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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, 1947, and Year Ended 31st December, 1948

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Offences. 1947. 1948. Number of Offences Reported Number of Offences Reported. Number of Offences in Which Arrests or Summonses Resulted. Crimes and Justices oe the Peace Acts, etc. Misleading Justice Perjury and false oaths 5 5 False statements and declarations 19 12 11 Escapes and Rescues Breaking prison 5 3 3 Escaping from prison or lawful custody 42 69 69 Assisting or aiding escape from prison or lawful custody .. 7 7 Harbouring escaped prisoner 1 1 Offences against Morality 17 Unnatural offence .. .. 5 16 Unnatural offence, attempted 5 Unnatural offence, assault with intent to commit 4 Indecent assault on male 112 122 "110 Indecent assault on male, attempted 1 i Incest 12 7 7 Indecent acts 28 20 15 Publishing obscene matter 2 1 Offences against the Person, &c. Neglecting duties tending to the preservation of life or health 12 2 2 Murder .. .. 13 12 Murder, attempted 3 3 3 Manslaughter 8 70 11 11 Suicide, attempted 84 80 Concealment of birth 1 3 2 Disabling or stupefying with intent to commit a crime 1 Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm 1 1 Endangering safety of persons on railways or tramways .. 9 3 2 Administering poison or other noxious things with intent 2 2 to injure or annoy Assault causing actual bodily harm 19 31 31 Causing actual bodily harm under circumstances that, if 2 2 2 death had been caused, would be manslaughter Assault, indecent .. .. 173 179 164 Assault, aggravated 2 Assault with intent to commit a crime ' 16 5 5 Assault 780 801 773 Rape 16 9 8 Rape, attempted 18 6 6 Carnally knowing girls under sixteen years 73 68 61 Carnally know girls under sixteen years, attempts to .. ! 16 13 13 Carnally knowing idiots or imbecile women .. 1 1 Carnally know idiots or imbecile women, attempts to 1 1 Abortion, procuring 6 6 6 Abortion, supplying means of procuring Bigamy 1 1 21 18 17 Stealing children under fourteen years 4 3 3 Improperly interfering with human remains 1