Report of the C07nmissioner of Police for the year rnding

30th June 1899

To the Right Hvnourable the Colonial Tmiddoteasujmiddotemiddot

SIR r have the honour to submit my Report upon the Police Department for the financial year which

ended on the 30th June 1899 together with the Criminal Statistics for 1898

The popnlation of the Colony on the 30th June 1898 inclusive of aborigines (estimated at 10000) ivas 180971 and on the 30th June 1899 178500 a decrease of 2471

The authorised expenditure for the year amounted to pound109507 and approved overdrafts of pound848 w~re obtained making available a total SUIll of pound110355 The actual expenditure however was only pound103055 lOs ld or pound6451 9s ld less than that estimated and pound7290 9s 1r less than tbe funds available This was a decrease of pound6743 17s 9d as compared with the expenditure for the previous financial year

The subjoined table gives details of the expenditure

Class of Service

Salaries Fixed Do Provisional and TempoalY

Allowances Contingenc es

rotal

Vote

pound 71391

200 11676 26240

109507

I Approved OOershydlllft

TO~fll Amount nvoiloble

I pound pound pound d

250 71391 68866 9 9 450 328 2 0

I 11676 11208 3 10

I 598 26838 22652 15 4

---8~I-llO3-l()30551O 11

The cost of police per head of willte population for the year was 12s 3d

The proportion of police to population on the 30th June la8t was 1 to 406

In considering the strength of the Police Force and the expenditure thereon there is a valety of matters which are not to be disregarded

An important proportion of the expelditure is incurred in the interest of other Departments as r have stated previously During the period under review the police have been entrusted with the addishytional duties of enforcing the Early Closing law where it is in operation and of acting at a number of places as Compulsory Officers for the Education Department The opening of the Perth bnlnch of the Royal Mint has necessitated the placing of a police guard there comprising a sergeant and five constables These men are withdrawn entirely from ordinary police work but their pay and allowAnces which amouut to pound919 8s 3d are shown on the Estimates of Police Expenditure The money tllOugh paid in the first instance by this Department will be refunded to revenue from the Mint funds The item is therefore but a nominal charge so far as this Department is concerned but it goes to swell the apparent cost of the police

So long as there is a substantial preponderance of men in our population the proportion of police to population wiU be high Thoug-ll the D1tural balance of the sexes is appareutly approaching the change is very slow and as yet affects settled centre~ only The Eastern colonies profit by our loss in this respect and an abnormally higmiddotJ proportion of police here helps some of them toworlc with au abnormally low one

The small and widely scattered townships in various parts of this Colony are likewise the cause of a drain upon the police strength and funds Several of our police stations could be dispensed with but

~ for the distance of the settlements they control from the nearest adjaceut police station whilst at mltlny of the remoter places where police are established the population C)uld be doubled or trebled without

miking increased police protection a necessity

making increased police protection a necessity

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In the N ortheru districts the Police Force is kept up to protect the settlers from the to watch over the treatment of working natives by their white employers The result increLse the proportion of police to population as the foUowing figures show -

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Whi~ I No 01 Proportion of Police

Mngisterinl District Population i Police to White Populnttou (Appronm~)middot1

Ashburton 210 2 1 to 105 Broome 1178 4 1 to 294 Gascoyne 484 11 1 to 44 Kimberley Goldfield 130 2 1 to 65 Kimberley East 105 5 1 to 21 Kimberley West 235 11 to 21 Pilbarra 646 7 to 92 Roebourne 559 10 to 559

-------- -------Total 3547 52 1 to 68

In the districts specified the amount of travelling to be done lS very great and necessitates mainteuance of many horses and the expenditure of large amounts on travelling expenses and forage cost of stores is heavy aud the priee of ordinary commouities is so high that a substantial ration ance is required by the men It is necessary to transfer members of the Force to the South after a

years duty in the tropics and the expenses of their passages are considerable For these reasons the cos of the police per head in the Northis farin excess of what it is in other districts

The CrimiuaJ Statistics for 189t-the latest available for comparison-show the number of reported in proportion to each policeman in the several colonies of Australasia to be as follows Australia 1885 New Zealand 2640 Victoria 1753 New South Wales 2966 Western Australia During 1898 the proportion of offences to each pouceman in this Colony was 387 This shows til work required of each member of the force bere is cOllsidexably in excess of that demanded in either the other colonies ulentioned apart altogether from the long uistauces which frequently have to be lOovered in doing it Until local couditions in respect to density of population and proportion of crimi nality approximate to those of the Eastern colooies it will be impossible to carryon police work with the ~Lll1e proportion of men or at the same average of expense as it entails in other places The size of the Colony itself and tbe ehameter of the soil and climate in parts are factors that will alwltloYs be appreciably felt in the expenditure

This Department is still required to pltLy for services it requires of other Jeprlxtments whilst ilis not reimbursed for the work it does for them

The long distances over which police ffi~qlently travel on transfer and the heavy mt~s of charge for fares and freight by the Railway Department mel the Shipping COUllllt1nies make an unavoidably hetyv item of expenuiture For example three q lIartels of a ton of luggage transportee from Perth 10 Kalgoorlie recently cost the Department no less than pound10 in freight Expenditure like this powever when piLid to the gailway Department is not lt1 loss to the Government but a transfer from one coffer another

Til Coolgardie Exhibition mltlde a heavy demand upon the resources of the Department Th~ expenditure for travelling expenses and allowances to police doing duty there amounted to no less than pound214 7s 6rl up t( the 30th June Although a number of men were entirely withdrawn from ordinary police duty for service ltlot the Exhibition their wages have not been taken into account

The shipping strike at Fremantle was a more serious drain upon police funds and men amount expellded on tl1at ltlccount was pound698 lOs 3d This included pound341 4s for the wages of s constables which rendered an excess upon the vote for Salaries Provisional and Temporary unavoidable

Thf CIl~t ()f tlw omiddot()Ii1 p~c()rt ~prviN~~ f()r thuvpor lPochpii cl()~p lln()n poundoISOO noiil h()m P()liop

The shipping strike at Fremantle was a more serious drain upon police funds and men The amount expellded on tl1at ltlccount was pound698 lOs 3d This included pound341 4s for the wages of s constables which rendered an excess upon the vote for Salaries Provisional and Temporary unavoidable

The cost of the gold escort services for the year reached close upon pound1500 paid from Police voesi whilst the fees paid therefor have amounted to pound2583 12s 5d which is credited to Revenue

The gratuities specified hereunder have been paid during the year from the Police Benefit Fulld~~ middot

Mrs Westrope (widow of Constable) Mrs Hair (widow of Constable) Ex-Corporal W Maxwell Mrs Lemon (widow of Sub-Inspector) Ex-Corporal W J NichoUs Ex-Lance Corporal Thomas Carroll Children of late Sergt John Pearson Ex-Corporal Charles Gee Ex-Constable John M ergher Ex-Constable W Bennett Ex-Constable R Donovan

Total

pound s d 30 0 0 30 0 0

179 7 0 418 8 0 101 2 8 368 8 5

30 0 0 290 10 0 184 17 5 136 17 6 199 5 10

pound1968 16 10

The balance remaining to the credit of the Fund is pound5993 15s 1d against pound5957 4s 5d on 30th June 1898

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In the N ortheru districts the Police Force is kept up to protect the settlers from the to watch over the treatment of working natives by their white employers The result increLse the proportion of police to population as the foUowing figures show -

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Whi~ I No 01 Proportion of Police

Mngisterinl District Population i Police to White Populnttou (Appronm~)middot1

Ashburton 210 2 1 to 105 Broome 1178 4 1 to 294 Gascoyne 484 11 1 to 44 Kimberley Goldfield 130 2 1 to 65 Kimberley East 105 5 1 to 21 Kimberley West 235 11 to 21 Pilbarra 646 7 to 92 Roebourne 559 10 to 559

-------- -------Total 3547 52 1 to 68

In the districts specified the amount of travelling to be done lS very great and necessitates mainteuance of many horses and the expenditure of large amounts on travelling expenses and forage cost of stores is heavy aud the priee of ordinary commouities is so high that a substantial ration ance is required by the men It is necessary to transfer members of the Force to the South after a

years duty in the tropics and the expenses of their passages are considerable For these reasons the cos of the police per head in the Northis farin excess of what it is in other districts

The CrimiuaJ Statistics for 189t-the latest available for comparison-show the number of reported in proportion to each policeman in the several colonies of Australasia to be as follows Australia 1885 New Zealand 2640 Victoria 1753 New South Wales 2966 Western Australia During 1898 the proportion of offences to each pouceman in this Colony was 387 This shows til work required of each member of the force bere is cOllsidexably in excess of that demanded in either the other colonies ulentioned apart altogether from the long uistauces which frequently have to be lOovered in doing it Until local couditions in respect to density of population and proportion of crimi nality approximate to those of the Eastern colooies it will be impossible to carryon police work with the ~Lll1e proportion of men or at the same average of expense as it entails in other places The size of the Colony itself and tbe ehameter of the soil and climate in parts are factors that will alwltloYs be appreciably felt in the expenditure

This Department is still required to pltLy for services it requires of other Jeprlxtments whilst ilis not reimbursed for the work it does for them

The long distances over which police ffi~qlently travel on transfer and the heavy mt~s of charge for fares and freight by the Railway Department mel the Shipping COUllllt1nies make an unavoidably hetyv item of expenuiture For example three q lIartels of a ton of luggage transportee from Perth 10 Kalgoorlie recently cost the Department no less than pound10 in freight Expenditure like this powever when piLid to the gailway Department is not lt1 loss to the Government but a transfer from one coffer another

Til Coolgardie Exhibition mltlde a heavy demand upon the resources of the Department Th~ expenditure for travelling expenses and allowances to police doing duty there amounted to no less than pound214 7s 6rl up t( the 30th June Although a number of men were entirely withdrawn from ordinary police duty for service ltlot the Exhibition their wages have not been taken into account

The shipping strike at Fremantle was a more serious drain upon police funds and men amount expellded on tl1at ltlccount was pound698 lOs 3d This included pound341 4s for the wages of s constables which rendered an excess upon the vote for Salaries Provisional and Temporary unavoidable

Thf CIl~t ()f tlw omiddot()Ii1 p~c()rt ~prviN~~ f()r thuvpor lPochpii cl()~p lln()n poundoISOO noiil h()m P()liop

The shipping strike at Fremantle was a more serious drain upon police funds and men The amount expellded on tl1at ltlccount was pound698 lOs 3d This included pound341 4s for the wages of s constables which rendered an excess upon the vote for Salaries Provisional and Temporary unavoidable

The cost of the gold escort services for the year reached close upon pound1500 paid from Police voesi whilst the fees paid therefor have amounted to pound2583 12s 5d which is credited to Revenue

The gratuities specified hereunder have been paid during the year from the Police Benefit Fulld~~ middot

Mrs Westrope (widow of Constable) Mrs Hair (widow of Constable) Ex-Corporal W Maxwell Mrs Lemon (widow of Sub-Inspector) Ex-Corporal W J NichoUs Ex-Lance Corporal Thomas Carroll Children of late Sergt John Pearson Ex-Corporal Charles Gee Ex-Constable John M ergher Ex-Constable W Bennett Ex-Constable R Donovan

Total

pound s d 30 0 0 30 0 0

179 7 0 418 8 0 101 2 8 368 8 5

30 0 0 290 10 0 184 17 5 136 17 6 199 5 10

pound1968 16 10

The balance remaining to the credit of the Fund is pound5993 15s 1d against pound5957 4s 5d on 30th June 1898

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The sum of pound78 has been disbursed froID the Police Reward Fund in favourable records pound3G of this however wus not paid until July 1899 The balance in band on 30th June lust was pound190 5s 9d thatremLining now is pound154 5g 9el as against pound132 58 gel on the HOth June 1898

The members of the Force are divided in religion iuto 263 Protestauts aDd 176 Roman Catholies

New stations have been opened at Leonora Mouut Sir Samuel Plympton and West Perth Black Flag was closed but had to be re-opened and Kunaualling vas likewise re-opeuecl

The stations at Bamboo Creek Pilbarra and Victoria Plains (New Norcia) have been abolished

The nutnber of allpllcatIolls for appoiutment rer-orded during the year wa~ 227 there were 65 appointments 27 resignations 12 dismissals 7 discharges 1 lemoval and ) deaths There were two reductions viz one Sub-Inspector reduced to the bottom of the list of that rank and one Corporal ~etuced to first-class Constable

The horses purchased during the year numbered 16 whilst 12 were condemneD and 15 cliecl cOnsiderable difficulty is experienced in obtaining tbe class of animals required for police purposes

The Police launch on the River Swan was run down and sunk by the ferry steamer Henley on the 15th January It has since been raised and repaired at a cost of pound69 Inquiries maclemiddoton the subject led me to tbe conclusion that no blame for the mishap was attributable to the police The matter was middotplMed in tbe hands of tbe Crown Law authorities who I understand have made a demand upon the owners of the Harley for compensation I have not beeu advised of the result

It is still the practice for Resident Magistrates to detacb the police from tbeir ordinary duties and engage them in tbe collection of statistics without my knowledge Tbis is one of the evils attendant llpOll the performance by the police of work for other Departments CorresJlondence entailing the performance of certain Duties passes from an outside Department direct to J su bordinate member of the Force and is returned in the same fashion The worl whatever it may be is done and the District Police Officer i1S

well as the Commissioner may have no knowledge of the matter till some time afterward A part from the trouble that is always liable to arise through a constables bsence from his station unknown to his superiors the dual control exercised is subversive of discipline Its direct results are not always obvious atthe outset but tbeir tendency is in the direction of weakening his officers authority When a charge

middot ofneglect of police duty is brought against a constable he can always be ready with the excuse that he has been engaged on some work for another Depal-tment which has prevented him f rom giving the necesshysary attention to police affairs This aspect of tbe qnestion has forced itself upon the notice of the amputhorities in Queensland as the following excerpt from the last report of the Commi~sioner of Police there indictes -

As a rule the efficiency as policemen of those detailed for this extraneous work is much impaired they often acquire indolent habits and are disinclined to perform active patrol and other police duties indeed the nature of the work in the majority of instances confine3 them to the office and prevents them from leaving cheir stations The result is that crime increases criminals more frequently go undetected and police discipline suffers much Especially is this last evil brought about by the police workiDg under Civil Servi(e rules and instructions issued by other than their own officers and with whom they are in direct communication

In New Zealand the Commissioner of Police repOl-ts that -

Frequent complaints are received from the publi( to the effect that oing to the numerons other duties tbe police are called upon to perform the legitimate police duties are neglected

My own experience has COllvinced me that when it becomes necessary to impose extraneOllS duties on the police all instructions reports ampc relating to the discharge of such should pass through tbe hands of their officers I cannot too strongly emphasise the fact tllat a dual control destroys discipline and a dual responsibiuty wealcens the selseof duty

Frequent complaints are received from the public to the effect that owing to the numerous other duties the police are called upon to perform the legitimate police duties are neglected

My own expelience has convinced me that when it becomes necessary to impose extraneolls duties on the police all instructious reports ampc relatingmiddot to the discharge of such should pass through tbe hands of their officers I canuot too strongly emphasise the fact that a dual control destroys discipline and amp dual responsibiuty wealcens the selseof duty

One of the extraneous duties most troublesome (0 tllis Department is that of collecting the estates of persons who have died intestate and realising the Sil-me for tbe Curator The work demanded of the pQlice in towns is not of much consequence but at remote s(ations in sparsely populated districts the Winding up of one estate of probablv a pound or two in vdue may involve a constJblf tmvelling some

days and lead to the expenditure of a larger sum for expenses than is realised I lttlU anxious to assist other State Departments in every possible way but it seeUlS to me unreasonable that the liolice shoulcl be required to carry out work like this for another Department and that the expense should fall upon Police Votes

The resort to outside influence by officers or men seekiug promotion transfer or other advantage is a proceeding that requires to be stopped It is i1 direct breach of the Police ReguhLtions 1lld is injurious to discipline Tile man displaving intelligence 2eal Mel gooel couduct never reqnires to ~eek adventitious aids to advtllcement because his su eriors will alwavs be desirous of secnrin for 1 in lt

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engender distrust in the aclministration of the Department The natural consequence would be hat members of the Force would devote their energies to the attempt to acquire influence rather tbantl endeavour to show merit by the conscientious anCl intelligeut discharge of police duty and their efficient would suffer immediately Those who were unsuccessful in securiug patrons would soon lose intereslil their work whilst those who had strong infiuence would 11ave a tendency to regard faithful service ti not essential to ad vancement

The demands perpetually beiug made fo) the establishment of new police stations and for incresampl of strength at existing stations show no sign of diminution I am doing tbe utmost with the resourctS li my command to meet all reasonable requirements but frequently in cases wbere there can be llo tl1 opinious on the merits of an application I am unable to meet it on the spur of the moment because oft~ want of a Reserve Force to draw from

I am gratified to learn that the erection of the Central Police Buildings in Perth will speedilyk commenced The necessity for new and enlarged lockup accomTllodation continues to make itself fel~ arl

I sha1l therefore be extremely pleased to see the work pushed on I should like to be in possession oftk new lockup before next summer is over in the interests of the henltb of persons arrested

Hereunder I give a list of the more mgent lmilding requirements of the Department-

