MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

TABLE I.—Showing NUMBER of PERSONS brought before the several MAGISTRATES’ COURTS in New Zealand during the Year 1915, &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. | | 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. | | | Offences relating to carrying out Laws and against Public Welfare. | Distinct Arrests or Summonses. | | Distinct Summary Convictions. | |
| | | | | | | | Sexual Offences. | Assaults and other Offences. | | | | | | Drunk, including Habitual Drunkards. | Prohibition Orders. | Other Offences. | Selling Liquor without a License. | Other Breaches. | | | M. & F. | M. | F. | M. & F. | M. | F. |
| Westland Provincial District—continued. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stafford | M. & F. 5 | M. 5 | F. .. | M. .. | F. .. | M. .. | F. .. | M. .. | F. .. | M. 5 | F. .. | M. .. | F. .. | M. 5 | F. .. | M. .. | F. .. | M. .. | F. .. | M. 8 | F. .. | M. & F. 5 | M. 5 | F. .. |
| Arrest | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Summons | 13 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 11 | .. |
| Canterbury Provincial District— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Akaroa— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 17 | .. | 4 | 4 | .. |
| Summons | 48 | 48 | .. | 7 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 36 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 42 | 42 | .. |
| Amberley— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | 16 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 14 | 14 | .. |
| Summons | 26 | 24 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 24 | 22 | 2 |
| Ashburton— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | 136 | 133 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 126 | 3 | .. | .. | 96 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 5 | 5 | .. | 109 | 106 | 3 |
| Summons | 397 | 390 | 7 | 52 | .. | 29 | 1 | 2 | .. | 307 | 6 | .. | .. | 12 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 94 | 1 | 367 | 360 | 7 |
| Chatham Islands— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. |
| Summons | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Christchurch— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | 1,752 | 1,458 | 294 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 61,346 | 274 | .. | .. | 920 | 150 | 18 | 3 | 145 | 80 | 103 | 23 | 1,427 | 1,200 | 227 |
| Summons | 2,667 | 2,504 | 163 | 523 | 20 | 121 | 6 | 4 | .. | 1,847 | 137 | .. | .. | 17 | 5 | 181 | 23 | 906 | 42 | 671 | 60 | 2,421 | 2,276 | 145 |
| Darfield— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 24 | 1 | 6 | 6 | .. |
| Summons | 62 | 59 | 3 | .. | 2 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | 50 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 57 | 55 | 2 |
| Fairlie— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | 35 | 34 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 33 | 1 | .. | .. | 23 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | .. | 8 | .. | 30 | 29 | 1 |
| Summons | 59 | 59 | .. | 8 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 45 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 19 | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 57 | 57 | .. |
| Geraldine— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | 10 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | 10 | 10 | .. |
| Summons | 48 | 46 | 2 | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 36 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 22 | 2 | .. | .. | 43 | 41 | 2 |
| Kaiapoi— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | 16 | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .. | 44 | .. | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| Summons | 89 | 83 | 6 | 10 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 72 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 14 | 3 | .. | .. | 83 | 77 | 6 |
| Leeston— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arrest | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 6 | 1 | 8 | .. | 32 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. |
| Summons | 63 | 62 | 1 | 10 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 49 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 62 | 61 | 1 |