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4.-COMPARATIVE TABLE.
C O M P A R A T I V E T A B L E
showing the number of convictions for various crimes and offences
for the last four years.
T h e number of summary convictions :—
1. 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
oi OuQers ••• ••• • • • '••• ••• • • •
(/) Other criminal negligence ...
(g) Kidnapping and abduction ...
(i) Iudecent assaults on females, and unlawful carnal
knowledge... ... ... ... ...
(j) Procuration and kindred offences ...
(k) Abortion and concealment of birth
(I) Bigamy and pretended marriage ...
(m) Unnatural offences
(n) Other offences
2. Praedial larceny
f
A. Malicious injuries to property :—
(a) Arson
(->) Injuring animals
(c) Malicious injury to other property
(rf) Trespass and damage by animals
• . B. Offences against property (other than praedial larceny
\ and malicious injuries to property) :—
• (at Burglary, housebreaking, and similar offences ...
(b) Robbery and extortion
(e) Theft of animals ...
(rf) Larceny (other than theft of animals), receiving,
and kindred offences
4. Other crimes:—
A. Offences against 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 :—
0 0 Offences against revenue laws
(&) Offences against municipal rights and bye-laws...
(c) Offences relating to traffic
(rf) Food and drug offences
(a) Offences against forest lavs ...
(J) Other offences
C. Miscellaneous offences:—
(a) Carrying knives and daggers
(b) Offences against the State and public order
0 0 Drunkenness, disturbances, & insulting behaviour
(rf) Offences against the administration of justice ...
le) Defamation
if) Forgery and personation
(g) Corruption and bribery
(A) Cruelty to animals
(0 Offences against antiquities laws
(j) Other offences
T h e number of convictions in the Assize Courts .*—
.. f Murder of wife or concubine
, I Murder of child
•-
" j Murder other than of wife, concubine or child
I Manslaughter
( Attempted murder
1928.
gy j X W a L)*W
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• •«
•
*} Unnatural offences ••
I Other offences against the person ...
3. Pnedial larceny ...
{Offences against property with violence to the person
Theft of animals
Other offences against property
*
5. Other crimes
2,585
—
—
—
_
—
—
—
—
—
565
_—.
75
:
—
1,972
—
138
—
123
—
11,693
—
—
—
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—
—
26,123
—
—
•
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
15
10
6
5
3
42
19
62
52
—
7
28
1,313
28
311
2
46
4
—
9
52
413
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1
117
17,490
—
5
148
1,069
—
337
537
1,001
2,582
33
5,880
1,252
—
158
81
5,000
17
-—
5
2
93
34
7,553
—
1
5
8
1
10
- 28
3
14
15
—
4
34
1,161
105
239
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14
—
—
6
25
401
mmmm •
3
147
28,422
—
1
122
705
—
224
.
461
517
1,347
57
4,797
489
—
181
103
5,213
25
1
8
1
85
94
4,9S2
3
1
7
—
- 4
12
23
— — •
33
15
—
10
46
1.0S7
78
2.53
2
56
2
—
5
59
440
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5
110
10,504
—
.8
136
1,620
—
313
mmmm
622
305
1,305
46
5,415
536
—
149
1,859
5,233
50
3
1
1
103
56
6,419
1
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3
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1
13
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3
3
20