LOCDlity

Perth

Coo 19ardie Marble Bar

lVIt Malcolm

Leonora

Weeloona (Lake Way)

lYIt Morgan

Requiyemeu t

Central police station lockup quarters coach shed stables commodation

District officers quarters

Increased lockup accommodation

Lockup Lockup and quarters

Lockup and quarters

Lockup

The necessity for rigid ecouomY during the past year prevented me from establish ing a Metropolill Force as proposed in my last report Until I have the means of establishing a small Reserve Force ol m in tpining from which vacancies occurrillg iu tlle different clistricts can be filled as they occur it willllt impossible to keep in Perth w large proportion of experienced constnbles as the needs of the pM require At present we have the disadvantage of having to use recruits in a comparatively raw cOllditli f()r street duty aud the effiGiency of the Force suffers to some extent through their inexperiellce ~ ultimte object is to secure for all recruits a course of depot training before they are required to goupl the streets to perform duty but this canoot be given until the permanent police quarters are availal1 The Royal Commission upon the Police Force of New Zealand which st lftst year laid considerablestI1ll upon the impormiddottancc of having such a system and recommended tht lecruits should spend t least f~J

months in depot training

The re-arrngemeut of police districts referred to in my last report has been accomplished ali the result Llp to date has been tboroughly satisfactory

I rpgret to record the death of Sub-Inspector E A Lemon a highly efficient officer who wai charge of the PLtntagenet district 1I1r Lemon entered the service in October 1878 and had jn completed 20 years service when he died on the 3rd November 1898 During that lengthened peri he filled illlly different positions with the utmost credit to himself and satisfaction to the DepftrtmenL

The Department lost the services of auother experienced officer in Inspector J ohu McKellllR n was Lransferred to the positioll of Seuior Inspedor of Distilleries 11(1 EXlOise in December last At tl

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The re-arrangemeut of police districts referred to in my last report has been accomplished il the result Llp to date has been thoroughly satisfactory

I rtgTet to record the death of Sub-Inspector E A Lemon a highly efficient officer who was i charge of the Phtntagenet district 1111 Lemon entered the service in October 1878 and had jn completed 20 years service when he died on the 3rd November 1898 During that lengthened perri he filled illlly different positions with the utmost credit to himself and satisfaction to the DepartmenL

The Department lost the services of auother experienced officer in Inspector J ohu McKellllR n was Lransferred to the position of Seuior Inspedor of Distilleries 11(1 EXlOise in December last At tl tiUJe of his transfer Mr M~Kenna was ill charge of the Metropolitan district In thi~ positiou heR succeeded by Inspector E O Drewry who has proved himseLf cpable of maintaining a high standarili discipline nd efficiency in the district he controls

I regret that the health of the Force during the veriocl undel review has not been goo Considerable em balTas~ment is ocmsiollJlIy UtUs(rl by the absence of men who are ill

A steady improvement in the discipline and generl efficiency of the Police Force is noticeablei rl lVPlOmiddotP gtlvir nf its mprnhmiddotl~ IpnomiddotnlPI1 Dl1lmiddotinomiddot tll ])1Sr vpi1r thpYR ba~ hppn a m~rkpcl ~~Vll11i18

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The offences committec1 by natives during the year have net as a rule been of a serious naLl1le There has been oue grave exceptiou however t Mount Broome The body of a prospedor uamed Jom Dobie was fouud on the 20th March last in Mount Broome Creek with three speltlr wounds in the ba ck and one in the chest There was no room to doubt that death was dne to these wounds and it had probably occurred not more than 18 hours prior to the discoverY of the body No inquest was possible owing to the remoteness of the scene of death The police bave since been in Hctive pursuit of the murderers one of whom was shot dead when attempting to evade arrest A revolver fonnd on him was

afterWards identified as Dobies A rifle stolen from tIle latter was subsequently recovered The murderod man was not long at ~ounL Broome On his way thither he was warned by the police ilt Lennard of the danger he would incur by going alone but he refusEd to beed the caution He was one of that class of prospectors knolIn as - batters who prefer to wor] by themseJ ves

The natives generally have been kept well under control during the year

The offences of Sunday trading and tradiug during prohibited hours by publicans continne to prove a serious difficulty to the police here ltS well as in each of the other colonies Although convictions against different publicans are obtained from time to time they are nowise proportiouate to tIle number

of offences nor are they found to hltlve a deterrent effet In each colony the complaint is common tbat the police are unable t~ cope with this offence and I can see no hope of a change for the better until the

law has been amended The Commissioner of New Zealand Police (Mr J B Tunbridge) who was formerly an officer of the Scotland Yard establishment in London stated in his last report that the police will never be able to successfnlly cope with this class of offence until the law is amended on the lines of section 25 of The Intoxicating- Liquors Act 1892 in force in England

The New Zealand Police COLUmission came to the same conclusion as the Commissioner and I cannot do better than quote in full the following extract frOlll the Report of that body which deals with the subject in a very comprebensive manner-

A large amount of evidence has been produced to show that the sale of liquor during prohibited bours is pradised by hotelleepers in spite of the p]()visions in the licensing laws We are satisfied that this practice is pretty genlral throughout the (olony although llot to the extent those who are hostile to the liquor trade assert A return which will be found in the appendix showing the number of arrests for drunkenness on Sundays indicates that comparatively few persons obtain liquor on Sundays from hotels or private sources in sufficieut quantities to bring about intoxicatiou

We do not think that those who charge the police with negligence in enforcing the ob~ervance of the how rehotiug to the sale of liquor properly appreciate the clifficulties they have to contend with There is a very genera] unwillingness 011 the part of persons who iucluce hotelkeepers to break the law to give evidellce against them and yet it is generally on such persons the police must rely for evidence to support their information

The police 9isit licensed houses in the towns on SLllldays but their approach is in IDany (as8S anuounced by sentries secret electric bells aud telephonic commullication beiug used for the purpose

As the law now stands it is no offeuce to be iu an hotel on Sunday or at allY time during closing bours Drink may be sold to a lodger who may supply his guests and travellers may obtain refreshment on arrival froll1 a journey When the police enter all hotel they may find a number of persons therein aud actually witness the consumption of liquor but if a lodg~r will say he was treating those present as his guests ancl the police cannot prove the contrary it would be useless to prosecute

A strong inducelllent to publical1s to resort to perjury in defending such Clttses is the severe nature of the penalties imposecl by the Licensing Act Indorsement mnst followashyconvidion for certa-ill offences MLUY hotel leases contain a provisioll for forfeiture in ease of tampvft~1rfitaJF 0middotdtll1lireriBsJrilli1JcL11 l11fJ Jllrlfl3fn it 66l-neY 1W11efi tl1euro-p6tice etlteVaii l1btef they may finel a number of persons therein aud actually witness the consumption of liquor but if a lodg~r will say he was treating- those present as his guests and the police cannot prove the contrary it would be useless to prosecute

A strong inducellleut to publical1s to resort to perjury in defending such Clttses is the severe nature of the penalties imposed by the Licensing Act Indorsement must follow a cOlliction for certaill offences MLny hotel leases contain a provisioll for forfeiture in ease of indorsemen~ of the license aud this may involve it loss of hundreds or eveu thousands of pounds to the licen~ee The evidenee may aud often does show that the offence is merely a technical one or possibly due to tbe carelessness of a servant In such cases and iu all first offences a discretion should be given to the Magistrate whether or not an indorsement should follow a cou9iction The monetary penlLlties for such offences might be (onsidelably increased Indorsement is in many cases a punishment out of all proportion to the offence and Magis trutes must feel a relucttnce to convict when it carries such a penalty

Some startlin o facts were orought LludY OUY notice as the result of the obselvatiou~ of persons who watch~d various ]i(ensed houses on Sundays which undouhtedly indicate that a brge Sundty trade is can-ied 011 Th e number of persons who eutered those houses counted between 1) am aud 8 pm_ is said to have amounted in one Clse to 200 ill another 250 The houses referred to are not hotels at which a Jarge uUJubel of boarders reside and after making allowance for boarders members of the licensees family those who enter to obtain meals ltlud for other legitimate purposes tl)ere is no doubt whatever in our minds that a large number of those who entered did so for the purpose of obtaining liquor W~hether they

w I wand the ent f 1 Ai 1

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We are of opinion that the law should be amended in the directiou of prohibilil during dosing hours the supply of any liquor for consumption by the guest of a boaidii Hcept with meals and making all persons other than bona fide travellers lodgers ~ members of the hotelkeepers family aud servants found on licensed premises at prohibit8 hours withollt reasonable excnse liable to a penalty as provided by Section 25 of the Engllil Act That section altered as proposed by us will read as follows ---

If during any period duriug which allY premises are required under the provisioDs d this Aet to be closed any person is found on sucb premises he shall unless he satisfies tlt Court that he has reasonable eXCUBe for being thereon be liable to a penalty not exceediJi pound2

Ally constable may demgtlnd the name and address of any person found on any prem during the period during wbicb tbey are required by the provisions of tbis Act to be close and if he hM reasonable grounds to suppose that the name or address given is false may i such person fail upon such demand to give bis name or address or gives a false name (j address appreheud him without warrant and take him as soon as practicable before Justice of the Peace

Any person required by a constable under this section to give his name and add middot who fails to give the same or gives a false name or address or gives false evidence Iliil respect to such name and address shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding pound5

The circumstances of this colony appear to reqnire the slight modification of this ~ we propose by the insertion of the provision for reasonable excuse The hotel in this countrri often the only place where people can meet their visiting friends and it would be a great ~ convenience if their d0illg so on Sunday was prohibited by making a bona fide visitor liablet41 penalty At some places in the colony in consequence of tidal rivers and other causes intem ing travellers by sea and Jand have often tc wait for steamers coaches and other vehicles ~ hotels in the absence of other suitable accommodation until long after the hour filed b closing Such cases as tbpse appear to require the modilication of the Engtish Act sugges~ but the onus of proof of reasonable excuse must be on the party claiming it and what is reasonable excuse should be a question of bet to be determined by the Magisirai trying the case

If the existing law is amended as now indicated the power of the police to enforce observance of the law relating to hours of closing would be grell-tly augmented

Tbere cOon be no doubt that many publicans whom the keenness of competiLion compels to breaclia of tbe law would welcome any change which ensured for them Oond their employees a weekly day of reo

Vigorous efforts have been made to check sly-grog selling which is very common on the goldficl~ but in several cases where convictions have been obtained against the offenders they have been UpsetA appeal I am afraid that it will bigt impossible to suppress this offence which was discussed at length my last report until it is settled beyond doubt by Parliament that an informers testimony is not invaJil The odium which an informer incurs is of itself a canse of difficulty in inducing any person to take tampi role but when that is overcome there is at present the probability that he will be branded as an ~ Jlice of the sly-grog seller and ~he latter will escape punishment The importance of this matter m~ serve as my excuse for repeat jug what I stated last year-

I am afraid that until a small staff of tuen (outside the Police Force) is employed fa that special purpose no marked improvement can be anticipated If such a staff should provided it would be desirable to pay them a fixed wage and debar them from participatiij in penalties imposfd as a consequence of their evidence S0 that they would baye no undl interest in seeking to obtain convictions It would still be possible to allege againstS1Xl officials that when seeking evidence they instigated offences but there is no other warl seeming proof wIlen the law is persistently broken and if offenders are allowed the shill of such a plea any legal provision against sly-grog sellillg is certain to be a dead letter mio-ht just as well be repealed tua speCIal purpose nO mallrea Improvement can ue an(lClpalea 1I SUCIl a stan snOUla provided it wonld be desirable to pay them a fixed wage and debar them from participatiij in penalties imposfd as a consequence of tbeir evidence S0 that they would baye no undo interest in seeking to obtain convictions It would still be possible to allege againstS1Xl officials that when seeking evidence they instigated offences but there is no other wad secming proof wIlen the law is persistently broken and if offenders are allowed the shillE of such a plea any legal provision against sly-grog sellillg is certgtlin to be a dead letter might just as well be repealed

To deal with the gold-stealing suspected to be systematically carried on at some of the mines on Eastern goldfields I have at different Limes received several applications for the services of a deteclip This however is a class of work outside the limits of police duty the position being analagous ra-ther t that of a caretaker Tbe qualifications required are of a sort not essential f(middot an ordinary detective Yl example it would be necessary for the person engaged to have a practiClll knowledge of mining 80

be could undertake the duties of some ordinary position on the mine and his post would require to relatively high to give him the requisite freedom of movement If a member of the Force were 6nW on this duty he would be required by tbe obligations of his office to arrest any person whom belli committing an offence unconnected with the mine and thus by malting himself known would destroy sect1 usefulness If he suffered by a mining accidell t he would have a claim against the Police Benefit F1Ji There are other considerations which might be mentiolled but these I deem sufficient to show that ii ~

neither practicable nor desirable for members of the Force to be del-ailed for such duties The alternatil has been suggested that certain persons to be employed by the mining companies should be appoinlil

t

when the Act was passed that thev would be used for such purposes Section 35 of the Police Act _~l11I9~orlvitlpJl that a special constable shall have all the same powers and be entitled to and enjoy all the

privileges and benefits and be subject to all the same duties and obligations as auy constable appointed under the other ployisions of this Act Without pretending to give any authoritative

of the law I am inclined to think that a special constable may demand from the ~middotgovelnment the same rate of pay as any other constable enjoys and may likewise claim the privilege of

medical attendance and participatiou in the Police Benefit Fnnd if injured or incapacitated whilst on in a mine The special consklble selected by a mine manage mar not bea suitable person to

with such powers and I think that except on an emergency no person should be engaged in that unless he is approved by the Commissioner of Police for the tille being as of fit character

The desire to have a private mining detective appointed a special constable arises entirely from a of the position If a private person detects any man in the act of committing or

~atlenl1)tJrllr to commit a felony l1e can lawfully arrest him and l1and him over to the police This is all that is required and no special constable could do more Any employee of a mine would

the same right to defend the property of the mine that the private householder has to protect his Musehold goods In both cases the power to seize and restrain an aggressor is indisputable

The system of Criminal Photography initiated last year is now in complete operation and is orlriDgsmoothly and well This Department enjoys the advantage of an exchange of criminal photoshy

with the colonies of South Australia Victoria New South Wales Queensland and New Zealand

Group photographs of reduced size snitable for purposes of ideutification flre now issued monthly ro each District Officer police station and detective containing reproductions of the portraits of all prisoners due for discharge in the ensuing month A complete set of criminal photographs is kept at the aJetectlve Office and the Fremantle Prison and copies can be struck off aud issued immediately to the

if required The Departmeutal Photographer is doing bis work iu ~L very satisfactory mauneI

The work of the Detective Brauch of the Force has been discharged in an energetic fashion duriug the past year with satisfactory results on the whole There has been a cOllsidemble reduction in the

number of offences reported and a very substantial increase in the proportiou brought to trial This iildieates improvement both in zeal and efficiency in the Detective Force and the uniform police alike

On the othel hand the occurrence of several serious offences in which no offender has been Jirought to justice naturally provokes the inquiry w bethel our detectives whose zeal and energy are

- beyond question possess all the elements essential to success under the present circmlllsrances of the Golony WestelO Australiit has of recent years had the disadvantage of visits at different times from some of the most expert criminals in Australia and it is uot beyond dispute that our detectives are iu

skill and training altogetber competent to cope with such artists in crime At the same time it must in fairness be stated that these gentry have in most instances paid but a flying visit leaving again before they were well known The ex[hange of photographs will at no distant date ensure the ready identificashytion of such visitors It must also be remembered that in every country a proportion of crimes committed remain for itll time unpunished and ltL reasonable demand is simply that om detectives shall do as successshyful work as those of other countries Even that is rather difficult while the popnlation is comparatively unsettled As soon as I find that the Detective Branch is not doing such good work as it should I shall hasten to request that an inquiry be instituted with a view to finding a remedy At the present time however with the improvement in results RhoWll by last years figures I regard such a conclusion as premature

