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ABSTRACT GAOL RETURN for the Quarter ended December 31, 1854.
| Received into Gaol during the Quarter. | For Debt. | For Misdemeanor. | For Felony. | For Safe Custody as Lunatic. | For Offences against Naval or Military Discipline. | Total. | In Gaol at Commencement of the Quarter. | Discharged from Gaol since. | In Gaol at the Close of the Quarter. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soldiers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sailors | - | 14 | - | - | - | 14 | 14 | 19 | 9 |
| Civilians | - | 7 | 3 | 2 | - | 12 | 5 | 9 | 8 |
| Maories | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 21 | 4 | 2 | - | 27 | 19 | 28 | 18 |
B. WALMSLEY,
Sheriff.
RETURN of the GAOL at NELSON, for the Year 1854; showing the Number of Prisoners committed during that period, in what Country they were born, to what Class they belong, and the State of their Education.
| CRIME. | WHERE BORN. | CLASS. | EDUCATION. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England. | Ireland. | Scotland. | Foreign. | Colony. | Other Colonies. | Settlers in the Colony. | Natives. | Sailors. | Soldiers. | Strangers or Unknown. | Convicts. | Of Superior Education. | Read and Write. | Read, but not Write. | Neither Read or Write. | |
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Felony . . | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Misdemeanor . | 50 | - | 8 | - | 7 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - |
| TOTALS . . | 53 | 1 | 9 | - | 8 | - | 15 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 21 | 1 | 1 | - |
B. WALMSLEY,
Sheriff.
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1855, No 3
