New Zealand Gazette – 1912 – No. 60

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✨ Magistrates' Courts Statistics



Statistics, 1912.—Magistrates’ Courts.

Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 3rd July, 1912.

M. FRASER, Government Statistician.

THE following tables showing the number of persons brought before the several Magistrates’ Courts in New Zealand during the quarter ended the 31st March, 1912, the offences charged, and the Civil cases heard, are published for general information.

MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

TABLE 1.—Showing the NUMBER of PERSONS brought before the several MAGISTRATES’ COURTS in New Zealand during the Quarter ending 31st March, 1912, and summarily dealt with, &c.

Courts. Arrested or summoned. Total Offences, including Multiple Charges, each Offence being reckoned as a Distinct Person. Discharged for Want of Prosecution or Want of Evidence. Dismissed on the Merits. Committed for Sentence. Committed for Trial. Summary Convictions. Classification of Summary Convictions, according to Offences. Excluding Multiple Charges included in Previous Columns.
Against the Person only.
Sexual Offences.
Assaults and other Offences.
Burglary, Housebreaking, and Stealing; Robbery and Stealing from the Person.
Cattle and Sheep Stealing, Theft, and other Offences against Property only.
Forgery and Offences against the Currency.
Against Good Order.
Drunk, including Habitual Drunkards.
Prohibition Orders.
Other Offences.
Revenue Acts.
Selling Liquor without a License.
Other Breaches.
Offences relating to carrying out Laws and against Public Welfare.
Distinct Arrests or Summonses, excluding Multiple Charges included in Previous Columns.
Distinct Summary Convictions, excluding Multiple Charges included in Previous Columns.
M. & F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M.
Auckland Provincial District—
Ahipara—
Arrest .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Summons .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Auckland—
Arrest .. 968 854 114 62 5 16 7
Summons .. 730 689 41 118 12 31 7
Cambridge—
Arrest .. 13 12 1 .. .. .. ..
Summons .. 7 7 .. .. .. .. ..
Coromandel—
Arrest .. 6 6 .. .. .. .. ..
Summons .. 11 11 .. .. .. 2 ..
Dargaville—
Arrest .. 19 19 .. .. .. .. ..
Summons .. 46 46 .. 4 .. 7 ..
Gisborne—
Arrest .. 143 141 2 2 .. 1 1
Summons .. 91 90 1 11 .. 2 ..
Hamilton—
Arrest .. 58 54 4 .. .. .. 1
Summons .. 66 64 2 3 .. 5 1
Helensville—
Arrest .. 7 7 .. .. .. .. ..
Summons .. 8 8 .. 2 .. .. ..
Hikurangi—
Arrest .. 2 2 .. 1 .. .. ..
Summons .. 11 11 .. .. .. .. ..
Hohoura—
Arrest .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Summons .. 21 21 .. 5 .. 2 ..


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⚖️ Magistrates' Courts Statistics for Quarter Ended 31st March 1912

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
3 July 1912
Magistrates' Courts, Statistics, Criminal cases, Civil cases, Offences, Convictions, Arrests, Summonses
  • M. Fraser, Government Statistician