MAGISTRATES' COURTS—continued.

TABLE 1.—Showing NUMBER of PERSONS brought before the several MAGISTRATES' COURTS in New Zealand during the Year 1914, &c.—continued.

| 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. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | Against the Person only. | | | | | | | Against Good Order. | | | | Revenue Acts. | | | | Offences relating to carrying out Laws and against Public Welfare. | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 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. | Drunk, including Habitual Drunkards. | Prohibition Orders. | Other Offences. | Selling Liquor without a License. | Other Breaches. | | | | | | | 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. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. & F. | M. | F. | M. & F. | M. | F. |
| Westland Provincial District—continued. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stafford— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | ..
| Summons | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..
| Canterbury Provincial District— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Akaroa— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | .. | 12 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 11 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1
| Summons | .. | 83 | 82 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .. | 65 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | .. | 73 | 72 | 1 | 58 | 58 | ..
| Amberley— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | .. | 6 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | 4 | 4 | ..
| Summons | .. | 24 | 24 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 20 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | .. | 20 | 20 | .. | 16 | 16 | ..
| Ashburton— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | .. | 100 | 99 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 97 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 87 | 86 | 1 | 85 | 84 | 1
| Summons | .. | 351 | 346 | 5 | 38 | .. | 57 | 3 | .. | 251 | 2 | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 84 | 1 | 331 | 328 | 3 | 241 | 239 | 2
| Chatham Islands— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1
| Summons | .. | 7 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2
| Christchurch— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | .. | 2,120 | 1,707 | 413 | 65 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 1,541 | 393 | .. | 33 | 1 | 1 | 213 | 40 | .. | 1,003 | 189 | 12 | 2 | 184 | 125 | 1 | .. | 94 | 36 | 1,739 | 1,411 | 328 | 1,597 | 1,285 | 312
| Summons | .. | 3,465 | 3,313 | 152 | 956 | 22 | 115 | 11 | 3 | .. | 33 | .. | 2,206 | 119 | .. | 21 | .. | .. | 53 | 7 | .. | 23 | 1 | 142 | 27 | 868 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .. | 1,080 | 58 | 2,993 | 2,854 | 139 | 2,064 | 1,954 | 110
| Darfield— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | .. | 8 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 7 | 7 | .. | 4 | 4 | ..
| Summons | .. | 71 | 65 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 1 | .. | 48 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 22 | 2 | 67 | 63 | 4 | 49 | 46 | 3
| Fairlie— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | .. | 22 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 17 | ..
| Summons | .. | 62 | 62 | .. | 2 | .. | 9 | .. | 51 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 13 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 22 | .. | 59 | 59 | .. | 48 | 48 | ..
| Geraldine— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | .. | 13 | 13 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 8 | ..
| Summons | .. | 75 | 75 | .. | 10 | .. | 18 | .. | 47 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 31 | .. | 69 | 69 | .. | 41 | 41 | ..
| Kaiapoi— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | .. | 15 | 14 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 11 | 1
| Summons | .. | 117 | 115 | 2 | 12 | .. | 11 | .. | 92 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | 34 | .. | 106 | 105 | 1 | 88 | 87 | 1
| Leeston— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | .. | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | ..
| Summons | .. | 57 | 56 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 51 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 40 | .. | 56 | 55 | 1 | 51 | 50 | 1