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1946. 1947. Offences. Number of Offences reported. Number of Offences reported. Number of Offences in which Arrests or Summonses resulted. Police Offences Act —continued Unlawfully on premises at night without criminal intent .. Sunday trading False allegation re commission of offence Unlawfully entering motor-car Trespass on property Obtaining entrance to entertainment without paying fee .. 276 40 10 1 1 288 36 12 1 1 257 36 12 1 1 Gaming Act Common gaming-house, keeping or managing, &c. Found in a common gaming-house Gaming with instruments .. .. Publishing advertisements relating to betting on horse-races Lotteries, unlawfully establishing or conducting, &e. Betting, unlawful Following the occupation of bookmaker Publishing betting charts Trespass on racecourse 96 48 83 5 19 11 179 6 74 85 65 21 3 31 13 234 11 55 85 65 21 3 31 13 234 11 55 Post and Telegraph Act Posting packet containing explosive, &c. Putting explosive, &c., into post-office, &c. Illegally opening or delaying postal packets Stealing postal packets, mail-bags, &c. Stealing money, &c., from postal packets Unlawfully opening mail-bags Injuring post-office pillars or boxes .. .. Damaging telegraph-equipment Posting indecent post-cards or letters False statement re posting postal packet Misuse of telephone 2 3 53 3 11 5 38 3 3 11 1 1 17 28 7 43 6 4 12 1 1 16 26 2 29 6 4 9 Destitute Persons Act Failing to maintain wife or children Failing for fourteen days to pay maintenance moneys Offences by husbands while separation orders are in force .. Offences prescribed in sections 52 to 58 of Destitute Persons Act 1,329 1,627 13 3 1,217 1,750 18 1,131 1,689 18 Shipping and Seamen Act Misconduct endangering his ship or lives of persons thereon Ship-desertion Absent without leave Offences against discipline Embezzling cargo .. Stowing away 2 540 85 6 2 31 "603 64 " 30 *554 60 " 30 Licensing Act Permitting drunkenness or violent conduct Selling or supplying liquor to intoxicated persons Permitting gaming, gambling, &c. Selling or supplying liquor, or exposing for sale, or opening or keeping open premises at unauthorized times Supplying liquor to persons under twenty-one years Selling or supplying liquor to prohibited persons Unlawfully employing females in or about a bar Employing minors in bars .. .. 3 3 448 28 3 3 1 3 *389 28 7 1 1 3 "387 28 7 1