✨ Resident Magistrate Court Statistics
RETURN of all Cases disposed of in the RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, Nelson, from the 1st January to the 30th June, 1856.
CRIMINAL CASES.
| DESCRIPTION OF OFFENCE. | BETWEEN MAORIES AND EUROPEANS. | IN WHICH MAORIES ONLY WERE CONCERNED. | IN WHICH EUROPEANS ONLY WERE CONCERNED. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In which Maories were Defendants. | In which Europeans were Defendants. | |||||||||||||||||
| Convictions. | Committed for Trial. | Dismissed. | TOTAL. | Convictions. | Committed for Trial. | Settled. | Dismissed. | TOTAL. | TOTAL between Maories & Europeans. | Convictions. | Committed for Trial. | Dismissed. | TOTAL between Maories. | Convictions. | Committed for Trial. | Dismissed. | Settled. | |
| Assault | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Cattle Trespass Ordinance (Breach of) | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 22 | . | 1 | 8 |
| Constabulary Force Ordinance " | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | . |
| Drunkenness " | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 20 | . | . | 1 |
| Entire Animal Ordinance (Breach of) | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Felony | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | . | 1 |
| Malicious Injuries to Property | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Merchant Seamen's Act (Breach of) | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 11 | . | . | . |
| Slaughter House Ordinance " | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Sureties to keep the Peace | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Vagrancy | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| TOTALS | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 75 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
CIVIL CASES.
| BETWEEN MAORIES AND EUROPEANS. | IN WHICH MAORIES ONLY WERE CONCERNED. | IN WHICH EUROPEANS ONLY WERE CONCERNED. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In which Maories were Defendants. | In which Europeans were Defendants. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Judgment for Plaintiff. | Judgment for Defendant. | Settled out of Court. | TOTAL. | Amount sued for. | Judgment for Plaintiff. | Judgment for Defendant. | Settled out of Court. | TOTAL. | Amount sued for. | Total between Maories and Europeans. | Judgment for Plaintiff. | Judgment for Defendant. | Settled out of Court. | Dismissed. | TOTAL between Maories. | Amount sued for. | Judgment for Plaintiff. | Judgment for Defendant. | Settled out of Court. | Dismissed. |
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | . | 24 | 30 | 156 14 9 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 10 0 | 31 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 101 | . | 221 | 1 |
TOTAL CASES DISPOSED OF . . . . 457
Resident Magistrate's Office, Nelson,
4th July, 1856.
JOHN POYNTER,
Resident Magistrate.
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1856, No 12
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⚖️ Return of cases disposed of in the Resident Magistrate's Court, Nelson
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement4 July 1856
Court statistics, Resident Magistrate, Nelson, Criminal cases, Civil cases
- John Poynter, Resident Magistrate