The robbery of pound933 from the General Post Office in December last and the hilIJ le to discover the offender gave ris~ to considerable adverse criticism of the police The detectives devoted all their intelligence to the investigation of tlllt case but in an offence of that description where the property stolen is unidentifiable there are many difficulties to be overcome The booty had doubtless been removed

~~~~~~ ~~i~~~ b~~e~ t~~~~~b~y_~v~a_~isc~~erd_~n __ ~r~n_~l~e ~~~~~~t~~~~~~ri~~~ v~s~e~~~ premature

The robbery of pound933 from the General Post Office in December last and the hilIJ le to discover the offender gave ris~ to considerable adverse criticism of the police The detectives devoted all their intelligence to the investigation of th( case but in an offence of that description where the property stolen is unidentifiable there are many difficulties to be overcome The booty had doubtless been removed irom the building before the robbery was discovered and from the outset the material to work upon was ofthe most slender character There were no footprints to be identified no tonl was llsed to opeu either door or press no one was seen to enter the room about the time of the offence nothing was left behind as

a clue by the offender and in addition to alJ this the property was not identifiable All thflt lemaiued to be hoped for was that the guilty person might have had au accomplice who would give information or that he might commit some indiscretion which would betray him It is not reasonable to blame the detectives because neither contingency was realised The Crown Law Departmen t issumed charge of this investigation at an early period and still retains control of it

There was more to work npon in the murder of Mrs Fox but I regret that the criminal in that case was not brought to justice The arrest made by the police excited much unfavourable comment bnt middotwas fully justified by the committal which followed It cannot be expected that tue police shall refrJin from apprehending uuti] they have indisputable evidellce of guilt Ii that ]Jolicy were adopted ouly the simplest cases would be followed by convictions It is far better for a snspected person to be opEnly

accused and as openly acquitted than to remain under a painful suspicion for a lifetime The error in 1 winO averal p rsoo 0 1 fgt

6

engender distrust in the aclministration of the Department The natural consequence would be hat members of the Force would devote their energies to the attempt to acquire influence rather tbantl endeavour to show merit by the conscientious anCl intelligeut discharge of police duty and their efficient would suffer immediately Those who were unsuccessful in securiug patrons would soon lose intereslil their work whilst those who had strong infiuence would 11ave a tendency to regard faithful service ti not essential to ad vancement

The demands perpetually beiug made fo) the establishment of new police stations and for incresampl of strength at existing stations show no sign of diminution I am doing tbe utmost with the resourctS li my command to meet all reasonable requirements but frequently in cases wbere there can be llo tl1 opinious on the merits of an application I am unable to meet it on the spur of the moment because oft~ want of a Reserve Force to draw from

I am gratified to learn that the erection of the Central Police Buildings in Perth will speedilyk commenced The necessity for new and enlarged lockup accomTllodation continues to make itself fel~ arl

I sha1l therefore be extremely pleased to see the work pushed on I should like to be in possession oftk new lockup before next summer is over in the interests of the henltb of persons arrested

Hereunder I give a list of the more mgent lmilding requirements of the Department-

LOCDlity

Perth

Coo 19ardie Marble Bar

lVIt Malcolm

Leonora

Weeloona (Lake Way)

lYIt Morgan

Requiyemeu t

Central police station lockup quarters coach shed stables commodation

District officers quarters

Increased lockup accommodation

Lockup Lockup and quarters

Lockup and quarters

Lockup

The necessity for rigid ecouomY during the past year prevented me from establish ing a Metropolill Force as proposed in my last report Until I have the means of establishing a small Reserve Force ol m in tpining from which vacancies occurrillg iu tlle different clistricts can be filled as they occur it willllt impossible to keep in Perth w large proportion of experienced constnbles as the needs of the pM require At present we have the disadvantage of having to use recruits in a comparatively raw cOllditli f()r street duty aud the effiGiency of the Force suffers to some extent through their inexperiellce ~ ultimte object is to secure for all recruits a course of depot training before they are required to goupl the streets to perform duty but this canoot be given until the permanent police quarters are availal1 The Royal Commission upon the Police Force of New Zealand which st lftst year laid considerablestI1ll upon the impormiddottancc of having such a system and recommended tht lecruits should spend t least f~J

months in depot training

The re-arrngemeut of police districts referred to in my last report has been accomplished ali the result Llp to date has been tboroughly satisfactory

I rpgret to record the death of Sub-Inspector E A Lemon a highly efficient officer who wai charge of the PLtntagenet district 1I1r Lemon entered the service in October 1878 and had jn completed 20 years service when he died on the 3rd November 1898 During that lengthened peri he filled illlly different positions with the utmost credit to himself and satisfaction to the DepftrtmenL

The Department lost the services of auother experienced officer in Inspector J ohu McKellllR n was Lransferred to the positioll of Seuior Inspedor of Distilleries 11(1 EXlOise in December last At tl

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The re-arrangemeut of police districts referred to in my last report has been accomplished il the result Llp to date has been thoroughly satisfactory

I rtgTet to record the death of Sub-Inspector E A Lemon a highly efficient officer who was i charge of the Phtntagenet district 1111 Lemon entered the service in October 1878 and had jn completed 20 years service when he died on the 3rd November 1898 During that lengthened perri he filled illlly different positions with the utmost credit to himself and satisfaction to the DepartmenL

The Department lost the services of auother experienced officer in Inspector J ohu McKellllR n was Lransferred to the position of Seuior Inspedor of Distilleries 11(1 EXlOise in December last At tl tiUJe of his transfer Mr M~Kenna was ill charge of the Metropolitan district In thi~ positiou heR succeeded by Inspector E O Drewry who has proved himseLf cpable of maintaining a high standarili discipline nd efficiency in the district he controls

I regret that the health of the Force during the veriocl undel review has not been goo Considerable em balTas~ment is ocmsiollJlIy UtUs(rl by the absence of men who are ill

A steady improvement in the discipline and generl efficiency of the Police Force is noticeablei rl lVPlOmiddotP gtlvir nf its mprnhmiddotl~ IpnomiddotnlPI1 Dl1lmiddotinomiddot tll ])1Sr vpi1r thpYR ba~ hppn a m~rkpcl ~~Vll11i18

7

The offences committec1 by natives during the year have net as a rule been of a serious naLl1le There has been oue grave exceptiou however t Mount Broome The body of a prospedor uamed Jom Dobie was fouud on the 20th March last in Mount Broome Creek with three speltlr wounds in the ba ck and one in the chest There was no room to doubt that death was dne to these wounds and it had probably occurred not more than 18 hours prior to the discoverY of the body No inquest was possible owing to the remoteness of the scene of death The police bave since been in Hctive pursuit of the murderers one of whom was shot dead when attempting to evade arrest A revolver fonnd on him was

afterWards identified as Dobies A rifle stolen from tIle latter was subsequently recovered The murderod man was not long at ~ounL Broome On his way thither he was warned by the police ilt Lennard of the danger he would incur by going alone but he refusEd to beed the caution He was one of that class of prospectors knolIn as - batters who prefer to wor] by themseJ ves

The natives generally have been kept well under control during the year

The offences of Sunday trading and tradiug during prohibited hours by publicans continne to prove a serious difficulty to the police here ltS well as in each of the other colonies Although convictions against different publicans are obtained from time to time they are nowise proportiouate to tIle number

of offences nor are they found to hltlve a deterrent effet In each colony the complaint is common tbat the police are unable t~ cope with this offence and I can see no hope of a change for the better until the

law has been amended The Commissioner of New Zealand Police (Mr J B Tunbridge) who was formerly an officer of the Scotland Yard establishment in London stated in his last report that the police will never be able to successfnlly cope with this class of offence until the law is amended on the lines of section 25 of The Intoxicating- Liquors Act 1892 in force in England

The New Zealand Police COLUmission came to the same conclusion as the Commissioner and I cannot do better than quote in full the following extract frOlll the Report of that body which deals with the subject in a very comprebensive manner-

A large amount of evidence has been produced to show that the sale of liquor during prohibited bours is pradised by hotelleepers in spite of the p]()visions in the licensing laws We are satisfied that this practice is pretty genlral throughout the (olony although llot to the extent those who are hostile to the liquor trade assert A return which will be found in the appendix showing the number of arrests for drunkenness on Sundays indicates that comparatively few persons obtain liquor on Sundays from hotels or private sources in sufficieut quantities to bring about intoxicatiou

We do not think that those who charge the police with negligence in enforcing the ob~ervance of the how rehotiug to the sale of liquor properly appreciate the clifficulties they have to contend with There is a very genera] unwillingness 011 the part of persons who iucluce hotelkeepers to break the law to give evidellce against them and yet it is generally on such persons the police must rely for evidence to support their information

The police 9isit licensed houses in the towns on SLllldays but their approach is in IDany (as8S anuounced by sentries secret electric bells aud telephonic commullication beiug used for the purpose

As the law now stands it is no offeuce to be iu an hotel on Sunday or at allY time during closing bours Drink may be sold to a lodger who may supply his guests and travellers may obtain refreshment on arrival froll1 a journey When the police enter all hotel they may find a number of persons therein aud actually witness the consumption of liquor but if a lodg~r will say he was treating those present as his guests ancl the police cannot prove the contrary it would be useless to prosecute

A strong inducelllent to publical1s to resort to perjury in defending such Clttses is the severe nature of the penalties imposecl by the Licensing Act Indorsement mnst followashyconvidion for certa-ill offences MLUY hotel leases contain a provisioll for forfeiture in ease of tampvft~1rfitaJF 0middotdtll1lireriBsJrilli1JcL11 l11fJ Jllrlfl3fn it 66l-neY 1W11efi tl1euro-p6tice etlteVaii l1btef they may finel a number of persons therein aud actually witness the consumption of liquor but if a lodg~r will say he was treating- those present as his guests and the police cannot prove the contrary it would be useless to prosecute

A strong inducellleut to publical1s to resort to perjury in defending such Clttses is the severe nature of the penalties imposed by the Licensing Act Indorsement must follow a cOlliction for certaill offences MLny hotel leases contain a provisioll for forfeiture in ease of indorsemen~ of the license aud this may involve it loss of hundreds or eveu thousands of pounds to the licen~ee The evidenee may aud often does show that the offence is merely a technical one or possibly due to tbe carelessness of a servant In such cases and iu all first offences a discretion should be given to the Magistrate whether or not an indorsement should follow a cou9iction The monetary penlLlties for such offences might be (onsidelably increased Indorsement is in many cases a punishment out of all proportion to the offence and Magis trutes must feel a relucttnce to convict when it carries such a penalty

Some startlin o facts were orought LludY OUY notice as the result of the obselvatiou~ of persons who watch~d various ]i(ensed houses on Sundays which undouhtedly indicate that a brge Sundty trade is can-ied 011 Th e number of persons who eutered those houses counted between 1) am aud 8 pm_ is said to have amounted in one Clse to 200 ill another 250 The houses referred to are not hotels at which a Jarge uUJubel of boarders reside and after making allowance for boarders members of the licensees family those who enter to obtain meals ltlud for other legitimate purposes tl)ere is no doubt whatever in our minds that a large number of those who entered did so for the purpose of obtaining liquor W~hether they

w I wand the ent f 1 Ai 1

8

We are of opinion that the law should be amended in the directiou of prohibilil during dosing hours the supply of any liquor for consumption by the guest of a boaidii Hcept with meals and making all persons other than bona fide travellers lodgers ~ members of the hotelkeepers family aud servants found on licensed premises at prohibit8 hours withollt reasonable excnse liable to a penalty as provided by Section 25 of the Engllil Act That section altered as proposed by us will read as follows ---

If during any period duriug which allY premises are required under the provisioDs d this Aet to be closed any person is found on sucb premises he shall unless he satisfies tlt Court that he has reasonable eXCUBe for being thereon be liable to a penalty not exceediJi pound2

Ally constable may demgtlnd the name and address of any person found on any prem during the period during wbicb tbey are required by the provisions of tbis Act to be close and if he hM reasonable grounds to suppose that the name or address given is false may i such person fail upon such demand to give bis name or address or gives a false name (j address appreheud him without warrant and take him as soon as practicable before Justice of the Peace

Any person required by a constable under this section to give his name and add middot who fails to give the same or gives a false name or address or gives false evidence Iliil respect to such name and address shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding pound5

The circumstances of this colony appear to reqnire the slight modification of this ~ we propose by the insertion of the provision for reasonable excuse The hotel in this countrri often the only place where people can meet their visiting friends and it would be a great ~ convenience if their d0illg so on Sunday was prohibited by making a bona fide visitor liablet41 penalty At some places in the colony in consequence of tidal rivers and other causes intem ing travellers by sea and Jand have often tc wait for steamers coaches and other vehicles ~ hotels in the absence of other suitable accommodation until long after the hour filed b closing Such cases as tbpse appear to require the modilication of the Engtish Act sugges~ but the onus of proof of reasonable excuse must be on the party claiming it and what is reasonable excuse should be a question of bet to be determined by the Magisirai trying the case

If the existing law is amended as now indicated the power of the police to enforce observance of the law relating to hours of closing would be grell-tly augmented

Tbere cOon be no doubt that many publicans whom the keenness of competiLion compels to breaclia of tbe law would welcome any change which ensured for them Oond their employees a weekly day of reo

Vigorous efforts have been made to check sly-grog selling which is very common on the goldficl~ but in several cases where convictions have been obtained against the offenders they have been UpsetA appeal I am afraid that it will bigt impossible to suppress this offence which was discussed at length my last report until it is settled beyond doubt by Parliament that an informers testimony is not invaJil The odium which an informer incurs is of itself a canse of difficulty in inducing any person to take tampi role but when that is overcome there is at present the probability that he will be branded as an ~ Jlice of the sly-grog seller and ~he latter will escape punishment The importance of this matter m~ serve as my excuse for repeat jug what I stated last year-

I am afraid that until a small staff of tuen (outside the Police Force) is employed fa that special purpose no marked improvement can be anticipated If such a staff should provided it would be desirable to pay them a fixed wage and debar them from participatiij in penalties imposfd as a consequence of their evidence S0 that they would baye no undl interest in seeking to obtain convictions It would still be possible to allege againstS1Xl officials that when seeking evidence they instigated offences but there is no other warl seeming proof wIlen the law is persistently broken and if offenders are allowed the shill of such a plea any legal provision against sly-grog sellillg is certain to be a dead letter mio-ht just as well be repealed tua speCIal purpose nO mallrea Improvement can ue an(lClpalea 1I SUCIl a stan snOUla provided it wonld be desirable to pay them a fixed wage and debar them from participatiij in penalties imposfd as a consequence of tbeir evidence S0 that they would baye no undo interest in seeking to obtain convictions It would still be possible to allege againstS1Xl officials that when seeking evidence they instigated offences but there is no other wad secming proof wIlen the law is persistently broken and if offenders are allowed the shillE of such a plea any legal provision against sly-grog sellillg is certgtlin to be a dead letter might just as well be repealed

To deal with the gold-stealing suspected to be systematically carried on at some of the mines on Eastern goldfields I have at different Limes received several applications for the services of a deteclip This however is a class of work outside the limits of police duty the position being analagous ra-ther t that of a caretaker Tbe qualifications required are of a sort not essential f(middot an ordinary detective Yl example it would be necessary for the person engaged to have a practiClll knowledge of mining 80

be could undertake the duties of some ordinary position on the mine and his post would require to relatively high to give him the requisite freedom of movement If a member of the Force were 6nW on this duty he would be required by tbe obligations of his office to arrest any person whom belli committing an offence unconnected with the mine and thus by malting himself known would destroy sect1 usefulness If he suffered by a mining accidell t he would have a claim against the Police Benefit F1Ji There are other considerations which might be mentiolled but these I deem sufficient to show that ii ~

neither practicable nor desirable for members of the Force to be del-ailed for such duties The alternatil has been suggested that certain persons to be employed by the mining companies should be appoinlil

t

when the Act was passed that thev would be used for such purposes Section 35 of the Police Act _~l11I9~orlvitlpJl that a special constable shall have all the same powers and be entitled to and enjoy all the

privileges and benefits and be subject to all the same duties and obligations as auy constable appointed under the other ployisions of this Act Without pretending to give any authoritative

of the law I am inclined to think that a special constable may demand from the ~middotgovelnment the same rate of pay as any other constable enjoys and may likewise claim the privilege of

medical attendance and participatiou in the Police Benefit Fnnd if injured or incapacitated whilst on in a mine The special consklble selected by a mine manage mar not bea suitable person to

with such powers and I think that except on an emergency no person should be engaged in that unless he is approved by the Commissioner of Police for the tille being as of fit character

The desire to have a private mining detective appointed a special constable arises entirely from a of the position If a private person detects any man in the act of committing or

~atlenl1)tJrllr to commit a felony l1e can lawfully arrest him and l1and him over to the police This is all that is required and no special constable could do more Any employee of a mine would

the same right to defend the property of the mine that the private householder has to protect his Musehold goods In both cases the power to seize and restrain an aggressor is indisputable

The system of Criminal Photography initiated last year is now in complete operation and is orlriDgsmoothly and well This Department enjoys the advantage of an exchange of criminal photoshy

with the colonies of South Australia Victoria New South Wales Queensland and New Zealand

Group photographs of reduced size snitable for purposes of ideutification flre now issued monthly ro each District Officer police station and detective containing reproductions of the portraits of all prisoners due for discharge in the ensuing month A complete set of criminal photographs is kept at the aJetectlve Office and the Fremantle Prison and copies can be struck off aud issued immediately to the

if required The Departmeutal Photographer is doing bis work iu ~L very satisfactory mauneI

The work of the Detective Brauch of the Force has been discharged in an energetic fashion duriug the past year with satisfactory results on the whole There has been a cOllsidemble reduction in the

number of offences reported and a very substantial increase in the proportiou brought to trial This iildieates improvement both in zeal and efficiency in the Detective Force and the uniform police alike

On the othel hand the occurrence of several serious offences in which no offender has been Jirought to justice naturally provokes the inquiry w bethel our detectives whose zeal and energy are

- beyond question possess all the elements essential to success under the present circmlllsrances of the Golony WestelO Australiit has of recent years had the disadvantage of visits at different times from some of the most expert criminals in Australia and it is uot beyond dispute that our detectives are iu

skill and training altogetber competent to cope with such artists in crime At the same time it must in fairness be stated that these gentry have in most instances paid but a flying visit leaving again before they were well known The ex[hange of photographs will at no distant date ensure the ready identificashytion of such visitors It must also be remembered that in every country a proportion of crimes committed remain for itll time unpunished and ltL reasonable demand is simply that om detectives shall do as successshyful work as those of other countries Even that is rather difficult while the popnlation is comparatively unsettled As soon as I find that the Detective Branch is not doing such good work as it should I shall hasten to request that an inquiry be instituted with a view to finding a remedy At the present time however with the improvement in results RhoWll by last years figures I regard such a conclusion as premature

The robbery of pound933 from the General Post Office in December last and the hilIJ le to discover the offender gave ris~ to considerable adverse criticism of the police The detectives devoted all their intelligence to the investigation of tlllt case but in an offence of that description where the property stolen is unidentifiable there are many difficulties to be overcome The booty had doubtless been removed

~~~~~~ ~~i~~~ b~~e~ t~~~~~b~y_~v~a_~isc~~erd_~n __ ~r~n_~l~e ~~~~~~t~~~~~~ri~~~ v~s~e~~~ premature

