✨ Magistrates' Courts Statistics
762 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 29
MAGISTRATES' COURTS.
Table showing the Number of Persons brought before the several Magistrates' Courts in New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1920, &c.—continued.
| Courts | Arrested or Summoned. Total Offences, including Multiple Charges, each offence being treated 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. | Distinct Arrests and Summonses. | Excluding Multiple Charges included in Previous Columns. Distinct Summary Convictions. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. & F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. |
Note on Classification Columns:
- Sexual Offences
- Assaults and other Offences
- Burglary, Housebreaking, and Stealing; Robbery and Stealing from the Person
- Cattle and Sheep Stealing, Theft, and Stealing from the Person only, against Property only
- Forgery and Offences against the Currency
- Drunk, including Habitual Drunkards
- Against Good Order: Prohibition Orders
- Against Good Order: Other Offences
- Other Offences
- Selling Liquor without a License
- Revenue Acts
- Offences relating to Laws and against Public Welfare
| Courts | Total (M&F, M, F) | Disch. (M, F) | Dism. (M, F) | Admon. (M, F) | Comm. Sent. (M, F) | Comm. Trial (M, F) | Sum. Conv. (M, F) | Classification (by column number) | Distinct Arrests (M&F, M, F) | Distinct Conv. (M&F, M, F) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otago Provincial District— | ||||||||||
| Hampden | ||||||||||
| Arrest | 9, 8, 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6, 1 | 6: 5, 1 | 9, 8, 1 | 7, 6, 1 |
| Summons | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Invercargill | ||||||||||
| Arrest | 277, 273, 4 | 22, .. | 5, .. | 7, .. | 1, .. | 13, .. | 226, 3 | 2: 6; 4: 42, 1; 6: 132, 2; 7: 3; 8: 35; 10: 1; 11: 7 | 208, 204, 4 | 179, 176, 3 |
| Summons | 787, 745, 42 | 56, .. | 2, 35, 2 | 23, .. | .. | 4, .. | 627, 38 | 1: 6; 4: 8; 6: 47, 7; 8: 1; 9: 27; 10: 4; 11: 1; 12: 339, 12 | 711, 576, 35 | 604, 573, 31 |
| Kaitangata | ||||||||||
| Arrest | 3, 3, .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3, .. | .. | 3, 3, .. | 3, 3, .. |
| Summons | 63, 61, 2 | .. | 2, .. | .. | .. | .. | 59, 2 | 6: 3; 9: 22; 12: 32, 2 | 61, 59, 2 | 59, 57, 2 |
| Kurow | ||||||||||
| Arrest | 14, 14, .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14, .. | 4: 1; 6: 12; 8: 1 | 11, 11, .. | 11, 11, .. |
| Summons | 24, 24, .. | .. | 4, .. | .. | .. | .. | 20, .. | 6: 1; 8: 7; 9: 3; 12: 8 | 21, 21, .. | 19, 19, .. |
| Lawrence | ||||||||||
| Arrest | 9, 9, .. | .. | 3, .. | 2, .. | .. | 3, .. | 2, .. | 6: 2 | 2, 2, .. | 2, 2, .. |
| Summons | 73, 71, 2 | 4, .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 69, 2 | 2: 5; 6: 2; 12: 62, 2 | 71, 69, 2 | 69, 67, 2 |
| Lumsden | ||||||||||
| Arrest | 2, 2, .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2, .. | 6: 2 | 2, 2, .. | 2, 2, .. |
| Summons | 65, 53, 12 | 3, .. | 2, .. | .. | .. | .. | 48, 12 | 4: 1; 6: 1; 12: 44, 12 | 61, 50, 11 | 58, 47, 11 |
| Macrae's | ||||||||||
| Arrest | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Summons | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Mataura | ||||||||||
| Arrest | 18, 17, 1 | .. | 4, .. | .. | .. | .. | 13, 1 | 6: 4; 9: 5; 12: 4, 1 | 16, 15, 1 | 14, 13, 1 |
| Summons | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Middlemarch | ||||||||||
| Arrest | 9, 9, .. | .. | .. | 2, .. | .. | .. | 7, .. | 6: 6; 12: 1 | 6, 6, .. | 4, 4, .. |
| Summons | 15, 15, .. | .. | 9, .. | .. | .. | .. | 6, .. | 4: 1; 12: 4 | 14, 14, .. | 5, 5, .. |
| Milton | ||||||||||
| Arrest | 8, 8, .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8, .. | 6: 7 | 7, 7, .. | 7, 7, .. |
| Summons | 34, 30, 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30, 4 | 2: 1; 4: 4; 9: 2; 12: 19, 4 | 24, 21, 3 | 24, 21, 3 |
| Mosgiel | ||||||||||
| Arrest | 4, 4, .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4, .. | 6: 4 | 4, 4, .. | 4, 4, .. |
| Summons | 30, 26, 4 | .. | 1, .. | .. | .. | .. | 26, 3 | 4: 8; 9: 14, 3; 12: 4 | 29, 25, 4 | 29, 25, 4 |
| Naseby | ||||||||||
| Arrest | 2, 2, .. | .. | 1, .. | .. | .. | .. | 1, .. | 6: 1 | 2, 2, .. | 1, 1, .. |
| Summons | 23, 19, 4 | .. | 2, .. | 1, .. | .. | .. | 18, 4 | 12: 16, 4 | 22, 18, 4 | 22, 18, 4 |
| Oamaru | ||||||||||
| Arrest | 47, 47, .. | .. | 2, .. | 1, .. | .. | 2, .. | 42, .. | 4: 6; 6: 35; 9: 1 | 45, 45, .. | 40, 40, .. |
| Summons | 163, 153, 10 | 13, .. | 10, 1 | 4, .. | .. | 4, .. | 125, 5 | 2: 4, 1; 4: 5; 6: 3; 8: 54, 1; 9: 1; 10: 2; 11: 1; 12: 55, 1 | 150, 140, 10 | 120, 115, 5 |
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⚖️ Justice & Law EnforcementMagistrates' Courts, Statistics, Offences, Convictions, Arrests, Summonses, Otago, Hampden, Invercargill, Kaitangata, Kurow, Lawrence, Lumsden, Macrae's, Mataura, Middlemarch, Milton, Mosgiel, Naseby, Oamaru