✨ Civil Cases Statistics
RETURN OF CIVIL CASES DISPOSED OF AT THE RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT AT AUCKLAND,
From the 30th April, 1849, to the 30th April, 1850.
| Number of Cases. | Judgment for the Plaintiff. | Judgment Confessed. | Paid into Court. | Judgment for Defendant. | Resisted. | Settled out of Court. | Warrants to commit to Gaol. | Debts paid since Imprisonment. | Amount in figures of debts paid since imprisonment. | Cases where the excess of £20 was abated. | Amount in figures of excess of £20 abated. | Total number of Cases where the claim was recovered. | Amount in figures of claims recovered. | Total number of cases that came to a hearing. | Total number of Cases Settled out of Court. | Amount in figures of Cases settled out of Court. | Total number of Claims made. | Amount in figures of claims made. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 40s. ... ... | 283 | 54 | 47 | 44 | 30 | 29 | 69 | 35 | 3 | Nil | Nil | 145 | £ s. d. 205 4 4 | 214 | 69 | £ s. d. 101 12 0 | 283 | £ s. d. 649 14 6 |
| Exceeding 40s., under £5. | 277 | 66 | 41 | 62 | 23 | 35 | 60 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 20 14 2 | 159 | 528 3 5 | 217 | 60 | 227 15 6 | 277 | 904 3 5 |
| Exceeding £5, under £10. | 225 | 40 | 29 | 38 | 17 | 44 | 57 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 10 0 0 | 107 | 890 18 10 | 168 | 67 | 471 8 11 | 225 | 1,608 10 0 |
| Exceeding £10 ........... | 249 | 37 | 31 | 20 | 42 | 55 | 64 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 131 16 7 | 88 | 1,319 8 3 | 185 | 64 | 782 14 11 | 249 | 2,913 11 3 |
| 1034 | 197 | 148 | 154 | 112 | 173 | 250 | 153 | 27 | 15 | 162 10 9 | 499 | 2,943 14 10 | 784 | 260 | 1,583 11 4 | 1,034 | 6,075 19 2 |
WHERE EUROPEANS WERE PLAINTIFFS AND MAORIES DEFENDANTS.
| Under 40s. ... ... | 27 | 5 | 3 | Nil | 3 | 2 | 14 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 8 | £ s. d. 7 1 7 | 13 | 14 | £ s. d. 13 8 0 | 27 |
| Exceeding 40s., under £5. | 8 | Nil | 3 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 5 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 3 | 11 9 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 4 2 | 8 |
| Exceeding £5, under £10 | 1 | 1 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 1 | 4 8 6 | 1 | Nil | Nil | 1 |
| Exceeding £10 ... ... | 1 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 1 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 1 | 11 5 10 | 1 |
| 37 | 6 | 6 | Nil | 3 | 2 | 20 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 12 | 22 19 5 | 17 | 20 | 36 18 0 | 37 |
WHERE MAORIES WERE PLAINTIFFS AND EUROPEANS DEFENDANTS.
| Under 40s. ... ... | 7 | Nil | Nil | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 2 | £ s. d. 2 2 0 | 5 | 2 | £ s. d. 2 17 0 | 7 |
| Exceeding 40s., under £5. | 7 | 4 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 3 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 4 | 5 16 8 | 4 | 3 | 12 3 1 | 7 |
| Exceeding £5, under £10 | 9 | 5 | Nil | Nil | 2 | Nil | 2 | 1 | 1 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 5 | 15 3 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 15 4 | 9 |
| Exceeding £10 ... ... | 11 | 6 | Nil | Nil | 1 | Nil | 4 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 6 | 27 10 4 | 7 | 4 | 170 8 8 | 11 |
| 34 | 15 | Nil | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 17 | 50 12 3 | 23 | 11 | 203 4 1 | 34 |
Thos. Beckham, Resident Magistrate.
Auckland : Printed by Williamson & Wilson, for the New Zealand Government.
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⚖️ Return of Civil Cases Disposed of at the Resident Magistrate's Court at Auckland
⚖️ Justice & Law EnforcementCivil Cases, Court Statistics, Judgments, Auckland, Magistrate
- Thos. Beckham, Resident Magistrate
New Ulster Gazette 1850, No 15