The robbery of pound933 from the General Post Office in December last and the hilIJ le to discover the offender gave ris~ to considerable adverse criticism of the police The detectives devoted all their intelligence to the investigation of th( case but in an offence of that description where the property stolen is unidentifiable there are many difficulties to be overcome The booty had doubtless been removed irom the building before the robbery was discovered and from the outset the material to work upon was ofthe most slender character There were no footprints to be identified no tonl was llsed to opeu either door or press no one was seen to enter the room about the time of the offence nothing was left behind as

a clue by the offender and in addition to alJ this the property was not identifiable All thflt lemaiued to be hoped for was that the guilty person might have had au accomplice who would give information or that he might commit some indiscretion which would betray him It is not reasonable to blame the detectives because neither contingency was realised The Crown Law Departmen t issumed charge of this investigation at an early period and still retains control of it

There was more to work npon in the murder of Mrs Fox but I regret that the criminal in that case was not brought to justice The arrest made by the police excited much unfavourable comment bnt middotwas fully justified by the committal which followed It cannot be expected that tue police shall refrJin from apprehending uuti] they have indisputable evidellce of guilt Ii that ]Jolicy were adopted ouly the simplest cases would be followed by convictions It is far better for a snspected person to be opEnly

accused and as openly acquitted than to remain under a painful suspicion for a lifetime The error in 1 winO averal p rsoo 0 1 fgt

7

The offences committec1 by natives during the year have net as a rule been of a serious naLl1le There has been oue grave exceptiou however t Mount Broome The body of a prospedor uamed Jom Dobie was fouud on the 20th March last in Mount Broome Creek with three speltlr wounds in the ba ck and one in the chest There was no room to doubt that death was dne to these wounds and it had probably occurred not more than 18 hours prior to the discoverY of the body No inquest was possible owing to the remoteness of the scene of death The police bave since been in Hctive pursuit of the murderers one of whom was shot dead when attempting to evade arrest A revolver fonnd on him was

afterWards identified as Dobies A rifle stolen from tIle latter was subsequently recovered The murderod man was not long at ~ounL Broome On his way thither he was warned by the police ilt Lennard of the danger he would incur by going alone but he refusEd to beed the caution He was one of that class of prospectors knolIn as - batters who prefer to wor] by themseJ ves

The natives generally have been kept well under control during the year

The offences of Sunday trading and tradiug during prohibited hours by publicans continne to prove a serious difficulty to the police here ltS well as in each of the other colonies Although convictions against different publicans are obtained from time to time they are nowise proportiouate to tIle number

of offences nor are they found to hltlve a deterrent effet In each colony the complaint is common tbat the police are unable t~ cope with this offence and I can see no hope of a change for the better until the

law has been amended The Commissioner of New Zealand Police (Mr J B Tunbridge) who was formerly an officer of the Scotland Yard establishment in London stated in his last report that the police will never be able to successfnlly cope with this class of offence until the law is amended on the lines of section 25 of The Intoxicating- Liquors Act 1892 in force in England

The New Zealand Police COLUmission came to the same conclusion as the Commissioner and I cannot do better than quote in full the following extract frOlll the Report of that body which deals with the subject in a very comprebensive manner-

A large amount of evidence has been produced to show that the sale of liquor during prohibited bours is pradised by hotelleepers in spite of the p]()visions in the licensing laws We are satisfied that this practice is pretty genlral throughout the (olony although llot to the extent those who are hostile to the liquor trade assert A return which will be found in the appendix showing the number of arrests for drunkenness on Sundays indicates that comparatively few persons obtain liquor on Sundays from hotels or private sources in sufficieut quantities to bring about intoxicatiou

We do not think that those who charge the police with negligence in enforcing the ob~ervance of the how rehotiug to the sale of liquor properly appreciate the clifficulties they have to contend with There is a very genera] unwillingness 011 the part of persons who iucluce hotelkeepers to break the law to give evidellce against them and yet it is generally on such persons the police must rely for evidence to support their information

The police 9isit licensed houses in the towns on SLllldays but their approach is in IDany (as8S anuounced by sentries secret electric bells aud telephonic commullication beiug used for the purpose

As the law now stands it is no offeuce to be iu an hotel on Sunday or at allY time during closing bours Drink may be sold to a lodger who may supply his guests and travellers may obtain refreshment on arrival froll1 a journey When the police enter all hotel they may find a number of persons therein aud actually witness the consumption of liquor but if a lodg~r will say he was treating those present as his guests ancl the police cannot prove the contrary it would be useless to prosecute

A strong inducelllent to publical1s to resort to perjury in defending such Clttses is the severe nature of the penalties imposecl by the Licensing Act Indorsement mnst followashyconvidion for certa-ill offences MLUY hotel leases contain a provisioll for forfeiture in ease of tampvft~1rfitaJF 0middotdtll1lireriBsJrilli1JcL11 l11fJ Jllrlfl3fn it 66l-neY 1W11efi tl1euro-p6tice etlteVaii l1btef they may finel a number of persons therein aud actually witness the consumption of liquor but if a lodg~r will say he was treating- those present as his guests and the police cannot prove the contrary it would be useless to prosecute

A strong inducellleut to publical1s to resort to perjury in defending such Clttses is the severe nature of the penalties imposed by the Licensing Act Indorsement must follow a cOlliction for certaill offences MLny hotel leases contain a provisioll for forfeiture in ease of indorsemen~ of the license aud this may involve it loss of hundreds or eveu thousands of pounds to the licen~ee The evidenee may aud often does show that the offence is merely a technical one or possibly due to tbe carelessness of a servant In such cases and iu all first offences a discretion should be given to the Magistrate whether or not an indorsement should follow a cou9iction The monetary penlLlties for such offences might be (onsidelably increased Indorsement is in many cases a punishment out of all proportion to the offence and Magis trutes must feel a relucttnce to convict when it carries such a penalty

Some startlin o facts were orought LludY OUY notice as the result of the obselvatiou~ of persons who watch~d various ]i(ensed houses on Sundays which undouhtedly indicate that a brge Sundty trade is can-ied 011 Th e number of persons who eutered those houses counted between 1) am aud 8 pm_ is said to have amounted in one Clse to 200 ill another 250 The houses referred to are not hotels at which a Jarge uUJubel of boarders reside and after making allowance for boarders members of the licensees family those who enter to obtain meals ltlud for other legitimate purposes tl)ere is no doubt whatever in our minds that a large number of those who entered did so for the purpose of obtaining liquor W~hether they

w I wand the ent f 1 Ai 1

8

We are of opinion that the law should be amended in the directiou of prohibilil during dosing hours the supply of any liquor for consumption by the guest of a boaidii Hcept with meals and making all persons other than bona fide travellers lodgers ~ members of the hotelkeepers family aud servants found on licensed premises at prohibit8 hours withollt reasonable excnse liable to a penalty as provided by Section 25 of the Engllil Act That section altered as proposed by us will read as follows ---

If during any period duriug which allY premises are required under the provisioDs d this Aet to be closed any person is found on sucb premises he shall unless he satisfies tlt Court that he has reasonable eXCUBe for being thereon be liable to a penalty not exceediJi pound2

Ally constable may demgtlnd the name and address of any person found on any prem during the period during wbicb tbey are required by the provisions of tbis Act to be close and if he hM reasonable grounds to suppose that the name or address given is false may i such person fail upon such demand to give bis name or address or gives a false name (j address appreheud him without warrant and take him as soon as practicable before Justice of the Peace

Any person required by a constable under this section to give his name and add middot who fails to give the same or gives a false name or address or gives false evidence Iliil respect to such name and address shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding pound5

The circumstances of this colony appear to reqnire the slight modification of this ~ we propose by the insertion of the provision for reasonable excuse The hotel in this countrri often the only place where people can meet their visiting friends and it would be a great ~ convenience if their d0illg so on Sunday was prohibited by making a bona fide visitor liablet41 penalty At some places in the colony in consequence of tidal rivers and other causes intem ing travellers by sea and Jand have often tc wait for steamers coaches and other vehicles ~ hotels in the absence of other suitable accommodation until long after the hour filed b closing Such cases as tbpse appear to require the modilication of the Engtish Act sugges~ but the onus of proof of reasonable excuse must be on the party claiming it and what is reasonable excuse should be a question of bet to be determined by the Magisirai trying the case

If the existing law is amended as now indicated the power of the police to enforce observance of the law relating to hours of closing would be grell-tly augmented

Tbere cOon be no doubt that many publicans whom the keenness of competiLion compels to breaclia of tbe law would welcome any change which ensured for them Oond their employees a weekly day of reo

Vigorous efforts have been made to check sly-grog selling which is very common on the goldficl~ but in several cases where convictions have been obtained against the offenders they have been UpsetA appeal I am afraid that it will bigt impossible to suppress this offence which was discussed at length my last report until it is settled beyond doubt by Parliament that an informers testimony is not invaJil The odium which an informer incurs is of itself a canse of difficulty in inducing any person to take tampi role but when that is overcome there is at present the probability that he will be branded as an ~ Jlice of the sly-grog seller and ~he latter will escape punishment The importance of this matter m~ serve as my excuse for repeat jug what I stated last year-

I am afraid that until a small staff of tuen (outside the Police Force) is employed fa that special purpose no marked improvement can be anticipated If such a staff should provided it would be desirable to pay them a fixed wage and debar them from participatiij in penalties imposfd as a consequence of their evidence S0 that they would baye no undl interest in seeking to obtain convictions It would still be possible to allege againstS1Xl officials that when seeking evidence they instigated offences but there is no other warl seeming proof wIlen the law is persistently broken and if offenders are allowed the shill of such a plea any legal provision against sly-grog sellillg is certain to be a dead letter mio-ht just as well be repealed tua speCIal purpose nO mallrea Improvement can ue an(lClpalea 1I SUCIl a stan snOUla provided it wonld be desirable to pay them a fixed wage and debar them from participatiij in penalties imposfd as a consequence of tbeir evidence S0 that they would baye no undo interest in seeking to obtain convictions It would still be possible to allege againstS1Xl officials that when seeking evidence they instigated offences but there is no other wad secming proof wIlen the law is persistently broken and if offenders are allowed the shillE of such a plea any legal provision against sly-grog sellillg is certgtlin to be a dead letter might just as well be repealed

To deal with the gold-stealing suspected to be systematically carried on at some of the mines on Eastern goldfields I have at different Limes received several applications for the services of a deteclip This however is a class of work outside the limits of police duty the position being analagous ra-ther t that of a caretaker Tbe qualifications required are of a sort not essential f(middot an ordinary detective Yl example it would be necessary for the person engaged to have a practiClll knowledge of mining 80

be could undertake the duties of some ordinary position on the mine and his post would require to relatively high to give him the requisite freedom of movement If a member of the Force were 6nW on this duty he would be required by tbe obligations of his office to arrest any person whom belli committing an offence unconnected with the mine and thus by malting himself known would destroy sect1 usefulness If he suffered by a mining accidell t he would have a claim against the Police Benefit F1Ji There are other considerations which might be mentiolled but these I deem sufficient to show that ii ~

neither practicable nor desirable for members of the Force to be del-ailed for such duties The alternatil has been suggested that certain persons to be employed by the mining companies should be appoinlil

t

when the Act was passed that thev would be used for such purposes Section 35 of the Police Act _~l11I9~orlvitlpJl that a special constable shall have all the same powers and be entitled to and enjoy all the

privileges and benefits and be subject to all the same duties and obligations as auy constable appointed under the other ployisions of this Act Without pretending to give any authoritative

of the law I am inclined to think that a special constable may demand from the ~middotgovelnment the same rate of pay as any other constable enjoys and may likewise claim the privilege of

medical attendance and participatiou in the Police Benefit Fnnd if injured or incapacitated whilst on in a mine The special consklble selected by a mine manage mar not bea suitable person to

with such powers and I think that except on an emergency no person should be engaged in that unless he is approved by the Commissioner of Police for the tille being as of fit character

The desire to have a private mining detective appointed a special constable arises entirely from a of the position If a private person detects any man in the act of committing or

~atlenl1)tJrllr to commit a felony l1e can lawfully arrest him and l1and him over to the police This is all that is required and no special constable could do more Any employee of a mine would

the same right to defend the property of the mine that the private householder has to protect his Musehold goods In both cases the power to seize and restrain an aggressor is indisputable

The system of Criminal Photography initiated last year is now in complete operation and is orlriDgsmoothly and well This Department enjoys the advantage of an exchange of criminal photoshy

with the colonies of South Australia Victoria New South Wales Queensland and New Zealand

Group photographs of reduced size snitable for purposes of ideutification flre now issued monthly ro each District Officer police station and detective containing reproductions of the portraits of all prisoners due for discharge in the ensuing month A complete set of criminal photographs is kept at the aJetectlve Office and the Fremantle Prison and copies can be struck off aud issued immediately to the

if required The Departmeutal Photographer is doing bis work iu ~L very satisfactory mauneI

The work of the Detective Brauch of the Force has been discharged in an energetic fashion duriug the past year with satisfactory results on the whole There has been a cOllsidemble reduction in the

number of offences reported and a very substantial increase in the proportiou brought to trial This iildieates improvement both in zeal and efficiency in the Detective Force and the uniform police alike

On the othel hand the occurrence of several serious offences in which no offender has been Jirought to justice naturally provokes the inquiry w bethel our detectives whose zeal and energy are

- beyond question possess all the elements essential to success under the present circmlllsrances of the Golony WestelO Australiit has of recent years had the disadvantage of visits at different times from some of the most expert criminals in Australia and it is uot beyond dispute that our detectives are iu

skill and training altogetber competent to cope with such artists in crime At the same time it must in fairness be stated that these gentry have in most instances paid but a flying visit leaving again before they were well known The ex[hange of photographs will at no distant date ensure the ready identificashytion of such visitors It must also be remembered that in every country a proportion of crimes committed remain for itll time unpunished and ltL reasonable demand is simply that om detectives shall do as successshyful work as those of other countries Even that is rather difficult while the popnlation is comparatively unsettled As soon as I find that the Detective Branch is not doing such good work as it should I shall hasten to request that an inquiry be instituted with a view to finding a remedy At the present time however with the improvement in results RhoWll by last years figures I regard such a conclusion as premature

