New Munster Gazette – 1849 – No. 8

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✨ Supreme Court Trial Statistics

TABULAR STATEMENT OF TRIALS

BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT AT WELLINGTON FROM 1844 TO 1848.

ROBERT R. STRANG, Remr.	Trials.

Assault .............................. Committed for Trial or Bailed.
Assault with intent to commit a Rape .. Bills Ignored.
Abduction of a Girl under age ...... Acquitted.
Bigamy ............................ Convicted.
Cattle Stealing .................... Committed for Trial or Bailed.
Concealment of Birth ............... Bills Ignored.
Cow Stealing ....................... Acquitted.
Cutting and Wounding ............... Convicted.
Forgery ............................ Committed for Trial or Bailed.
False Imprisonment ................. Bills Ignored.
Fraud .............................. Acquitted.
Grand Larceny ...................... Convicted.
Killing or Wounding Cattle ......... Committed for Trial or Bailed.
Larceny from the Person ............ Bills Ignored.
Manslaughter ....................... Acquitted.
Murder ............................. Convicted.

1844

Offences	Committed for Trial or Bailed	Bills Ignored	Acquitted	Convicted
Assault	1	.	.	.
Abduction of a Girl under age	.	.	.	.
Bigamy	.	.	1	.
Cattle Stealing	1	.	.	.
Concealment of Birth	.	1	.	.
Cutting and Wounding	1	.	.	1
Fraud	.	.	1	.
Forgery	.	.	.	.
Grand Larceny	2	.	.	1
Killing or Wounding Cattle	2	.	.	.
Larceny	1	1	1	1
Manslaughter	1	.	.	.

1845

Offences	Committed for Trial or Bailed	Bills Ignored	Acquitted	Convicted
Assault	2	1	.	.
Breaking into a Dwelling House	1	.	.	.
Cattle Stealing	2	.	.	1
Forgery	2	.	.	.
Grand Larceny	1	.	1	.
Larceny from the Person	.	1	1	.
Manslaughter	1	.	.	.
Receiving Stolen Goods	.	.	1	.

1846

Offences	Committed for Trial or Bailed	Bills Ignored	Acquitted	Convicted
Arson	1	.	.	.
Assault	10	4	2	.
Breaking into a Dwelling House	.	.	.	1
Cattle Stealing	1	.	1	1
Forgery	1	.	.	1
Grand Larceny	13	2	2	6
Keeping a Disorderly House	1	1	.	.
Larceny from the Person	1	.	.	1
Manslaughter	1	.	.	.

1847

Offences	Committed for Trial or Bailed	Bills Ignored	Acquitted	Convicted
Assault	9	.	2	1
Burglary	1	.	.	.
Cattle Stealing	1	1	.	.
Forgery	.	.	.	1
Grand Larceny	4	2	1	2
Larceny from the Person	1	.	.	.
Manslaughter	1	.	.	1
Murder	.	.	.	.
Perjury	1	.	.	.
Rape	2	.	.	1
Receiving Stolen Goods	1	.	.	1

1848

Offences	Committed for Trial or Bailed	Bills Ignored	Acquitted	Convicted
Assault	2	3	.	.
Cattle Stealing	5	1	.	2
Forgery	1	.	.	2
Fraud	.	.	1	.
Grand Larceny	1	1	.	2
Larceny from the Person	2	.	.	1
Robbery with Violence	1	.	.	.

Total

Offences	Committed for Trial or Bailed	Bills Ignored	Acquitted	Convicted
	60	19	16	24

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