✨ Criminal Court Statistics
May 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1503
MAGISTRATES' COURTS.—CRIMINAL CASES.
TABLE showing the NUMBER of PERSONS brought before the several MAGISTRATES' COURTS in New Zealand during the Year 1918, 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. | Admonished and Discharged. | 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. | 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. | ||||||||||||
| M. & F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Sexual Offences. | |
| M. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Auckland Provincial District— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ahipara— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arrest .. .. .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Summons .. .. .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Auckland— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arrest .. .. .. | 2,802 | 2,519 | 283 | 164 | 14 | 52 | 6 | 47 | 4 | 45 | 3 | 84 | .. | 2,127 | 256 | .. | .. | 79 |
| Summons .. .. .. | 3,086 | 2,669 | 417 | 383 | 42 | 222 | 41 | 166 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | .. | 1,879 | 323 | .. | .. | 39 |
| Cambridge— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arrest .. .. .. | 74 | 71 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 65 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Summons .. .. .. | 25 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Coromandel— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arrest .. .. .. | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Summons .. .. .. | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Dargaville— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arrest .. .. .. | 28 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 6 | .. | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Summons .. .. .. | 149 | 142 | 7 | 6 | .. | 18 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 111 | 4 | .. | .. | 5 |
| Gisborne— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arrest .. .. .. | 493 | 470 | 23 | 11 | .. | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 5 | .. | 442 | 23 | .. | .. | 7 |
| Summons .. .. .. | 614 | 568 | 46 | 54 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 489 | 37 | .. | .. | 9 |
| Hamilton— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arrest .. .. .. | 217 | 210 | 7 | 10 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 22 | .. | 7 | .. | 167 | 6 | .. | .. | 6 |
| Summons .. .. .. | 529 | 493 | 36 | 79 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 358 | 30 | .. | .. | 4 |
| Helensville— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arrest .. .. .. | 22 | 19 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Summons .. .. .. | 56 | 52 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 42 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Hikurangi— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arrest .. .. .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Summons .. .. .. | 21 | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Hohoura— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arrest .. .. .. | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Summons .. .. .. | 13 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 1919, No 62
NZLII —
NZ Gazette 1919, No 62
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