c) Theft of animals ...
(it) Larceny (other than theft of animals), receiving,
and kindred offences
•4. Other crimes :—
A.. Offences agaiust laws relating to employment...
B. Offences against revenue laws, municipal, road and
other laws relating to the social economy of the Colony,
including forest laws :—
(o) Offences against revenue laws
(b) Offences against municipal rights and bye-laws ..
ic) Offences relating to traffic
(d) Food and drug offences ... ...
(Y) Offences against forest laws ...
(f) Other offences
C. Miscellaneous offences :—
(a) Carrying knives and daggers
(V) Offences against the State and public orde r
(<•) Drunkenness, disturbances, & insulting behaviour
(d) Offences against the administration of justice ...
(«) Defamation
if) Forgery and personation ...
...
(g) Corruption and bribery ... ...
(A) Cruelty to animals
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(») Offences against antiquities laws
(/) Other offences ...
... ...
The number of convictions in the Assize Courts *—
( Murder of wife or concubine
. j Murder of child
' j Murder other than of wife, concubine or child ...
(.Manslaughter'
f Attempted murder
2
! Rape
*} Cnnatnral offences ... ...
L Other offences against the person
3. Praedial larceny ...
f Offences against property with violence to the person
•{ Theft of animals ... ...
1 Other offences against property
5. Other crimes
1927.
2,402
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
589
—
—
57
—
2,405
—
—
1.-53
—
100
—
15,293
—
—
—
—
—1
—
18,873
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5
14
1
4
4
32
—
1
26
34
32
1928.
2,585
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
565
—
—
75
—
1,972
—
—
138
—
123
—
11,693
—
—-
—
—
—
26,123
—
—
—
—
_
—
—
—
—
—
—
_
15
10
6
5
.3
42
—
19
62
52
1929.
—
—
7
23
1,313
28
311
2
——
46
4
—
—
9
52
413
——
1
117
17,490
—
5
—
148
1,069
i
337
—
537
1,001
2,582
33
5,880
1,252
_
158
81
5,000
17
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5'
2
93
34
7,553
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__
1
5
8
1
10
28
—.
— -
3
14
15
1930.
—
—
4
34
1,161
105
289
—
—
14
—
—
—
6
25
401
—
3
147
28,422
—
—
1
122
705
—
224
—
461
517
1,847
57
4,797
489
——
181
103
5,213
25
1
8
1
85
94
4,982
3
—
1
7
—
4
12
23
_
—
—
33
15