The robbery of pound933 from the General Post Office in December last and the hilIJ le to discover the offender gave ris~ to considerable adverse criticism of the police The detectives devoted all their intelligence to the investigation of tlllt case but in an offence of that description where the property stolen is unidentifiable there are many difficulties to be overcome The booty had doubtless been removed

~~~~~~ ~~i~~~ b~~e~ t~~~~~b~y_~v~a_~isc~~erd_~n __ ~r~n_~l~e ~~~~~~t~~~~~~ri~~~ v~s~e~~~ premature

The robbery of pound933 from the General Post Office in December last and the hilIJ le to discover the offender gave ris~ to considerable adverse criticism of the police The detectives devoted all their intelligence to the investigation of th( case but in an offence of that description where the property stolen is unidentifiable there are many difficulties to be overcome The booty had doubtless been removed irom the building before the robbery was discovered and from the outset the material to work upon was ofthe most slender character There were no footprints to be identified no tonl was llsed to opeu either door or press no one was seen to enter the room about the time of the offence nothing was left behind as

a clue by the offender and in addition to alJ this the property was not identifiable All thflt lemaiued to be hoped for was that the guilty person might have had au accomplice who would give information or that he might commit some indiscretion which would betray him It is not reasonable to blame the detectives because neither contingency was realised The Crown Law Departmen t issumed charge of this investigation at an early period and still retains control of it

There was more to work npon in the murder of Mrs Fox but I regret that the criminal in that case was not brought to justice The arrest made by the police excited much unfavourable comment bnt middotwas fully justified by the committal which followed It cannot be expected that tue police shall refrJin from apprehending uuti] they have indisputable evidellce of guilt Ii that ]Jolicy were adopted ouly the simplest cases would be followed by convictions It is far better for a snspected person to be opEnly

accused and as openly acquitted than to remain under a painful suspicion for a lifetime The error in 1 winO averal p rsoo 0 1 fgt

8

We are of opinion that the law should be amended in the directiou of prohibilil during dosing hours the supply of any liquor for consumption by the guest of a boaidii Hcept with meals and making all persons other than bona fide travellers lodgers ~ members of the hotelkeepers family aud servants found on licensed premises at prohibit8 hours withollt reasonable excnse liable to a penalty as provided by Section 25 of the Engllil Act That section altered as proposed by us will read as follows ---

If during any period duriug which allY premises are required under the provisioDs d this Aet to be closed any person is found on sucb premises he shall unless he satisfies tlt Court that he has reasonable eXCUBe for being thereon be liable to a penalty not exceediJi pound2

Ally constable may demgtlnd the name and address of any person found on any prem during the period during wbicb tbey are required by the provisions of tbis Act to be close and if he hM reasonable grounds to suppose that the name or address given is false may i such person fail upon such demand to give bis name or address or gives a false name (j address appreheud him without warrant and take him as soon as practicable before Justice of the Peace

Any person required by a constable under this section to give his name and add middot who fails to give the same or gives a false name or address or gives false evidence Iliil respect to such name and address shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding pound5

The circumstances of this colony appear to reqnire the slight modification of this ~ we propose by the insertion of the provision for reasonable excuse The hotel in this countrri often the only place where people can meet their visiting friends and it would be a great ~ convenience if their d0illg so on Sunday was prohibited by making a bona fide visitor liablet41 penalty At some places in the colony in consequence of tidal rivers and other causes intem ing travellers by sea and Jand have often tc wait for steamers coaches and other vehicles ~ hotels in the absence of other suitable accommodation until long after the hour filed b closing Such cases as tbpse appear to require the modilication of the Engtish Act sugges~ but the onus of proof of reasonable excuse must be on the party claiming it and what is reasonable excuse should be a question of bet to be determined by the Magisirai trying the case

If the existing law is amended as now indicated the power of the police to enforce observance of the law relating to hours of closing would be grell-tly augmented

Tbere cOon be no doubt that many publicans whom the keenness of competiLion compels to breaclia of tbe law would welcome any change which ensured for them Oond their employees a weekly day of reo

Vigorous efforts have been made to check sly-grog selling which is very common on the goldficl~ but in several cases where convictions have been obtained against the offenders they have been UpsetA appeal I am afraid that it will bigt impossible to suppress this offence which was discussed at length my last report until it is settled beyond doubt by Parliament that an informers testimony is not invaJil The odium which an informer incurs is of itself a canse of difficulty in inducing any person to take tampi role but when that is overcome there is at present the probability that he will be branded as an ~ Jlice of the sly-grog seller and ~he latter will escape punishment The importance of this matter m~ serve as my excuse for repeat jug what I stated last year-

I am afraid that until a small staff of tuen (outside the Police Force) is employed fa that special purpose no marked improvement can be anticipated If such a staff should provided it would be desirable to pay them a fixed wage and debar them from participatiij in penalties imposfd as a consequence of their evidence S0 that they would baye no undl interest in seeking to obtain convictions It would still be possible to allege againstS1Xl officials that when seeking evidence they instigated offences but there is no other warl seeming proof wIlen the law is persistently broken and if offenders are allowed the shill of such a plea any legal provision against sly-grog sellillg is certain to be a dead letter mio-ht just as well be repealed tua speCIal purpose nO mallrea Improvement can ue an(lClpalea 1I SUCIl a stan snOUla provided it wonld be desirable to pay them a fixed wage and debar them from participatiij in penalties imposfd as a consequence of tbeir evidence S0 that they would baye no undo interest in seeking to obtain convictions It would still be possible to allege againstS1Xl officials that when seeking evidence they instigated offences but there is no other wad secming proof wIlen the law is persistently broken and if offenders are allowed the shillE of such a plea any legal provision against sly-grog sellillg is certgtlin to be a dead letter might just as well be repealed

To deal with the gold-stealing suspected to be systematically carried on at some of the mines on Eastern goldfields I have at different Limes received several applications for the services of a deteclip This however is a class of work outside the limits of police duty the position being analagous ra-ther t that of a caretaker Tbe qualifications required are of a sort not essential f(middot an ordinary detective Yl example it would be necessary for the person engaged to have a practiClll knowledge of mining 80

be could undertake the duties of some ordinary position on the mine and his post would require to relatively high to give him the requisite freedom of movement If a member of the Force were 6nW on this duty he would be required by tbe obligations of his office to arrest any person whom belli committing an offence unconnected with the mine and thus by malting himself known would destroy sect1 usefulness If he suffered by a mining accidell t he would have a claim against the Police Benefit F1Ji There are other considerations which might be mentiolled but these I deem sufficient to show that ii ~

neither practicable nor desirable for members of the Force to be del-ailed for such duties The alternatil has been suggested that certain persons to be employed by the mining companies should be appoinlil

t

when the Act was passed that thev would be used for such purposes Section 35 of the Police Act _~l11I9~orlvitlpJl that a special constable shall have all the same powers and be entitled to and enjoy all the

privileges and benefits and be subject to all the same duties and obligations as auy constable appointed under the other ployisions of this Act Without pretending to give any authoritative

of the law I am inclined to think that a special constable may demand from the ~middotgovelnment the same rate of pay as any other constable enjoys and may likewise claim the privilege of

medical attendance and participatiou in the Police Benefit Fnnd if injured or incapacitated whilst on in a mine The special consklble selected by a mine manage mar not bea suitable person to

with such powers and I think that except on an emergency no person should be engaged in that unless he is approved by the Commissioner of Police for the tille being as of fit character

The desire to have a private mining detective appointed a special constable arises entirely from a of the position If a private person detects any man in the act of committing or

~atlenl1)tJrllr to commit a felony l1e can lawfully arrest him and l1and him over to the police This is all that is required and no special constable could do more Any employee of a mine would

the same right to defend the property of the mine that the private householder has to protect his Musehold goods In both cases the power to seize and restrain an aggressor is indisputable

The system of Criminal Photography initiated last year is now in complete operation and is orlriDgsmoothly and well This Department enjoys the advantage of an exchange of criminal photoshy

with the colonies of South Australia Victoria New South Wales Queensland and New Zealand

Group photographs of reduced size snitable for purposes of ideutification flre now issued monthly ro each District Officer police station and detective containing reproductions of the portraits of all prisoners due for discharge in the ensuing month A complete set of criminal photographs is kept at the aJetectlve Office and the Fremantle Prison and copies can be struck off aud issued immediately to the

if required The Departmeutal Photographer is doing bis work iu ~L very satisfactory mauneI

The work of the Detective Brauch of the Force has been discharged in an energetic fashion duriug the past year with satisfactory results on the whole There has been a cOllsidemble reduction in the

number of offences reported and a very substantial increase in the proportiou brought to trial This iildieates improvement both in zeal and efficiency in the Detective Force and the uniform police alike

On the othel hand the occurrence of several serious offences in which no offender has been Jirought to justice naturally provokes the inquiry w bethel our detectives whose zeal and energy are

- beyond question possess all the elements essential to success under the present circmlllsrances of the Golony WestelO Australiit has of recent years had the disadvantage of visits at different times from some of the most expert criminals in Australia and it is uot beyond dispute that our detectives are iu

skill and training altogetber competent to cope with such artists in crime At the same time it must in fairness be stated that these gentry have in most instances paid but a flying visit leaving again before they were well known The ex[hange of photographs will at no distant date ensure the ready identificashytion of such visitors It must also be remembered that in every country a proportion of crimes committed remain for itll time unpunished and ltL reasonable demand is simply that om detectives shall do as successshyful work as those of other countries Even that is rather difficult while the popnlation is comparatively unsettled As soon as I find that the Detective Branch is not doing such good work as it should I shall hasten to request that an inquiry be instituted with a view to finding a remedy At the present time however with the improvement in results RhoWll by last years figures I regard such a conclusion as premature

The robbery of pound933 from the General Post Office in December last and the hilIJ le to discover the offender gave ris~ to considerable adverse criticism of the police The detectives devoted all their intelligence to the investigation of tlllt case but in an offence of that description where the property stolen is unidentifiable there are many difficulties to be overcome The booty had doubtless been removed

~~~~~~ ~~i~~~ b~~e~ t~~~~~b~y_~v~a_~isc~~erd_~n __ ~r~n_~l~e ~~~~~~t~~~~~~ri~~~ v~s~e~~~ premature

The robbery of pound933 from the General Post Office in December last and the hilIJ le to discover the offender gave ris~ to considerable adverse criticism of the police The detectives devoted all their intelligence to the investigation of th( case but in an offence of that description where the property stolen is unidentifiable there are many difficulties to be overcome The booty had doubtless been removed irom the building before the robbery was discovered and from the outset the material to work upon was ofthe most slender character There were no footprints to be identified no tonl was llsed to opeu either door or press no one was seen to enter the room about the time of the offence nothing was left behind as

a clue by the offender and in addition to alJ this the property was not identifiable All thflt lemaiued to be hoped for was that the guilty person might have had au accomplice who would give information or that he might commit some indiscretion which would betray him It is not reasonable to blame the detectives because neither contingency was realised The Crown Law Departmen t issumed charge of this investigation at an early period and still retains control of it

There was more to work npon in the murder of Mrs Fox but I regret that the criminal in that case was not brought to justice The arrest made by the police excited much unfavourable comment bnt middotwas fully justified by the committal which followed It cannot be expected that tue police shall refrJin from apprehending uuti] they have indisputable evidellce of guilt Ii that ]Jolicy were adopted ouly the simplest cases would be followed by convictions It is far better for a snspected person to be opEnly

accused and as openly acquitted than to remain under a painful suspicion for a lifetime The error in 1 winO averal p rsoo 0 1 fgt

when the Act was passed that thev would be used for such purposes Section 35 of the Police Act _~l11I9~orlvitlpJl that a special constable shall have all the same powers and be entitled to and enjoy all the

privileges and benefits and be subject to all the same duties and obligations as auy constable appointed under the other ployisions of this Act Without pretending to give any authoritative

of the law I am inclined to think that a special constable may demand from the ~middotgovelnment the same rate of pay as any other constable enjoys and may likewise claim the privilege of

medical attendance and participatiou in the Police Benefit Fnnd if injured or incapacitated whilst on in a mine The special consklble selected by a mine manage mar not bea suitable person to

with such powers and I think that except on an emergency no person should be engaged in that unless he is approved by the Commissioner of Police for the tille being as of fit character

The desire to have a private mining detective appointed a special constable arises entirely from a of the position If a private person detects any man in the act of committing or

~atlenl1)tJrllr to commit a felony l1e can lawfully arrest him and l1and him over to the police This is all that is required and no special constable could do more Any employee of a mine would

the same right to defend the property of the mine that the private householder has to protect his Musehold goods In both cases the power to seize and restrain an aggressor is indisputable

The system of Criminal Photography initiated last year is now in complete operation and is orlriDgsmoothly and well This Department enjoys the advantage of an exchange of criminal photoshy

with the colonies of South Australia Victoria New South Wales Queensland and New Zealand

Group photographs of reduced size snitable for purposes of ideutification flre now issued monthly ro each District Officer police station and detective containing reproductions of the portraits of all prisoners due for discharge in the ensuing month A complete set of criminal photographs is kept at the aJetectlve Office and the Fremantle Prison and copies can be struck off aud issued immediately to the

if required The Departmeutal Photographer is doing bis work iu ~L very satisfactory mauneI

The work of the Detective Brauch of the Force has been discharged in an energetic fashion duriug the past year with satisfactory results on the whole There has been a cOllsidemble reduction in the

number of offences reported and a very substantial increase in the proportiou brought to trial This iildieates improvement both in zeal and efficiency in the Detective Force and the uniform police alike

On the othel hand the occurrence of several serious offences in which no offender has been Jirought to justice naturally provokes the inquiry w bethel our detectives whose zeal and energy are

- beyond question possess all the elements essential to success under the present circmlllsrances of the Golony WestelO Australiit has of recent years had the disadvantage of visits at different times from some of the most expert criminals in Australia and it is uot beyond dispute that our detectives are iu

skill and training altogetber competent to cope with such artists in crime At the same time it must in fairness be stated that these gentry have in most instances paid but a flying visit leaving again before they were well known The ex[hange of photographs will at no distant date ensure the ready identificashytion of such visitors It must also be remembered that in every country a proportion of crimes committed remain for itll time unpunished and ltL reasonable demand is simply that om detectives shall do as successshyful work as those of other countries Even that is rather difficult while the popnlation is comparatively unsettled As soon as I find that the Detective Branch is not doing such good work as it should I shall hasten to request that an inquiry be instituted with a view to finding a remedy At the present time however with the improvement in results RhoWll by last years figures I regard such a conclusion as premature

