New Zealand Gazette – 1915 – No. 64

Page 1769

✨ Magistrates' Courts Statistics

Statistics, 1915.—Magistrates’ Courts.

Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 6th May, 1915.

THE following tables showing the number of persons brought before the several Magistrates’ Courts in New Zealand during the Quarter ended the 31st March, 1915, the offences charged, and the Civil cases heard, are published for general information.

MALCOLM FRASER, Government Statistician.

MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

TABLE 1.—Showing the NUMBER of PERSONS brought before the several MAGISTRATES’ COURTS in New Zealand during the Quarter ended 31st March, 1915, 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 Summons.
								Distinct Summary Convictions.
Auckland Provincial District—
Ahipara—
Arrest	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Summons	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Auckland—
Arrest	..	988	848	40	5	6	1	52 .. 25 1 7 0 133 .. 26 3 .. 60 16 .. 389 51 17 9 108 29 .. 14 9 100 25 747 664 83 686 606 80
Summons	..	746	700	46	99	8	62	4 3 1 1 .. 535 53 .. 13 .. .. 23 1 .. 8 .. 42 8 288 9 .. .. 147 6 654 616 58 53 5.2 31
Cambridge—
Arrest	..	14	14	..	1	..	..	3 .. .. 13 .. .. .. .. 10 .. .. 1 .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. 5 5 .. 4 4 ..
Summons	..	11	11	..	1	..	3	.. .. .. 7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 2 .. .. .. 4 .. 10 10 .. 6 6 ..
Coromandel—
Arrest	..	9	9	..	..	..	..	.. 1 .. 8 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 9 .. 9 9 ..
Summons	..	5	5	..	..	..	..	.. .. .. 5 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 .. 5 5 .. 5 5 ..
Dargaville—
Arrest	..	19	19	..	..	..	..	8 .. .. 11 .. .. .. .. 4 .. .. 5 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. 10 10 .. 7 7 ..
Summons	..	42	42	..	11	..	..	.. .. .. 31 .. .. 3 .. .. .. .. 4 .. .. 6 .. .. 13 .. 37 37 .. 27 27 ..
Gisborne—
Arrest	..	139	134	5	4	..	3	1 .. 1 1 126 3 .. 2 .. .. 8 .. .. 84 2 2 .. 24 1 .. .. 6 .. 105 102 3 99 97 2
Summons	..	85	87	1	2	1	3	.. .. .. 62 .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. 28 .. 2 .. .. 21 .. 83 83 .. 60 60 ..
Hamilton—
Arrest	..	88	88	..	1	..	1	.. 2 .. 83 .. .. 1 .. .. 7 .. .. 53 .. 2 .. 15 .. .. .. 5 .. 71 71 .. 67 67 ..
Summons	..	99	87	12	32	..	6	.. .. 2 .. 47 12 .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. 1 .. 3 7 .. 20 2 .. .. 19 5 86 77 9 53 44 9
Helensville—
Arrest	..	2	2	..	..	..	..	.. .. .. 2 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 .. 2 2 ..
Summons	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	.. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. 1 1 ..
Hikurangi—
Arrest	..	2	2	..	..	..	..	.. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. 1 1 ..
Summons	..	2	2	..	..	..	..	.. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 .. 2 2 ..
Hohoura—
Arrest	..	2	2	..	..	..	..	1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 .. .. .. ..
Summons	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..