Statistics, 1912.--Magistrates' Courts.

Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 20th August, 1912.

THE following tables showing the number of persons brought before the several Magistrates’ Courts in New Zealand during the quarter ended the 30th June, 1912, the offences charged, and the Civil cases heard, are published for general information.

M. FRASER, Government Statistician.

MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

TABLE I.--Showing the NUMBER of PERSONS brought before the several MAGISTRATES’ COURTS in New Zealand during the Quarter ending 30th June, 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. | Committed for Trial. | Dismissed on the Merits. | Committed for Sentence. | Summary Convictions. | Classification of Summary Convictions, according to Offences. | Against the Person only. | Assaults and other Offences against Property only. | Burglary, Housebreaking, and Stealing; Robbery and Stealing from the Person. | Sexual Offences. | Cattle and Sheep Stealing, Theft, and other Offences | 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. | Excluding Multiple Charges included in Previous Columns. | Distinct Arrests or Summonses, excluding Multiple Charges included in Previous Columns. | Distinct Summary Convictions, excluding Multiple Charges included in Previous Columns. | Offences relating to carrying out Laws and against Public Welfare. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland Provincial District-- | M. & F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
| Ahipara-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Summons | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Auckland-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | . . | 1029 | 922 | 107 | 46 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 16 | . . | 823 | 104 | . . | . . | 23 | 1 | . . | . . | 67 | 4 | . . | 462 | 54 | 53 | 5 |
| Summons | . . | 902 | 847 | 55 | 83 | 10 | 54 | 7 | . . | . | 3 | 1 | 707 | 37 | . . | . | . | 6 | . . | . | 22 | 5 | . . | 13 | 1 | 66 | 3 |
| Cambridge-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | . . | 7 | 7 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . | 1 | . | 5 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | . |
| Summons | . . | 17 | 17 | . . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 14 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 10 | . | . | . |
| Coromandel-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | . . | 8 | 8 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . | . | . | . | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 3 | . | 2 | . |
| Summons | . . | 8 | 8 | . . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . |
| Dargaville-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | . . | 21 | 21 | . . | 1 | . . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 20 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 13 | . | . | 5 |
| Summons | . . | 93 | 90 | . | 3 | 11 | . | . | . | 3 | . | . | 76 | 3 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 9 | . | 23 | . | . | 13 |
| Gisborne-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | . . | 178 | 172 | 6 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 169 | 6 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 6 | . | . | . | 133 | 4 | 4 |
| Summons | . . | 129 | 122 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | 107 | 4 | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 4 | . | 14 |
| Hamilton-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | . . | 50 | 48 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 46 | 2 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 33 | 1 | 1 |
| Summons | . . | 76 | 71 | 5 | 6 | . | 7 | . | . | . | . | . | 58 | 5 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 4 | . | . | . | 14 |
| Helensville-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | . . | 5 | 4 | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 4 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | . | . |
| Summons | . . | 14 | 14 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 13 | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 7 | . | . | . | . |
| Hikurangi-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | . . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Summons | . . | 8 | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 8 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 5 |
| Hohoura-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | . . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Summons | . . | 12 | 12 | . | 9 | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |