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APPENDIX A Return showing the Number of Offences reported, the Number of Offences for which Persons were apprehended or summoned, and Comparison of Crime during the Year ended 31st December, 1941, and Year ended 31st December, 1942

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1941. 194 2. s s c s B m w tn cC a a 5 Om g 9 <u Offences. § § § | ■ -. 2 II fi Sal Is as. g g g Crimes and Justices of the Peace Acts, etc. Seditious offences .. . . .. .. 2 Subversive statements, making, publish- 6 ing, &c. Misleading Justice Perjury and false oaths .. .. 2 4 4 False statements and declarations .. 37 12 12 Escapes and Rescues Breaking prison .. . . . . 7 5 5 Escaping from prison or lawful custody 23 30 29 Assisting or aiding escape from prison or 2 lawful custody Offences against Morality Unnatural offence . . .. .. 20 12 12 Unnatural offence, attempted.. .. .. 3 3 Unnatural offence, assault with intent to 3 3 commit Indecently assaulting a male .. .. 104 121 118 Incest .. .. .. .. 31 7 7 Indecent acts .. .. .. 24 25 24 Offences against the Person, <fcc. Neglecting duties tending to the preser- .. 2 2 vation of life or health Murder .. .. .. .. 9 5 3 Murder, attempted .. .. . . 2 1 1 Manslaughter .. .. .. 7 4 3 Suicide, attempted . . .. .. 59 70 69 Suicide, aiding and abetting .. .. 2 Concealment of birth .. .. 2 2 1 Disabling or stupefying with intent to 5 commit a crime Wounding with intent to do grievous 111 bodily harm Assault causing actual bodily harm .. 15 27 27 Causing actual bodily harm under circum- 2 5 5 stances that, if death had been caused, would be manslaughter Assault, indecent .. .. .. 131 182 171 Assault with intent to commit a crime.. 11 3 3 Assault .. .. .. .. 759 690 657 Rape .. .. .. .. 5 3 3 Rape, attempted .. .. .. 2 19 19 Carnally knowing girls under sixteen years 41 71 69 Carnally knowing girls under sixteen years, 6 6 5 attempts to Carnally knowing idiots or imbecile women 2 11 Killing unborn child.. .. .. 1 Abortion, procuring .. .. .. 4 3 3 Abortion, supplying means of procuring 2 11 Bigamy .. .. .. .. 14 19 19 Stealing children under fourteen years 13 3 Offences against Bights of Property. Theft (undescribed) .. .. .. 7,104 7,897 5,515 Theft, attempted .. .. .. 54 42 35 Theft from the person .. .. 24 15 5 Theft from the person, attempted .. 8 Theft from dwellings . . .. 211 347 209 Theft from dwellings, attempted .. 2 13 9 Theft by clerks or servants .. . . 53 52 52 Theft of animals (specified) .. .. 27 30 23 Theft of animals, attempted . . . . 2 False pretences .. .. .. 600 539 496 False pretences, attempted .. .. 13 11 9 Obtaining credit by fraud . . .. 132 74 71 False accounting by officials or clerks .. 26 2 2 False statements by officials or public 1 officers Conspiracy to defraud .. .. .. 1 Fortune-telling or practising witchcraft 7 35 35 Robbery and aggravated robbery .. 18 13 9 Assault with intent to rob .. .. 2 5 4 Extortion by threats .. .. 2

1941. 1942. i i 5s u m B $ a s m Offences. § § §S^ OS to °. °. ■p ll 111 IS. 15 |ll & k & Crimes and Justices of the Peace Acts, etc. — continued. Offences against Bights of Property —ctd. Burglary .. .. .. .. 45 53 45 Burglary, attempted .. .. .. 2 1 House or shop breaking, &c. .. .. 1,152 1,334 1,044 House or shop breaking, &c, attempted 68 130 98 Being found in dwellinghouse by night.. 10 6 5 Being disguised or in possession of house- 1 breaking implements Receiving property dishonestly obtained 128 176 176 Forgery .. .. .. .. 86 52 47 Uttering forged documents or false cer- 17 18 16 tificates Sending false telegram . . .. 2 2 1 Procuring execution of document by false .. 2 2 pretences Personation .. .. .. .. 1 1 Coin, offences relating to .. .. 2 Arson .. .. .. . . 20 5 5 Arson, attempted .. .. .. 6 6 5 Wilfully placing obstruction on railways 9 11 3 Mischief .. .. .. .. 992 974 905 Mischief on railways and tramways .. 9 14 14 Threatening acts with intent to intimidate 2 5 5 Unlawfully altering brands .. .. 1 Police Offences Act. Breach of the peace or behaviour with 655 539 539 intent, &c. Cruelty to animals .. .. .. 57 48 48 Drunkenness .. .. .. 4,695 2,842 2,842 Drunk while in charge of horses, &c, or 19 20 20 loaded firearms Drunk and disorderly .. .. 173 139 139 Soliciting prostitution .. .. 1 Exposure of person and grossly indecent 177 157 131 acts Using profane, indecent, or obscene 500 400 400 language Vagrancy (idle and disorderly persons, 240 281 280 rogues and vagabonds, and incorrigible rogues) Assaulting, obstructing, or resisting con- 174 180 180 stables, &c. Inciting violence, disorder, or lawlessness 2 6 6 Unlawfully using horses, motor-cars, &c. 1,160 1,377 863 Unlawfully on premises at night without 177 190 185 criminal intent Sunday trading .. .. .. 52 53 53 False allegation re commission of offence 3 18 18 Falsely assuming designation of a eon- 3 stable Gaming Act Common gaming-house, keeping or manag- 168 103 103 ing, &c. Found in a common gaming-houso .. 96 55 55 Gaming with instruments .. .. 18 6 6 Publishing advertisements relating to 4 3 3 betting on horse-races Lotteries, unlawfully establishing or con- 22 21 21 ducting, &c. Betting, unlawful .. .. .. 27 1 1 Following the occupation of bookmaker 106 82 82 Publishing betting charts .. .. 3 2 2 Trespass on racecourse .. .. 56 31 31 Post and Telegraph Act Posting packet containing explosive, &c. .. 1 1 Putting explosive,]&c., into post-office, &c. 1 Illegally opening or delaying postal 6 2 2 packets Stealing postal packets, mail-bags, &c.. 65 106 103 Stealing money, &c, from postal packets 12 16 13