The robbery of pound933 from the General Post Office in December last and the hilIJ le to discover the offender gave ris~ to considerable adverse criticism of the police The detectives devoted all their intelligence to the investigation of tlllt case but in an offence of that description where the property stolen is unidentifiable there are many difficulties to be overcome The booty had doubtless been removed

~~~~~~ ~~i~~~ b~~e~ t~~~~~b~y_~v~a_~isc~~erd_~n __ ~r~n_~l~e ~~~~~~t~~~~~~ri~~~ v~s~e~~~ premature

The robbery of pound933 from the General Post Office in December last and the hilIJ le to discover the offender gave ris~ to considerable adverse criticism of the police The detectives devoted all their intelligence to the investigation of th( case but in an offence of that description where the property stolen is unidentifiable there are many difficulties to be overcome The booty had doubtless been removed irom the building before the robbery was discovered and from the outset the material to work upon was ofthe most slender character There were no footprints to be identified no tonl was llsed to opeu either door or press no one was seen to enter the room about the time of the offence nothing was left behind as

a clue by the offender and in addition to alJ this the property was not identifiable All thflt lemaiued to be hoped for was that the guilty person might have had au accomplice who would give information or that he might commit some indiscretion which would betray him It is not reasonable to blame the detectives because neither contingency was realised The Crown Law Departmen t issumed charge of this investigation at an early period and still retains control of it

There was more to work npon in the murder of Mrs Fox but I regret that the criminal in that case was not brought to justice The arrest made by the police excited much unfavourable comment bnt middotwas fully justified by the committal which followed It cannot be expected that tue police shall refrJin from apprehending uuti] they have indisputable evidellce of guilt Ii that ]Jolicy were adopted ouly the simplest cases would be followed by convictions It is far better for a snspected person to be opEnly

accused and as openly acquitted than to remain under a painful suspicion for a lifetime The error in 1 winO averal p rsoo 0 1 fgt

10

known that she was murdered Whel) the body had been found and the tracks were subsequen~

examined all sorts of possibilities arose from this simple mistake As the sear(b was only for a missiDg person in the first instance it was not a serious blunder although it led under subsequent- developments to such grave results

The highway robbery ou the Boulder road about two miles from Kalgoorlie wllicb ouurred on t4 3rd May is another offence that bas not been cleared up It was (oOJUliteed iu broad dayligbt at th hour of 1015 am within viev of several person~Mr Mortimer and Mr Crook of the Lake VieT Cousols mine were proceeding- from Kalgoorlie to the min~ with the pay whou they were stopped by man unknowu carrying a rifle and wearing a dirty rag as a mask who cOillpelled them under cover of hil weapon to hand over a package containing the sum of pound100 in silver Mr Crook had a revolver in Ii pocket at the time but got no opportlluity to draw it Wben the offender had got the money Ii demanded be decamped after firing two sbots at the horse used by Messrs Mortimer alld Crook Hebad a hor~e waiting close at hand which be mounted and rode away There wns a further sum of pound4600 ii the pay cart of which the robber obviously bad llO knowledge A passillg bicyclist who witll8ssecl tht robbery rode to the Kalgoorlie Police Statioll aud reported the maleer nnd two constables We

immediate ly despatcbed to the scene They followed the offenders trucks for some distallce ail

discovered the horse he had used ltlud abandoued but as the grouud becme stony they were ullable 10

keep ou the tracks The snddle on the borse was su bsequently ic1entilied as one stolen at Boulder Th rifle ammullition coat and handkerchief used as a mask were likewise recovered I am inclilledo think that the police first on the s(ene might have cf1ptured the l1lan if they had umde a careful seart about the locality lt1t the outset and questiolled persons in the vicinity instead of endeavouring to follo the tracks It is however a very easy thiug for the most intelligent llleu to form a wroug judgmenlOi the spur of the moment when they ore required to jump at a conclusion because then is no timeoo form a deliberaee plan No description of the offender could be furnished to the police and as tt cash stoleu was lil(ewise not identifiable it is not surprising that he has succeeded in evading arrest up Ii the pres en t

A illtteer of serious momeut to the cOUlmunity is the increasE of offencRs by ehilclreu under tli1 age of siiteen years revealed by the Crimiual Statistics for 1898 A large proportion of such offenden are likely to develop into confirmed criminals as they attain matur ity The lac of proper parenl1l control is the primary cuuse of this evil tud its first effects are visible in tbe Jlumbers of lads anJ youths allowed to roam at will in the public ~treets at nigbt-tillle Mauy of these frequent tbe viciniq of piaces of amusement in the hope of inducing some persou to provide for their admission aud lh less elevaeed the entertainment the greater tbeir anxiety to share iu it They loiter about other plaCll of public resort likewise aud often fall into the company of thieves from whom they leam tbeir fin lessons in crime I nm afraid that oU crimiual fraternity will bave large accessious in tbe early fulU from the rauks of tbese juveniles uuless repressive legislatiou to preveut tbem from wandering about tb streets at night is passed III Tasmauia a curfew law is in operation but I am not yet in a position t speak positively of its results The increase of youtbful offenders here may be ascribed partly to t~ recellt iucrease of women and children iu our population partly to a llt1ck of attractieness about thl home life which is almost illseprable from the early stages of colouial eIisten~e whell tlle lew anirali belong to the poorer classes and partly to thB nature of om elilDcte

I appeud a table showiug the expencliture for the last finaneil year aud the estimated expenditu~ for 1899-1900 on the Police Serviee -

Service I ExpeDdi~llle

1898 9 Estimnte 18991900 11tCletl8c Decrenamp

I pound L I pound nmiddot 1 pound dmiddot1 pound I Salamiddot~es ~ix~d_ ___ __ ~ T ____ bullbull oS~~~ ~ ~ 75~~~ l~ ~ 6145 deg ~ ~o A

recellt iucrease of women and children iu our population partly to a llt1ck of attractieness about the home life which is almost illseprable from the early stages of colouial eIisten~e whell tlle llew anirali belong to the poorer classes and partly to thB nature of om elilDcte

I appeud a table showiug the expencliture for the last finaneil year aud the estimated expenditu~ for 1899-1900 on the Police Serviee -

Service

Salaries Fixed Do Provisional and Temporary

Allowances Con tingellcie

Towl

ExpeDdi~llle 1898 9

pound ~ L oS8o(j 9 9

328 2 0 11208 3 l()

22652 15 1

103055 10 II

Estimnte lncleosc I Decrenamp 18991900 I --- - - -

pound n pound d pound ~ I

7501l 10 deg 6145 deg ~ 200 deg 0 128 2 0 11881 12 deg 071) 8 2 26325 deg deg t 3672 1 8

113421 2 o 10493 13 128 2 0 - - - - - - ----- -- - -- ---_- -

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CRIMINAL STATISTICS AND MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION 1898

I-GENERAL ABSTRACT OF CRIME RETURN

Estimated Population The estimi1ted populi1tiou ou 31st December 1898 (iucludiug 10000 aboriginals) amounted to

f78129

Offences Reported

During the past year 16843 offences were reported to police being 945 per cent of estimated populalion compared with 10 72 per cent in 1897 and 1042 pel cent in 1896

The nUll bel of doubtful 01 fictitious reports was 556 or 330 per cent of all offences reported compared with 343 per cent in 1897 and 136 per ceut ill 1896

The total uum bel of bond fide reports f(l the year would therefore be 16287

Oilen ces bviight 10 Trial

14902 or 9148 of offences were brought to trial compared with 8674 per lteut in 1897 and 9263 per cent in 1896

SummaY Convictions

9659 or 6495 per ceut were summarily convicted compared lvith 6210 per eent in 1897 and 6327 per ceut in 1896

Punishments in Tnjeim C01wis

The punishments inllicted ill the Inferior Courts averaged as under-

Fiued IU1prisooed BOllnd over Whipping

1898

7552 per cent 2378

056 014

IB~

7254 per cent 2641

062 043

Apprehended and S1b-mmoned

The pereentages of those apprehended 01 summoned were-

A ppre hended Summoned

1898

6406 per ten t 3594middot

1897

6837 per cent 3163

n -OFFENCES CLASSIFIED

Otfences against the Penon

1896

7386 per cent 2474 042 098

1896

6986 pel cent 3014

1297 offences were reported in this ltass of whilth 101 were doubtful leaving a total of 1196 or 734 pel cent of offences iu all classes agaiust 74-4 per cent in 1897 and 794 pel cent in 1896

Of the 1196 offences 1071 or 8954 per ceut were llrought to trial compared with 861l per cent in 1897 nnd 8852 pel ceut iu 1896

The offences brought to trial resnltcd inmiddot-

1898 IWI 1896 l - bull middot middot~ ---- middotmiddot - l~middot ~ --~- -- __ 4fC __ ergt_ -------- -j -_- AO ~~ ~ I VV VL

734 per cent of otfeuces iu all classes against 74-4 per ltent in 1897 and 794 pel cent in 1896

Of the 1196 offences 1071 or 8954 per ceut were llrought to trial compared with 861l pel cent in 1897 nnd 8852 pel cellt iu 1896

The offences brollght to trial resnltcd inmiddot-

Summary Conviction~ Cautioned and Discharged Committed for Trial

1898

5892 pel eent 3436 672

IWI

5570 pel cent 3670

760

1896

6148 per cent 3149

703

Of the summary convictious 6846 per cent were tioed 3154 per cent imprisoned etc compared respectively with 6688 pCI cent 3312 per cent in 1897 and 674 7 per cent 3253 per ltent in 1896

The Jlcr~ons summarily cOllvicted are classified as- -

189B 1897 1896

Australians 3702 per cent 3594 per cent 3220 per cent Amerieans 078 183 146 Africans 041 016 OHi Asiatics 489 716 933 EUlmiddotopeltlns 46middottH 4725 4927 A hf1~()llt lc 4=lt9 ~(() Qt

12 The prillcipal increases for the year compared with 1897 are -Abductions nil to 3 assaull

police 168 to 196 aggravated assaults 11 to 16 indecent assaults 9 to 12 attempt to murder sodomy nil to 4

The principal decreases for the same pen ods were - Common assault 539 to 527 man J4 to 8 murder 35 to 22 shooting and wounding 27 to 21 attempted suicide 18 to 16

Of the 22 cbarges of murdpr two were preferred against A1Jstralians seven against Europeans against Asiatics 11 against i1boriginals

342 or 3193 per cent of offences brought to t rialnnder this sectioll were attributable to ness compared with 3484 pel cent in 1897 and 2218 in 1896

OJences against Pmiddotoperty

3165 offences were reported of which 339 were doubtful leaving a total of 2826 or 1735 cent of offences in aU classes compared with 2273 per ceut in 1897 and lid3 per cent in 1896

1955 or 6919 per cent were bronght to trial comp[red per ceut in 1896

The offences brought to trial resulted in -

Summary Conviclions Cautioned and Discharged Committed for Trial

1898

5540 per cent 3457 1003

1897

5198 per cent 3706 1096

1896

5374 per cent 3508 1118

Of the summary convictious 2299 percent were fined and 7701 per ceut imprisoned respecti vely with 2406 per cent 7594 per cent [U 1897 and 2818 per ceut 7182 per cent in 1896

The persons summarily coovicLed are classified as -

1898 1897 18Vb

Australians 39middot24 per cent 3297 per cen t 3068 per ceu t Americans 129 158 142 Airicans 028 029 012 Asiatics 471 396 571 Europeaus 3315 4000 4376 Aboriginals 1823 1882 1653 Females 305 238 178

The principal increases compared with 1897 are -Burglary from 44 to 48 Cattle stealing 59 Hore stealing 4 to 8 Larceny 530 to 583 Stealing in dwelling 135 to 160 i Pnedial Larceny to 27 Maliciouii Injury to Property 152 to 189 Receiving Stolell Ploperty 6 to 8

Decreases cotupared with 1897 are shown in - Arson frOID 10 to 7 Unlawfully using Cattle fro~ 47 to 32 Embezzlemeut from 69 to 48 False Pretences 145 to 123 i Larceuy from the Person 89 t~

62 Sheepste[liug 52 to 43 Unlawful Possessiou 445 to 422 Unlawfully on Premises 146 to 13

226 or 11middot sG per cent of offences brought to trial under tWR Section were d ru n kenuess

OjJtnces against Cwremiddotncy

dh ffDnIOlt lU D 1O onrH~Prl hoinq- )~ n~ fpnt ()f ()ffplU-pQ 111lrl PY 111 ~PAt- iflklt to 27 MaliciouB L1jmy to Propeliv 152 to 189 Heceivingtolen Property b t) b

Decreases cOlUpared with 1897 are shown in -Arson frOID 10 to 7 Unlawfully using Cattle 47 to 32 Embezzlemeut from 69 to 48 False Pretences 145 to 123 Larceuy from the PerSOD 89 62 Sheepste[ling 52 to 43 Uillawful Possessiou 445 to 422 Unlawfully on Premises 146 to 131

226 01 llmiddotsG per cent of offences brough t to trial under tw~ Section were drunkenuess

OjJtnces against Curemiddotncy

4middot6 offeuces were reported being 28 per cent of offences uuder all Sectious compared with per cent i1 1897 and 24 per ceut ill 1896

39or 8478 per cent were brought to tri[l compared with 9459 per reut iu 1897 and 7428 cent in 1896 These were dispnsed of as Ullc1er-

Summarily Convicted Cantioued aud Discharged Committed for Trial

per cent 12middot50

8750

18D7

1143 per cent 3714middot 5143

1896

769 per cent 2308 6923

12 The prillcipal increases for the year compared with 1897 are -Abductions nil to 3 assaull

police 168 to 196 aggravated assaults 11 to 16 indecent assaults 9 to 12 attempt to murder sodomy nil to 4

The principal decreases for the same pen ods were - Common assault 539 to 527 man J4 to 8 murder 35 to 22 shooting and wounding 27 to 21 attempted suicide 18 to 16

Of the 22 cbarges of murdpr two were preferred against A1Jstralians seven against Europeans against Asiatics 11 against i1boriginals

342 or 3193 per cent of offences brought to t rialnnder this sectioll were attributable to ness compared with 3484 pel cent in 1897 and 2218 in 1896

OJences against Pmiddotoperty

3165 offences were reported of which 339 were doubtful leaving a total of 2826 or 1735 cent of offences in aU classes compared with 2273 per ceut in 1897 and lid3 per cent in 1896

1955 or 6919 per cent were bronght to trial comp[red per ceut in 1896

The offences brought to trial resulted in -

Summary Conviclions Cautioned and Discharged Committed for Trial

1898

5540 per cent 3457 1003

1897

5198 per cent 3706 1096

1896

5374 per cent 3508 1118

Of the summary convictious 2299 percent were fined and 7701 per ceut imprisoned respecti vely with 2406 per cent 7594 per cent [U 1897 and 2818 per ceut 7182 per cent in 1896

The persons summarily coovicLed are classified as -

1898 1897 18Vb

Australians 39middot24 per cent 3297 per cen t 3068 per ceu t Americans 129 158 142 Airicans 028 029 012 Asiatics 471 396 571 Europeaus 3315 4000 4376 Aboriginals 1823 1882 1653 Females 305 238 178

The principal increases compared with 1897 are -Burglary from 44 to 48 Cattle stealing 59 Hore stealing 4 to 8 Larceny 530 to 583 Stealing in dwelling 135 to 160 i Pnedial Larceny to 27 Maliciouii Injury to Property 152 to 189 Receiving Stolell Ploperty 6 to 8

Decreases cotupared with 1897 are shown in - Arson frOID 10 to 7 Unlawfully using Cattle fro~ 47 to 32 Embezzlemeut from 69 to 48 False Pretences 145 to 123 i Larceuy from the Person 89 t~

62 Sheepste[liug 52 to 43 Unlawful Possessiou 445 to 422 Unlawfully on Premises 146 to 13

226 or 11middot sG per cent of offences brought to trial under tWR Section were d ru n kenuess

OjJtnces against Cwremiddotncy

dh ffDnIOlt lU D 1O onrH~Prl hoinq- )~ n~ fpnt ()f ()ffplU-pQ 111lrl PY 111 ~PAt- iflklt to 27 MaliciouB L1jmy to Propeliv 152 to 189 Heceivingtolen Property b t) b

Decreases cOlUpared with 1897 are shown in -Arson frOID 10 to 7 Unlawfully using Cattle 47 to 32 Embezzlemeut from 69 to 48 False Pretences 145 to 123 Larceuy from the PerSOD 89 62 Sheepste[ling 52 to 43 Uillawful Possessiou 445 to 422 Unlawfully on Premises 146 to 131

226 01 llmiddotsG per cent of offences brough t to trial under tw~ Section were drunkenuess

OjJtnces against Curemiddotncy

4middot6 offeuces were reported being 28 per cent of offences uuder all Sectious compared with per cent i1 1897 and 24 per ceut ill 1896

39or 8478 per cent were brought to tri[l compared with 9459 per reut iu 1897 and 7428 cent in 1896 These were dispnsed of as Ullc1er-

Summarily Convicted Cantioued aud Discharged Committed for Trial

per cent 12middot50

8750

18D7

1143 per cent 3714middot 5143

1896

769 per cent 2308 6923

13

The offences brought to trial were disposed of as under -

Summarily Convicted Cautioned and Discharged Committed for Trial

1898

67middot13 per cent 3264 023

1897

6439 per cent 3552 009

1896

6496 per cent 3495 009

Of the summary convictions 8325 per cent were fined and 1675 per cent imprisoned etc compared reapectively with 7916 per cent 2084 per cent in 1897 and 79middot97 per cent 2003 per cent in 1896

Those summarily convicted were classed as-

1898 1897 1896 Australians 3649 per cent 2879 per cent 2847 per cent Americans 0 65 071 057 Africans 046 016 016 Asiatics 467 404 368 Europeans 4893 56 74 59-44 Aboriginal s 216 279 279 Females 664 677 489

5218 or 4409 per cent of offences under this section were attributable to dnlOkenness compared with 4859 per cent in 1897 and 4330 per cent in 1896

