Out of 222,492 sentences in the Police Courts, 4,499 were
conditional, and there were 45 relapses.
These 13,195 conditional sentences included 8,485 for crimes and
offences under the penal code; 2,286 for breaches of police
regulations; 447 for breaches of communal and provincial
regulations; and 1,977 for contraventions of special laws.
The crimes and offences for which these sentences have been most
frequently pronounced are as follows:--
Correctional. Police.
Malicious Wounding ... ... ... ... ... 3,339 ... 491
Thefts, &c ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,803 ... 206
Resistance to and attacks on Authorities 961 ... 67
Destruction of Inclosures and Property 211 ... 56
Swindling and Breach of Trust ... ... 125 ... 5
Slander and Defamation ... ... ... ... 113 ... 79
Immorality ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 112 ... 10
Offences below 100 were: Abusive language, 99; Indecent assaults,
59; Threats, 58; Forgery, 49; Adultery, 48; Adulteration of food,
44; Unlawful wounding, 45; Unlawful possession, 31; Unlawful
carrying and sale of arms, 30; Bankruptcy, 26; Accidental
homicide, 20.
In the year 1890, out of 41,330 sentences in the Correctional
Tribunals, whereof 36,660 were not over six months' imprisonment,
7,932 were conditional, and there were 223 relapses.
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