✨ Police Statistics
RETURN AND DISPOSAL OF PRISONERS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY THE WESTLAND POLICE DURING THE YEAR 1869.
| OFFENCE | 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. | |
| Assault and inflicting bodily harm | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Manslaughter | 1 | |||||||
| Assaults, common | 38 | 36 | 2 | 28 | 2 | |||
| Assaults on Police | 34 | 34 | 33 | |||||
| Larceny | 91 | 67 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 |
| Embezzlement | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Wilful damage, etc. | 40 | 35 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Forgery, and uttering forged instruments | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Contempt of Court | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Deserting their families | 6 | 6 | 5 | |||||
| Disorderly characters | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Disorderly prostitutes | 200 | 200 | 1 | 200 | ||||
| Drunk and disorderly characters | 285 | 249 | 36 | 229 | 36 | 14 | ||
| Drunkenness | ||||||||
| Indecently exposing the person | 17 | 17 | 17 | |||||
| Lunacy | 41 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |
| Obscene language | 26 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 |
| Breaches of the Peace | 46 | 43 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 4 | |
| Threatening language | 11 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Vagrancy | 44 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Escaping from legal custody | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Attempt to commit suicide | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Aggravated assaults on children under 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Conspiring to defraud their creditors | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Gambling | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Demanding surety to keep the peace | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Assault with intent to commit a rape | ||||||||
| Horse stealing | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Perjury | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Disobeying orders on board ship | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Breach of Prisoners' and Gaolers' Act | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Breach of the Public House Ordinance | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Breach of the Municipal Corporations Act | 4 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Stealing from a dwelling | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Breaches of the Goldfields Regulations | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Obstructing police constables on duty | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Smuggling | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Obtaining money by false pretences | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Default of penalty | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Neglected and Criminal Children's Act | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Concealing the birth of child | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Abusive, insulting, and threatening language | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Refusing to pay their fare on board ship | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Discharging firearms in a town | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Rape | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Attempting to commit sodomy | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Indecent Assault | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Threatening to shoot | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1023 | 872 | 151 | 146 | 20 | 353 | 64 | 276 |
Police Department, Inspector's Office,
Hokitika, 12th February, 1870.
T. BROHAM,
Inspector of Police.
COUNTY OF WESTLAND CONSTABULARY FORCE.
RETURN OF ALL SUDDEN AND ACCIDENTAL DEATHS REPORTED TO THE WESTLAND POLICE FORCE DURING THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1869.
| Deaths from Drowning | Deaths from Accidents in Mines | Deaths from committing Suicide | Deaths from other Causes than the Former | TOTAL | REMARKS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
| 14 | ... | 21 | ... | ... | ... |
Police Department, Inspector's Office,
Hokitika, 12th February, 1870.
T. BROHAM,
Inspector of Police.
Printed by Joseph Philip Klein, authorised Printer for the time being of the "County of Westland Gazette."
Westland Provincial Gazette 1870, No 8
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
⚖️ Return and Disposal of Prisoners Taken into Custody by the Westland Police During the Year 1869
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement12 February 1870
Prisoners, Offences, Convictions, Westland Police
- T. Broham, Inspector of Police
⚖️ County of Westland Constabulary Force Return of All Sudden and Accidental Deaths Reported to the Westland Police Force During the Year Ending 31st December 1869
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement12 February 1870
Deaths, Drowning, Mining Accidents, Suicides, Westland Police
- T. Broham, Inspector of Police