The notable increases compared with 1897 are -Deserting Wives and Families from 123 to 159 Gaming ]24 to 237 Offences against Hawkers Acts 30 to 73 Obscenity 577 to 622 Perjury 1 to 9 Offences against Revenue 158 to 192 Sunday Observance 11 to 23 Offences against Wines Beer and Spirit Sale Acts 262 to 281

Decreases compared with 1897 are shown in Cruelty to Animals 226 to ] 51 Merchant Sbamen Deserters 90 to 18 Disorderly ]908 to 1699 Drunkellliess 3720 to 3100 Furious Ridillg or Driving 65 to 42 Idle and Disorderly Persons 535 to 450 Lunacy 233 to 190 Smuggling 13 to 5 Vagrancy 235 to 191

COurts of Quarter Sessions

Offences committed for trial at Courts of Quarter Sessions amounted to 330 or ZZl pel cent of total offences iu all classes compared with 209 per cent in 1897 and Z05 per ceut in 1896

8848 per cent of these were tried compared with 88 88 per cent in 1897 and 9000 per cent in 1896 and convictions were secured in 5274 per cent compared with 6736 per cent ill 1897 and 7J 95 per cent in 1896

Of the 22 charges of murder 10 came to trial two were convicted and sentenced to death and two were found guilty of manslaughter Both condemIl~d men were Asiatics Their denth sentences were ~mmuted to penal servitude one for life the other for 10 years

The two found guilty of manslaughter received sentences of 10 years and five yenrs penal servitude respectively One offender was Asiatic the other an aboriginal

III-NATIONALITY OF OFFENDERS NUMBER OF PERSONS CHARGED DEGREE OF EDOCATION

PROFESSION OCCOPATION RELIGION AGE

Nationality of Offenders

The 14902 offences brought to trial were apportioned as under-

l89S 1897 lROFESSION VCCUPAlION nELIGION dGE

Nationality of Offenders

The 14902 offences brought to trial were apportioned as under-

1898 1897

Australians 3749 pel cent 3007 per cent Americans 074 079 Africans 038 019 Asiatics 500 421 Europeans 4653 5469 Aboriginals 4-23 417 Females 563 588

Number of Persons charged

IB96

lB96

2861 per cent 074 013 445

5762 4middot09 436

~2l68 persons were charged being 683 per cent of the total popUlation of the Colony compared with 723 per cent in 1897 and 759 per cent in 1896 _

Read and write Read only Neither read nor write

Degree of Education 1898

9029 per cent 012 959

1897

9007 per cent O O~

988

1896

8983 per cent 011

1006

Christian

Pagan Jewish M ahow medan Other

Professional Shopleeper Clerk Farmer

Artisan Publican

Labourer Miner

Domestic Other occupattons

No occupations

Under 14 years 14 to 20

20 to 40 40 and upwards

14

Religion

1898

90middot33 per cent 6middot82 0middot60 1middot68 057

1897

89middot 97 per cen t 726 0middot57 153 0middot67

Profession fInd Occupation

1898

0middot88 per cent 8middot04

338 143 8middot03 168

4313 14middot32

4middot22 12middot50 7middot39

1897

2middot09 per cent

299 2middot97 1middot32 6middot42 1middot25

46middot71 13middot13

358 12middot49 7middot05

Age of Offende1S

J8SS

1middot05 per cent 4middot20

6942 25middot33

1893

0middot44 per cent 2middot55

71-75 25middot26

1896

90middot89 per cent 7middot30 0middot14 1middot26

10middot06

1896

1middot08 per cent 2middot30 1middot87 1middot24 6middot15

1-70 49-17 18middot47

3middot39 8middot52 6middotll

1896

0middotS5 per cent 3middot64

65middot91 30middot10

IV-DRUNKENNESS OFFENCES ATTRIBUTABLE TO DRUNKENNESS VAGRANCY ETC

DlmiddotunkenneS8

3100 charges of drunkenness were preferred being] 9middot03 per cent of all offences and 1middot74 per cent of population compared respectively with 21middot45 per cent and 2middot29 per cent in 1897 and 24middot48 per cent and 2middot53 per cent in 1896

1630 or 52middot57 per cent were couvicted compared with 49middot52 per cent in 1(97 and 52middot28 per cent in 1896 The percentages of convictions are-

Australians Americans Africans

1898middot

24middot23 per cent 0middot37 0middot06

1897

19middot11 per cent 0middot33 0middot05

1896

17middot31 per cent 0middot33 0middot16

1630 or 52middot57 per cent were cOllvicted compared with 49middot52 per cent in 1(97 and 52middot28 per cent in 1896 The percentages of convictions are-

1898middot 1897 1896

Australians 24middot23 per cent 19middot11 per cent 17middot31 per cent Americans 0middot37 0middot33 0middot33 Africans 0middot06 0middot05 0middot16

Asiatics 049 0middot92 1middot70

Europeans 6411 71-77 72middot00

Aboriginals 2middot27 1middot63 340

Females 8middot47 6middot19 5middot10

Offences attributable to drunkenness-In addition to the 3100 offences of actual drunkenness 2686 offences in other sections are attributable to drunkenness making alcohol responsible for 38middot82 per cent of the whole of the offences brought to trial compared with 43middot07 per cent in 1897 and 37middot81 per cent in 1896

Va ranc

Christian

Pagan Jewish M ahow medan Other

Professional Shopleeper Clerk Farmer

Artisan Publican

Labourer Miner

Domestic Other occupattons

No occupations

Under 14 years 14 to 20

20 to 40 40 and upwards

14

Religion

1898

90middot33 per cent 6middot82 0middot60 1middot68 057

1897

89middot 97 per cen t 726 0middot57 153 0middot67

Profession fInd Occupation

1898

0middot88 per cent 8middot04

338 143 8middot03 168

4313 14middot32

4middot22 12middot50 7middot39

1897

2middot09 per cent

299 2middot97 1middot32 6middot42 1middot25

46middot71 13middot13

358 12middot49 7middot05

Age of Offende1S

J8SS

1middot05 per cent 4middot20

6942 25middot33

1893

0middot44 per cent 2middot55

71-75 25middot26

1896

90middot89 per cent 7middot30 0middot14 1middot26

10middot06

1896

1middot08 per cent 2middot30 1middot87 1middot24 6middot15

1-70 49-17 18middot47

3middot39 8middot52 6middotll

1896

0middotS5 per cent 3middot64

65middot91 30middot10

IV-DRUNKENNESS OFFENCES ATTRIBUTABLE TO DRUNKENNESS VAGRANCY ETC

DlmiddotunkenneS8

3100 charges of drunkenness were preferred being] 9middot03 per cent of all offences and 1middot74 per cent of population compared respectively with 21middot45 per cent and 2middot29 per cent in 1897 and 24middot48 per cent and 2middot53 per cent in 1896

1630 or 52middot57 per cent were couvicted compared with 49middot52 per cent in 1(97 and 52middot28 per cent in 1896 The percentages of convictions are-

Australians Americans Africans

1898middot

24middot23 per cent 0middot37 0middot06

1897

19middot11 per cent 0middot33 0middot05

1896

17middot31 per cent 0middot33 0middot16

1630 or 52middot57 per cent were cOllvicted compared with 49middot52 per cent in 1(97 and 52middot28 per cent in 1896 The percentages of convictions are-

1898middot 1897 1896

Australians 24middot23 per cent 19middot11 per cent 17middot31 per cent Americans 0middot37 0middot33 0middot33 Africans 0middot06 0middot05 0middot16

Asiatics 049 0middot92 1middot70

Europeans 6411 71-77 72middot00

Aboriginals 2middot27 1middot63 340

Females 8middot47 6middot19 5middot10

Offences attributable to drunkenness-In addition to the 3100 offences of actual drunkenness 2686 offences in other sections are attributable to drunkenness making alcohol responsible for 38middot82 per cent of the whole of the offences brought to trial compared with 43middot07 per cent in 1897 and 37middot81 per cent in 1896

Va ranc

15

The convictions were 51middot79 per rcnt compared with 57middot27 per cent in 1897 and 55middot13 per cent in The convicted were --

1amp16 1887 1896

Australians 31middot62 per cent 25middot39 pel cent 18middot62 per cent Americans 1middot50 1middot81 0middot30 Africans 0middot60 0middot60 Asiatics 5middot12 612 3middot60 Europeans 43middot98 4468 63middot36 Aboriginals 1middot21 2middot72 130 Females 15middot97 19middot28 13middot22

Dis01middotdemiddotZy Conduct

Included uncler this head are Abusive and Threatening Language Disorderly Conduct and Obscene Behaviour amounting in all to 2569 offences or 17middot24 per cent of offences in all clas~es oompared with 1771 per cent in 1897 aud 18middot82 per cent in 1896

The convictions averagmiddoted 82middot81 pel cent against 80middot72 per c(mt in 1897 and 81middot21 per cent in d896

V-BREACHES OF THE VINES BEER AND SPIRIT SALE ACTS-PENALTIES INFLICTED NUMBER OF

LICENSES ISSUED

Offences agcoinst the Wines Beemiddot and Spirit Sale Acts

281 offences were committed being 1middot88 per cent of offences in all classes coll1pared with 1middot79 per cent in 1897 and 1middot64 per cent in 1896

Fines amounting to pound2683 lOs were imposed compared with pound3464 18s Gd in 1897 and pound1562 2s in 1896

Convictions resulted in 64middot77 per cent of the cases compared with 70middot99 per cent in 1897 and 66middot05 per cent in 1896

Licenses issvgted

The following classes of lirenses were issued -1898 1897 18~6

Publicans General 418 412 318 Wayside House 145 145 160 Hotel 1 6 ]0 Wine and Beer 78 71 51 Colonial Wine 67 49 41 Railway Refreshment 3 4 4 Gallon 258 203 138 Spirit Merchant 77 73 38 Club ) 5 9 Packet 7 6 2

-rruclndes 27 Pmvisiounl Certiftcttes

Vr-MISCELLANEOUS

Convict Class

-rrUChldes 27 Pmvisiounl Certificlttes

VI-IVhsCELLANEOUS

Convict Class

463 offences were eommitted by the convict and ex-convict class being 3middot10 per cent of all offenclts compared with 3middot40 per cent in 1897 and 5middot14 per cent in 1896

The convictions were 290 or G2middot63 per cent of their offences compared with 66middot17 per cent in 1897 and 69middot02 per cent in 1896

The aggregate of offences does not show any improvement in this class Their princilla offence is against property

A borigines

607 offences were committed by aborigines being 4middot07 per cent of all offences compared with 4middot16 permiddot cent in 1897 and 4 09 per cent in 1896

Their average offeuces compared with their estimated population is 6middot07 per cent against 6middot43 per cent in 1897 and 5middot45 per cent in 1896

68middot70 per cent of their offences resulted in convictions compared with 68middot74 in 1897 and 67middot8~ per cent in 1896

16

The following are tbe principal offences committed by them for which they were brought to trial -

1898 1897 1896

Murder 11 23 11

attempt 2 3

(Shootlllg or Wounding 4 4 3

I Assault 1 l 0 Cattle-stealing 58 44 31 3

S I Horse-stealing 2 2 l Larceny Simple 28 27 37 c

0 in Dwelling middot27 7 17 t

ro from Person 2 a Sheep-stealing 26 42 7 a l Unlawful Possession 33 52 35 w

Drunkenness 37 30 62

VII-GENERAL SUMMARY

Au aualysis of last years crime sbows that 1828 has the lowest percentage of reported offencel since 1895 when the latter Lverage was the lowest since 1893 the year of the gold rush

The percentage of offences brought before magistrates compared with our population is still very high

There is no d(lta sufficiently recpnt from the Eastern colonies with which to compare our retlllll of offences brought before magistrates last year but in 1897 the percenhtges of such offences were -South Austmlia 163 New Zealand 182 Victori(l 210 New South Wales 425 Western Australia 953

The average number of offfmces to each police officer during the same period was -South Austrdia 1885 New Zealand 2640 Victoria 1753 New South Wales 2966 Western Australia 3907

The proportion of offenders to population has decreased and is the lowest since 1895 It is sincerely to be hoped that in this direction the past year is but the starting point of a series of more defined decreases

In the various classes of offences decreases are shown in offences against the person and in Miscellaneous Offences but in offences against Property and also Currency principally Larcenies Burglaries and Forgeries comparative increases are noted

Forgery continues on the increase Many of these offences are due to the easy facility with which blank cheque forms may be obtained by any oue at the banks public houses and many places of business

The average of convictions obtained is the highest since pltLrticularly so in offences against the Person Property and Currency an increase of 5 per cent in the number of offences brought to trial

1896 and is very satisfactory The credit is further added toby

The iucrease iu the average number of summary punishments by fine would indicate that generally the offeuces dealt with were of a lighter character than the preceding yeai

The average of convictions obtained is the highest since pltLrticularly so in offences against the Person Property and Currency an increase of 5 per cent in the number of offences brought to trial

1896 and is very satisfactory The credit is further added toby

The iucrease iu the average number of summary punishments by fine would indicate that generally the offeuces dealt with were of a lighter character than the preceding yeai

The number of Juvenile offenders is rapidly increasing In the two principal charges preferred against them -viz neglected or uncontrolled and larceny the former advanced from 43 to 77 and the latter from 26 to 76 The number of all charges increased from 170 to 258

Drunkenness in proportion to all other offences bas slightly decreased whilst the convictions reJatively have iucreased

The averlttge of charges of drunkenness preferred in the Australasian colonies in 1897 per thousand of population was -South Australia d 12 New Zellland 7286 Victoria 9317 New South W lttIes 1l433 Queensland 13422 Western Australia 22974

The slight decrease of 162 per cent in vagrancy is doubtless due to persistent police supervision exercised over this undesirable class

16

The following are tbe principal offences committed by them for which they were brought to trial -

1898 1897 1896

Murder 11 23 11

attempt 2 3

(Shootlllg or Wounding 4 4 3

I Assault 1 l 0 Cattle-stealing 58 44 31 3

S I Horse-stealing 2 2 l Larceny Simple 28 27 37 c

0 in Dwelling middot27 7 17 t

ro from Person 2 a Sheep-stealing 26 42 7 a l Unlawful Possession 33 52 35 w

Drunkenness 37 30 62

VII-GENERAL SUMMARY

Au aualysis of last years crime sbows that 1828 has the lowest percentage of reported offencel since 1895 when the latter Lverage was the lowest since 1893 the year of the gold rush

The percentage of offences brought before magistrates compared with our population is still very high

There is no d(lta sufficiently recpnt from the Eastern colonies with which to compare our retlllll of offences brought before magistrates last year but in 1897 the percenhtges of such offences were -South Austmlia 163 New Zealand 182 Victori(l 210 New South Wales 425 Western Australia 953

The average number of offfmces to each police officer during the same period was -South Austrdia 1885 New Zealand 2640 Victoria 1753 New South Wales 2966 Western Australia 3907

The proportion of offenders to population has decreased and is the lowest since 1895 It is sincerely to be hoped that in this direction the past year is but the starting point of a series of more defined decreases

In the various classes of offences decreases are shown in offences against the person and in Miscellaneous Offences but in offences against Property and also Currency principally Larcenies Burglaries and Forgeries comparative increases are noted

Forgery continues on the increase Many of these offences are due to the easy facility with which blank cheque forms may be obtained by any oue at the banks public houses and many places of business

The average of convictions obtained is the highest since pltLrticularly so in offences against the Person Property and Currency an increase of 5 per cent in the number of offences brought to trial

1896 and is very satisfactory The credit is further added toby

The iucrease iu the average number of summary punishments by fine would indicate that generally the offeuces dealt with were of a lighter character than the preceding yeai

The average of convictions obtained is the highest since pltLrticularly so in offences against the Person Property and Currency an increase of 5 per cent in the number of offences brought to trial

1896 and is very satisfactory The credit is further added toby

The iucrease iu the average number of summary punishments by fine would indicate that generally the offeuces dealt with were of a lighter character than the preceding yeai

The number of Juvenile offenders is rapidly increasing In the two principal charges preferred against them -viz neglected or uncontrolled and larceny the former advanced from 43 to 77 and the latter from 26 to 76 The number of all charges increased from 170 to 258

Drunkenness in proportion to all other offences bas slightly decreased whilst the convictions reJatively have iucreased

The averlttge of charges of drunkenness preferred in the Australasian colonies in 1897 per thousand of population was -South Australia d 12 New Zellland 7286 Victoria 9317 New South W lttIes 1l433 Queensland 13422 Western Australia 22974

The slight decrease of 162 per cent in vagrancy is doubtless due to persistent police supervision exercised over this undesirable class

17

The inquests reported amollnterl to 242 being 17 ill ex(ess or the previous ye1r The number tlmt were held upon fires remained tlw same

The migratory character of the populatiou its excessive proportion of lawbreakers and crimiuaJs addeii to the wide area the police are (middotalled upon to control offer serious obstacles to the prompt detection of offeuders Notwithstanding these difficulties the police su(ceedd iu obtaining an excellent average of convictions higher in fact ill 1897 than some of our Eastem neighbours

With due regard to these facts the work of the Police Force for the year 1898 will I trust he considered satisfactory

