✨ Magistrates' Courts Statistics
Statistics, 1914.—Magistrates' Courts.
Registrar-General's Office, Wellington, 11th May, 1914.
THE following tables showing the number of persons brought before the several Magistrates' Courts in New Zealand during the Quarter ending the 31st March, 1914, 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 31st March, 1914, 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 Evidence. | Dismissed on the Merits. | Committed for Sentence. | Committed for Trial. | Summary Convictions. | Against the Person only. | Sexual Offences. | Assants 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. | Revenue Acts. | Excluding Multiple Charges included in Previous Columns. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland Provincial District—Ahipara—Arrest | M. & F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. |
| Summons | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Auckland—Arrest | . . | 953 | 832 | 121 | 35 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 37 | . . | 26 | . . | 716 | 114 | . . | . . |
| Summons | . . | 902 | 837 | 65 | 85 | 4 | 61 | 7 | 1 | . . | 10 | . . | 680 | 54 | . . | . . |
| Cambridge—Arrest | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Summons | . . | 25 | 25 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 23 | . . | . . | . . |
| Coromandel—Arrest | . . | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 9 | 3 | . . | . . | . . |
| Summons | . . | 6 | 6 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 5 | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Dargaville—Arrest | . . | 30 | 30 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 3 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 25 | . . |
| Summons | . . | 64 | 63 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | 61 | 1 | . . | . . | . . |
| Gisborne—Arrest | . . | 160 | 151 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 3 | . . | 144 | 7 | . . | . . |
| Summons | . . | 123 | 120 | 3 | 9 | . . | 8 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 103 | 3 | . . | . . | . . |
| Hamilton—Arrest | . . | 67 | 67 | . . | 3 | . . | 1 | . . | 6 | . . | 4 | . . | 53 | . . | . . | . . |
| Summons | . . | 134 | 116 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 4 | . . | 1 | . . | 87 | 14 | . . | 2 | . . | . . |
| Helensville—Arrest | . . | 3 | 3 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 3 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Summons | . . | 7 | 7 | . . | 1 | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | 4 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Hikurangi—Arrest | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Summons | . . | 37 | 36 | 1 | . . | 6 | . . | . . | 30 | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . |
| Hohoura—Arrest | . . | 3 | 3 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Summons | . . | 4 | 4 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Against Good Order | Revenue Acts. | 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. |
| Drunk, including Habitual Drunkards. | Prohibition Orders. | Other Offences. |
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⚖️ Statistics of Magistrates' Courts for Quarter Ending 31st March 1914
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement11 May 1914
Statistics, Magistrates' Courts, Offences, Convictions, New Zealand
- M. Fraser, Government Statistician