✨ Police Statistics
COUNTY OF WESTLAND CONSTABULARY FORCE.
RETURN OF ALL SUDDEN AND ACCIDENTAL DEATHS REPORTED TO THE WESTLAND POLICE FORCE FROM THE YEAR 1864 TO 1868, BOTH INCLUSIVE.
| Year | Deaths from Drowning | Deaths from Accidents in Mines | Deaths from Committing Suicide | Deaths from Other Causes | Total Deaths from all Causes | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| ------ | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| 1864 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1865 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1866 | 41 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1867 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1868 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 180 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
T. BROHAM, Inspector of Police.
RETURN AND DISPOSAL OF PRISONERS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY THE WESTLAND POLICE FORCE DURING THE YEAR, 1867.
| Offences | Taken into Custody | Discharged by the Magistrate | Summarily Convicted or held to Bail | Committed for Trial | Convicted and Sentenced | Acquitted | Not Prosecuted | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.&F | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
| Murder | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 0 | ... |
| Murder, attempt to | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 0 | ... |
| Manslaughter | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | 3 |
| Sodomy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Assault, with intent to commit a rape | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 0 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Carnally knowing a girl under 10 years' age | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Assaults, inflicting bodily harm | ... | 22 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ... |
| Assaults, common | ... | 35 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ... |
| Assaults on Police | ... | 59 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Obstructing Police Constables on duty | ... | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ... | ... | ... |
| Attempt to commit suicide | ... | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ... |
| Burglary | ... | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ... | ... | ... |
| Breaking into dwelling, stealing therefrom | ... | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Horse Stealing | ... | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Sheep Stealing | ... | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Larceny | 142 | 120 | 22 | 67 | 18 | 41 | 3 | 16 |
| Embezzlement | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... |
| Receiving stolen property | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Dog Stealing | ... | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Wilful damage | 70 | 66 | 4 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Forgery, and uttering forged instruments | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Contempt of Court | 23 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 6 | ... | ... | 7 |
| Crown Lands, illegal occupation of, and cutting timber on | ||||||||
| Deserting their families | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Disorderly characters | 386 | 368 | 18 | 324 | 17 | |||
| Drunk and disorderly characters | 299 | 287 | 12 | 269 | 12 | |||
| Drunkenness | 388 | 366 | 22 | 382 | 21 | |||
| Furious driving | ... | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Indecently exposing the person | ... | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Lunacy | ... | 1 | 0 | ... | ... | 1 | 0 | |
| Distillation Act, breach of | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 0 | |
| Passengers Act, breach of Wines, Beer, and Spirits Sale Statutes | ||||||||
| Nuisance | 11 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Obscene language | 14 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Perjury and subordination of perjury | ... | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Riots, breaches of peace, Pound breach, &c. | 58 | 50 | 8 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Threatening Language | 16 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | |||
| Vagrancy | 61 | 44 | 17 | 41 | 15 | 16 | 2 | |
| Shipping Act | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 0 | |||
| Obtaining money under false pretences | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Total | 1409 | 1301 | 108 | 1038 | 58 | 68 | 6 | 33 |
T. BROHAM,
Inspector of Police.
Police Department, Inspector's Office,
Hokitika, 7th April, 1869.
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Westland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 8
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- T. Broham, Inspector of Police
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Prisoners, Offences, Convictions, Acquittals, Westland
- T. Broham, Inspector of Police