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Offences. 1947. 1948. Number of Offences Reported. Number of Offences Reported. Number of Offences in Which Arrests or Summonses Resulted. Police Offences Act —continued Unlawfully use horses, motor-cars, &c., attempts to 2 2 Unlawfully on premises without criminal intent 288 260 210 Sunday trading 36 36 36 False allegation re commission of offence ... 12 16 16 Unlawfully entering motor-car 1 1 1 "Trespass on property .. .. • ■ 1 Gaming Act Common gaming-house, keeping or managing, &c. 85 49 49 Tound in a common gaming-house 65 47 46 •Gaming with instruments 21 60 46 Publishing advertisements relating to betting on horse-races 3 3 3 Lotteries, unlawfully establishing or conducting, &c. 31 30 30 Betting, unlawful .. .. .. .. 13 6 6 Following the occupation of bookmaker 234 206 206 Publishing betting charts 11 5 5 'Trespass on racecourse 55 73 73 Post and Telegraph Act Posting packet containing explosive, &c. 1 Illegally opening or delaying postal packets 1 1 1 •Stealing postal packets, mail-bags, &c. 17 63 59 Stealing money, &c., from postal packets 28 9 8 Injuring post-office pillars or boxes 7 6 35 4 Damaging telegraph-equipment .. 43 17 Posting indecent post-cards or letters 6 9 9 False statement re posting postal packet 4 2 2 Misuse of telephone 12 16 9 Destitute Persons Act Failing to maintain wife or children 1,217 1,315 1,272 Failing for fourteen days to pay maintenance moneys 1,750 1,753 1,709 Offences by husbands while separation orders are in force .. 18 9 9 Shipping and Seamen Act Ship-desertion 603 719 650 Absent without leave 64 65 64 Stowing away 30 33 32 Licensing Act Permitting drunkenness or violent conduct 1 2 2 Selling or supplying liquor to intoxicated persons 3 2 2 Selling or supplying liquor, or exposing for sale, or opening 389 410 399 or keeping open premises at unauthorized times Person other than licensee supplying liquor at unauthorized 3 3 times Supplying liquor to persons under twenty-one years 28 48 . 48 Selling or supplying liquor to prohibited persons 7 9 9 Unlawfully employing females in or about a bar 2 2 Employing minors in bars . 1 Illegally supplying liquor to Natives 232 138 137 Selling adulterated liquor 2 Obstructing Inspectors or refusing entrance to Inspectors or 1 constables Breaches of prohibition orders 160 223 223 Found on licensed premises after closing-hours .. 1,331 1,731 1,728 Refusing to quit licensed premises 12 9 9