✨ Prisoner Disposal Statistics
RETURN AND DISPOSAL
OF
PRISONERS
TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY BY THE
WESTLAND POLICE FORCE DURING
THE YEAR, 1868.
| 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. F. | M. F. | M. F. | ||
| Manslaughter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Indecent assault | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Assaults, inflicting bodily harm | 4 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 1 | 1 | |||
| Assaults, common | 32 30 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 1 1 | ||
| Assaults on Police | 20 - | 5 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Obstructing Police Constables on duty | 11 - | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Burglary | 5 - | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Robbery | 6 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | a | |
| Sheep Stealing | 2 - | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Larceny | 112 99 | 13 | 60 | 10 | 38 3 | 8 1 | 2 1 | |
| Embezzlement | 9 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Arson | 1 - | 1 | ||||||
| Wilful damage, &c. | 48 43 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 26 1 | 2 1 | 1 | |
| Forgery, and uttering forged instruments | 5 - | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Contempt of Court | 1 - | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Deserting their families | 20 20 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 4 | |||
| Disorderly characters | 9 9 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Disorderly prostitutes | 8 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Drunk and disorderly characters | 329 316 | 24 | 299 | 3 1 | 290 24 | 5 6 | 1 | |
| Drunkenness | 332 17 | 311 | 18 | 15 | ||||
| Indecently exposing the person | 18 18 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 1 | |||
| Lunacy | 26 23 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 3 | ||
| Breach of the Distillation Act | 3 - | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Obscene language | 37 21 | 2 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Riots | 71 70 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 66 | 2 | 2 | |
| Breaches of the Peace | 1 - | 1 | ||||||
| Libels | 2 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Seditious Libel | - - | |||||||
| Threatening Language | 6 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Vagrancy | 32 23 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 11 6 | 4 | 1 1 | |
| Obtaining money by false pretences | 12 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 1 | 2 | |
| Escaping from legal custody | 1 - | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Stabbing & wounding, with intent to maim | 1 - | 1 | ||||||
| Attempt to commit suicide | 5 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Aggravated assault on a child under 14 years | 1 - | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Negligence causing death | 2 - | 1 | 1 | 2d | d | |||
| Conspiring to defraud their creditors | 2 1 | 2 | 2e | e | ||||
| Smuggling | 1 - | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Concealed and Criminal Children Act | 3 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Gambling | 2 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Wilfully destroying a public thoroughfare | 3 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Absconding from their bail | 2 - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Demanding sureties to keep the peace | 1 - | 1 | ||||||
| Depositing rubbish on public thoroughfare | 1 - | 1 | ||||||
| Default of penalty | 1 - | 1 | ||||||
| Horse-stealing | 1 - | 1 | ||||||
| Concealing birth of child | 1 - | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Assault, with intent to commit a rape | 2 - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Perjury | 1 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Disobeying orders on board ship | 1 - | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Violent assault | 11 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 1 | ||
| Breaches of the Gold Fields Regulations | 4 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Threatening to shoot | 1 - | 1 | ||||||
| Abusive and insulting language | 3 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 1228 1125 | 103 22 | 958 75 | 42 6 | 51 27 | 16 13 | 8 2 |
T. BROHAM,
Inspector of Police.
Police Department, Inspector's Office,
Hokitika, 7th April, 1869
Printed by JAMES BROWNE, authorized printer for the time being of the "County of Westland Gazette."
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Disposal of Prisoners by Westland Police (1868)
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⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement7 April 1869
Prisoners, Offences, Convictions, Acquittals, Westland
- T. Broham, Inspector of Police