30th August 1899

GEO PHILLIPS

Commissioller of Police

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Do Co III Ulon 1 1iJ ~ I ~6 96 ~ 1 20 9 209 58 ) ~10 11 24( I 321 Ol I j 26 Do on Police FelUales and ~middot8 ~ 15 7J ~ 12 J 94middot i 50 1 ~9 7 30 196 ImiddotU 3

Boys

g~ ~~r~~ted I t I 21 I d I~ 1 II 1 l~ ~ ~ ig ~ I Bestiality iii III Coucealing Birth I I

~ld~~ttghtel 1 I I I ~ I~ 2~ 2~ 1 I ucest I I I 2 2 2

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Do 0 1 H orses Unlawftuly WOlludiug

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~ld~~ttghtel 1 I I I ~ I~ 2~ 2~ 1 I ucest I I I 2 2 2

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R~SClUg troUl Custody I 2 I 2 2 Z I -1 SIootlng 01 Wouudug ~tc I I I j 1 7 I 7 21 I 10 I Sodomy 01 Attempt to COUllUlt I I ~ I J j I 4 Slclcle Attelllpte ll i---I-_I __ _______ I ____ ~ _ _ i __ ----- 1--______ 1 _ _ ___ 1_ _ _ _ _ __ 1 _____ ~ _ _ () ___ _ I(j_I~_--

1 251101 50 247 i 9 1 1 17 432 1 188 10 1 vll 24 J14- 72101) 137( 1 N i- -I-- - - --middot-- --i- I-- i - - -----middot--I-AGAlN $T PnOPERlshy

Arson Btlgl~lY O HOllsebreaking Ca-W Stealing

Do 0 1 H orses Unlawftuly WOlludiug

Do or Horses Unbwfully Using

Eb~zzlelUent 1 False Pretences Highway ltobbery Horse Stea-ling La-rcany Simple

Do in Dwelling Do from Persoll Do PrrediAl

b-fnhcioufJ injulY to PLOPampLdegty ~oivinR St()en Ploporty

I 1 z I 2 1 l 7 - I

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I I 1 I 1 i I

22 I 1 I I 29 I gt J 0 I 7 143 20 109 28 16 30 I v 7 5 345 22 ltll 35 ) ~3 vI) 39 1~ 27 1 1 1 SY 1 91 i v 42 21 ltiO n9 I

Gi I 2 7 G6 I I 7 gt l l ~ 1 ~ I ~~ i l~ 1 ~ J~ i i I

17 1

- amppoundgt ~Vll J HJ l U-Y w rroperty Recei ving Stolen Property

S H t)lJigt SOOaling Unln wIUl Possession UnlRwfnlly pOll Premises

AGAINST CURRENCY-

COln CotUltGrfeit Uttering etc Forging or Utteriug

lrscELLANEOUs-Abnsive Threatening 0) Pro-

fane Langnage BasLumiddotdy Bothel Keeping Bnsh-fires Wilfllllv or lkgli-

Cattf~e~~~)~~~Si~g Con tempt of Comt Crown Lancls IlJeg1 Occu]Jashy

bon of Cruelty to AuilUals Deserting Vives Husblucls Or

Neglectiug ChilclJen De3ertelmiddots (Merchont SelHen) Disorderly Concinct DistiUtion Act Bmiddote1Ch of

Drunkenness Education Act Breach of linrions 01 Negligent Riding or

Driving I

middot58 I lii 1 10 l~~

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ltlZ2 12 3 51 318 2 2 I U 198 33 249 816 9 9 1083 98 678 I 196 1955 1805 150

- --- 11- - - 1--- - -- 1-- 1-- -- -- - - - ------ ---- ~-1 -1 -1 -

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151 159

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2-1 226

41

lGaming Hlwkers Act Breach of I Helth Act BreiCh of

bull rcUe nct Disorderly Persous LlllliCy Masters nd Servillts Act I

Breach of

2 13 63 15

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84 16 16

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360

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1203

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2 4 H 190 120

GO 63 7~

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111Uicipa1 By-h1ws BreiCh of Obscenity Pearl Fisheries Act Brelch of Perjl1ry 01 SlIborllation of Prison Breaking or Es~plng

fOlll Cnstocty Qnaliutille Act Breach of RAilway By-laws Ble1ltch of Registrfltion Biltll etc Neglpct

of Revelllle Offences lttgmiddotftinBot Scab or Contagions Diseases

Acts Brech of

337 225

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N 0 ]--middotCi-me RetII-~ for the yea edifl-g 3181 Decemue1 lS9S--colltillued

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OFFENCES o S E

U1

5 23

M--r-S-C-g-L-L-A-N-E- o- u--s---c-o-n-t-in-u-e--l-------------------------------------------------1- I I 1 11~ I t~~1~~selv~nce Ble~chr 4 1 1~ I Ii 1 2~ 1 2~ i 2~ TickeL-ofmiddotLeeveRnles Bleachof I l 1 6 7 3 2 12 12

Vamiddoto-raocy 4l 2 1 12 34

1

14 I 8 1121 112 40 38 191 I 190 1 Wie BePl etc Act Breuronch of 30 2 I 11 1 73 1 3 7 35 136 37 1 9 182 12 87 281 33 24S Other Offences 271 7 21 46 224 i 1 2 12 ) 41 457 148 8 613 73 288 20 994 378 6IG

~ 52 ------368 3659 5 ==I 3 228 t~~ 527 6614

1

1292 I 35 r--- 3 7945 --114 1750 - 27 11836 ~I 702-=--r--~ How DISPOSED OF- ~--I-~- -~-~~- I 1 1 Fined 2810 3 34 336 3406 3 2 133 38 420 7295 Impisoned 731~ 21 R 129

4 73~ ~ I 2 1 141 372 153 2297 I

BOllnd 0 e1 v 26 1 1 L 54 Penl Sevitude Whipping 7 ________ ___ 0_ ____________ 1 ___ 13 ______

1 __ _ _ _ ________ _ _ ____ ~

ca~~llmberorConViCtiOUS i 3 1 4 + 1 1 ---2 -----+ 14 ~ ~-- --middot~~- - - ---I-- ~1 9659 2236 ~----~---- ----- --I---Disch~lged 11038 18 6 134 1110 I 2 1 34 107 227 I 2677 C0mmitted for Txial 140 1 2 1 28 125 I I I I 9 IG 9 330

Total Number of Offeuces 1~1 -----u31 ------16751~1---1l-1---2---- --7-~ 607 ~ --- --------- - - --- 1--------- -1--- ~ 954515357

NOTE- 1 Also iucludeS)5 Vicl 17 S~C G6 ss 2 aocl~ 010 Sec 94 2 Also iucilldes )5 Viet 27 Sec 65 Ss 6 3 Sec 55 Viet 27 Sees 61 li6 Ss G lud Sec 86 Llso 5(1 Viet 10 Secs l 5 6 7 10 11 4 Also se 55 Viet 27 Sec 6S 88 123457 S 5 Includes Obsceue Iud Inueceul L~ICUJgC nllel Bebaviour iCC also 55 Viet 27 Sec G6 99 5 ~lUd 11 also 55 Viet 2~ Sec 1-1 6 Includes the Evdmg PiLyment of Reeune for Gun TJicenses Dog Liceuses BOlt Licenses Auctioneers Ol Pawnbrokersmiddot

Licenses Oyster ~l3hinf Liceuses Wild Cltle (Sllootiu~) Liceuses SnfeuroYOrs Licenses Stock Illll)ortatioogt Hnbonr or Vhnrfnmiddotse Iutenl11 Reveuue (Stamp Dllties) Defmudiu~ PostJgc

7 55 Viet 27 Sec 60 8 Sec 5S Viet 27 Sec 66 SS I 4 7 ~ 12 nlso Sec 67 ss 2 a1l0 3

N 0 ]--middotCi-me RetII-~ for the yea edifl-g 3181 Decemue1 lS9S--colltillued

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Vamiddoto-raocy 4l 2 1 12 34

1

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~ 52 ------368 3659 5 ==I 3 228 t~~ 527 6614

1

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4 73~ ~ I 2 1 141 372 153 2297 I

BOllnd 0 e1 v 26 1 1 L 54 Penl Sevitude Whipping 7 ________ ___ 0_ ____________ 1 ___ 13 ______

1 __ _ _ _ ________ _ _ ____ ~

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Total Number of Offeuces 1~1 -----u31 ------16751~1---1l-1---2---- --7-~ 607 ~ --- --------- - - --- 1--------- -1--- ~ 954515357

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Licenses Oyster ~l3hinf Liceuses Wild Cltle (Sllootiu~) Liceuses SnfeuroYOrs Licenses Stock Illll)ortatioogt Hnbonr or Vhnrfnmiddotse Iutenl11 Reveuue (Stamp Dllties) Defmudiu~ PostJgc

7 55 Viet 27 Sec 60 8 Sec 5S Viet 27 Sec 66 SS I 4 7 ~ 12 nlso Sec 67 ss 2 a1l0 3

No l-Cime Re17n fa he yeQ1 ending 31s1 December l8DS-coutinued

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43 4812 1 18 2 123 367 3S37 4891 38 144 214 93 I 423 82 16 756 208 543 Amplicnns 89 81 2 3 85 3 89 1 61 27 1 4 3 I 9 38 8 3 19 Africans 47 47 I 10 1 36 n 2 30 2 38 9 I I 20 2 7 17 ASIatiCS 622 601 I 51 13 85 2 535 70 315 172 li5 16 552 54 27 22 287 1 19 240 26 ElllOpeallS 65S )3~4 318 390 6011 6 _ 41 5)98 _ 2 5) 3 2 ~-8 3558 2450 li8 l~H 194 81 I 52~ 121 2833 976 24~ 592 23+ AbollglDJ1s J16 10D I 60 7 1 008 10 oOG I 3 0911-01 I 53 I I i 84 I 30 110 287

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Nllmbe of Ojjence$ reported 1Vhcthe brought to Trial 0 not

Totnl Donbtfnlor ROH(tflde reported fictitious c~es

1 ___ __ 1

~~- i 101 11

3IG51 339 i 282G

Against the Person

Aginst Ploperty

Tot)

46 i 10 I 12335 ___ 1_0_fl_i 12229

16amp13 I 55G I 16287

Against Currency 3G

lgt1iscellllu8o1S

22

No 2-Oose8 tried at Supreme Gour and CowLs of QlWrler Ses~i()Iu

AGAINSr PEltON shy

Abduction Abortion or Attempt to Procure Assault ilond Robb~ry

Do Common Do on Police Females and Boys Do Aggravated Do Indecent

Bestiality Conceling Bir th Incest iVfanslaughtel Murder

Do Attempt to Obstructing or Resistilll Police Poape or A ttelUpt to ReSCttiD~ from Custody Shooting or Wounding etc Sodomy or Attcmpt to Commit Suicide Attempted

AGAINST PROPERTYshyArson

Total

Burolary Ol Honsebreakin t )

Cn-ttle SteoJing Do or Horses Unlawfnlly Wounding Do do UnlawfnUy Using

Embezdement False Pretences HighwayRobbcry Horse Stealing Larceny Simple

Do in Dwelling-Do froll PersoD Do Pnedio)

Malicious Injury to Property ReceivlDg Stolen Property Sheep Stealing UulawfnJ Possession Unlawfully upon Preillise~

Total

A(yAIN8l CURl~ENCY-Coin Counterfeit Uttering etc FOlging or Uttering

Total IVlU -VULu ~ ~LCII) V lJ-Ct IU 01 I lJV

Foqling or Utt0riog

lflt)CELJhNIOU~ -shy

Other OtIenees

Total

Total

I 2

(j 2

1 1

3

4 2

3

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3

4-2

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3

5 2

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9 21

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19 2

15

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1 2]

2 11

2 7

5 I 1 I 12 I

15 I

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1 7 3 10 II I(

_ _ ____ ____ 1_ _1_1_ __~ 3 84 2 1 1 I I Sltl 41 5 1 91 I J 55 11

11 1 21 I 1 19 1 2 2t 1 I - ----1--- -- --- --4

2~ 1 2 1 12 2~ ~ 21 1 19 1 2 it i i

- - -~- --I- --- - -1 - - -W-1 i~-- 23- - 4 f7

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l lXlJlr i ~Ol1lt d u

DischMg~d un Pro btiun I I 7

Feual Servitude L 17 I 2 2 I 124 I -Death 2 lt- I

~I-UZ-- --[-----~ -~-r - I--i--~-~Il Tut] NWlIi)er lit CUllvi~tioll

Geuten~e Defenee1 JischMged Nolie JJO~Crli

UldJwflllly llsill 111raquo)-le [)et illilJ Lette ) AUlllJptin to Vrc(krr~ll C011pimc) rrOClliH~ Girl I -tJJ~ S bull LIt 1

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------- ---1---1-1----- i~ 11 24 I 16 10 I I

I I I 0 UTIIIa OnfCflt

TbltIfl-c rlill Ldtcr UrihclY Bi JIlll V DClll j ~l (li J l llfulteY 1j1J J1C 1liH~ 1

1

As-einst the Pero1-SodollJY ssul Insnltiog Langll~e

cgnimt PropertyshyPrecEal Larceny Simple do UnLfnl Possessioll Un]wfulh 011 Premie Tlespftss

IIIiscelIR11eons--Jellmiddot nnd Dis0lcled y Drunl Disorderly Gi v ing F~dse N ftn18 Stone Throillg-Br3Rch of By-lA-wS Alxcollcling froll Senice

Do do Orphanagmiddote Do do Inc1l1striEgt School

ieg-lect-ecl Yagrauts-UllcontrollA-ble Fl1rioll~ Riding Cllelt-y to A nimus B bull thing U llchessed Deserting Ship Phyillg 2-Up Pntting- Wood 0ll Reilwey Line

Totnb

No 3-Beun shoUJing the Numbe1 awl Natu1e of Jilvenile OFenders Western Austmlia 1898

i I I I I I I

I 33 1 I

i i 1

FEMALES (Age bull )

I~ r 16

I middotmiddot

A DOR](J[S (Ages)

10 III 12 I IS I JoI I I

I ~ 2 I I

10

Tot~ls

2 5 2

7 1

I I Ii I I 2 4 1 2~ 1 2 ~

i 1 2 1 I I 7

1 3 I 3 4 ( I 3 2 3 ~ I ~ ~ G Ii I 4- G 21 2 j i g bullbull 1

1

i I 1j 2 11 11 I I 11

1 ~ I I 1 1 I i I I I 2

I I i 1 1 1 I i i i 1 I i i i i -31-3 -4-I13-7-121121~11725~i37P3i-4 1-G -2 -31- 1 2 1-1 -] 2 --1 - 1 1-- -4- -4 -G 258-

l~ CJ)

21

No 4-Comparalive Table

Number b()Uliht toTrilll SUWllIllY CouvictiollS

Ollences

18V7 1897 1898 I I UClmiddoten~e Decrense

--------------- ----------~--~---

Abduction Abortion Ass)]t Hud Robbery

Dcgt Common Do on Police Do Aggrnvated Do Incl[cut

BeoGiality C0)1l8ling Birth (nceoG MansJaugh tel lInrder

Do Attempt ObstnlCting Police lape Rescnin flOlll Custody Shr)otingl etc Sodomy Suicide Attempt

Arson BnlglltY etc Cgt1tLie Stenling

Do UlllnwfuUy vVoundiog ])0 clo Using

Eubezdelllent Pals Pret~n(ps Highwy Robbery H(rs () Stdill Lolmiddotceny ~

Do in DlVel1in~ Do from Person Do PrfeliaJ

hliei0n~ Injmy to Property Rec(~iviog Sheep-stealing UnLwfnl Pose5ion Unlawfully on PIclllises

Coin Coun terfeit FOlgery I etc

Algtusive LingW)ge IJaoLmiddotrdy Brothel-keeping Bush-fhes etc CottJe StlBying Contompt of Court Crown Lfll1c1s Clllelty to Anill1raquols Desertjngmiddot Wives etc Deselmiddottion (seamen) Disorderly J)istillation Act Drunk J~d ucatiol Act luious idingshyGilmiuQ Hwke~middot s Ac~ Heflth Act Idlc nnc Disorderly Lunney Masters flnd Serolt1ub

l~k~~s A~~ Heflth Act Idlc nnc Disorderly Lunoey Masters ond Serolt1ut llgtIunieipa] Bymiddotlaw8 () pi I

PERSON

3

W 0 5~[) 017 1G8 I an

11 j()

9 11 1

3 I

4

2~

5 3

272 138

270 159

] J

21 11

1

1 ~ 14 R () I 35 ~2 13 I

7 10 1 I ~14middot 104 20 180 177

2 -3

2~ I 4 ~~ ~ I 0 I O~ __ 5_middot _I ____ G ___ deg_deg_1_1 __ 6 __ 3_1 __ -_ 3__1===8=

~I s I 1 30 i I ---- --I PROlSRTY

7 1-8 59

4 7

3

1 15 21 22

1 3

44middot o

1S 21 25

Z 4

G8 2

~1

10 U

1 1

14

4 8 f 1 1 520 583 li3 161 H5 Sj 1 16U 25 tiD 1)1 II

4 4

11 3

80 02 27H 14 to 21 17 0 17 8 S

152 lWJ 37 111 140 28

o ~ z I 1 1 32 rj [) 4middot2 26 16 115 422 23 271 270 I 146 1)1 I 15 75 G5 10

--liHl ~5r~I--l- --l-OW i--1OS- Hl as

- middot-1 I 1~ i ---- middot-[- middot-1------

249 17

I)

305 11

14-1 22( 12~

90 190tj

7 l720

2151 65

124 30 63

53 233

]OG0

30 63

53 233

]OG0 702

- - I -_ CURRENCY

MISCELLANEOUS

2Ui 18 G

10 H7

J5 251 151 158

Hi JG)gt

2 1100

2J) 42

ll7 7)

RI ltISO 1gt10

1~Ol

7)

RI 400 1gt10

1201 71)2

1 1 7

4middot ]07

75

72 109

5 G2D

29 23

122

7 no J7G 68 38

]578 6

1~42 192 06 93 29 52

307 7Z

004middot

29 52

307 72

004middot 539 - i

lH 22 9 2 4 1

11 (j

234 10 3

195 80 114 tl4 Hi

9 140

1(j3u 1410

29 201 1O~

59 30 G2 10

220 64

822 218

59 30 G2 10

220 64

822 218 GIl 72

52

G2

29 174

6 212

44 27

87 8

87 8

21

No 4-Comparalive Table

Number b()Uliht toTrilll SUWllIllY CouvictiollS

Ollences

18V7 1897 1898 I I UClmiddoten~e Decrense

--------------- ----------~--~---

Abduction Abortion Ass)]t Hud Robbery

Dcgt Common Do on Police Do Aggrnvated Do Incl[cut

BeoGiality C0)1l8ling Birth (nceoG MansJaugh tel lInrder

Do Attempt ObstnlCting Police lape Rescnin flOlll Custody Shr)otingl etc Sodomy Suicide Attempt

Arson BnlglltY etc Cgt1tLie Stenling

Do UlllnwfuUy vVoundiog ])0 clo Using

Eubezdelllent Pals Pret~n(ps Highwy Robbery H(rs () Stdill Lolmiddotceny ~

Do in DlVel1in~ Do from Person Do PrfeliaJ

hliei0n~ Injmy to Property Rec(~iviog Sheep-stealing UnLwfnl Pose5ion Unlawfully on PIclllises

Coin Coun terfeit FOlgery I etc

Algtusive LingW)ge IJaoLmiddotrdy Brothel-keeping Bush-fhes etc CottJe StlBying Contompt of Court Crown Lfll1c1s Clllelty to Anill1raquols Desertjngmiddot Wives etc Deselmiddottion (seamen) Disorderly J)istillation Act Drunk J~d ucatiol Act luious idingshyGilmiuQ Hwke~middot s Ac~ Heflth Act Idlc nnc Disorderly Lunney Masters flnd Serolt1ub

l~k~~s A~~ Heflth Act Idlc nnc Disorderly Lunoey Masters ond Serolt1ut llgtIunieipa] Bymiddotlaw8 () pi I

PERSON

3

W 0 5~[) 017 1G8 I an

11 j()

9 11 1

3 I

4

2~

5 3

272 138

270 159

] J

21 11

1

1 ~ 14 R () I 35 ~2 13 I

7 10 1 I ~14middot 104 20 180 177

2 -3

2~ I 4 ~~ ~ I 0 I O~ __ 5_middot _I ____ G ___ deg_deg_1_1 __ 6 __ 3_1 __ -_ 3__1===8=

~I s I 1 30 i I ---- --I PROlSRTY

7 1-8 59

4 7

3

1 15 21 22

1 3

44middot o

1S 21 25

Z 4

G8 2

~1

10 U

1 1

14

4 8 f 1 1 520 583 li3 161 H5 Sj 1 16U 25 tiD 1)1 II

4 4

11 3

80 02 27H 14 to 21 17 0 17 8 S

152 lWJ 37 111 140 28

o ~ z I 1 1 32 rj [) 4middot2 26 16 115 422 23 271 270 I 146 1)1 I 15 75 G5 10

--liHl ~5r~I--l- --l-OW i--1OS- Hl as

- middot-1 I 1~ i ---- middot-[- middot-1------

249 17

I)

305 11

14-1 22( 12~

90 190tj

7 l720

2151 65

124 30 63

53 233

]OG0

30 63

53 233

]OG0 702

- - I -_ CURRENCY

MISCELLANEOUS

2Ui 18 G

10 H7

J5 251 151 158

Hi JG)gt

2 1100

2J) 42

ll7 7)

RI ltISO 1gt10

1~Ol

7)

RI 400 1gt10

1201 71)2

1 1 7

4middot ]07

75

72 109

5 G2D

29 23

122

7 no J7G 68 38

]578 6

1~42 192 06 93 29 52

307 7Z

004middot

29 52

307 72

004middot 539 - i

lH 22 9 2 4 1

11 (j

234 10 3

195 80 114 tl4 Hi

9 140

1(j3u 1410

29 201 1O~

59 30 G2 10

220 64

822 218

59 30 G2 10

220 64

822 218 GIl 72

52

G2

29 174

6 212

44 27

87 8

87 8

Perjury Prison Breaking Quamprantine Railway By-hws Registration Births etc Revenue Scab Act Smugglingmiddot sectundiy Observance TL Rules Vagrancy Wine and Beer Act Other Offences

Totnl

25

No 4-CIYT1~pamtive Table-continued

1 83

103 6

ilIISCELLANEous-ccmlinucd

9 89

13 6 72 72

169 6H 81 IS+ 3 3 ~ 3

158 192 3+ 137 IG9 9 8 7 ~

13 5 S 12 3

3 1

22 1

11 23 12 10 2~ 12 13 12 1jmiddot 7 3

235 191 I 44 134 112 22 262 281 i 19 186 182 4

1~ -i~~----r21 7 7 7l9-7~----middot-MOI - -------

15433 1 H902 I 959middot 1490 I 9584 9G50 898 823

- --1-----1middot 531 1--- middotmiddotmiddot-1-middotmiddot -r-~--

No 5-0ffences attributable to Dunkenness f01middot the yem 1898

Ollences

aOAINS1 PElltSON-

Ass~ult and Robbery Do Common Do on Police Females nnd Roys Do Agmiddotgravated Do Indecen t

Manslaughter Obstructing or Resisting Police Shooting or Wounding Suicide Attempted

Total against Person

AOAINST PROPEliYshy

ArSon Bnrglnry or Housebreaking Embezzlement False Pretences Larceny Simple

Do in Dwelling Do from Person Do Prredial

I No I

3 H0 40

I 1 2

13G 6 7

1-middot-342

2 2 1 1middot

76 2 1 I

Otfeucti

AGAIN~T PROPER~middotY (continucd)shyliIaJiciol1s Inilllmiddoty to Property Unlawful Possession Unhtwfully on Premises

Tolal against Property

MHiCEILANEOU8--middot

Abu~i ve Thlentening 01 Profane Lannugc Cruelty to dnilUals Deserting Wives Husbonds or Neglectlngmiddot

Chiluren Disorderly Conduct Fluions 01 Ne(YliOent 1idinmiddot or Driving Idle and Disol~e~ly ~ Lunacy Obscenity Vagrancy Wine Beer etc Act Breach of Other Offences

Total Miscellaueous

Gllnd lotal

No o-Reivrn of Inquesls 1ep01middotted dwmiddoting the Jen ending Jisl Decemvemiddot 1898

Verdict

~ml)e~llemenll

False Pretences Larceny Simple

Do in Dwelling Do from Person Do Prredial

Free nfeu Felllaies II Abor~giutLl tOllVi~ts ItUltl Total Prollemiddott Notlves Expllees Persous I 1 Y

I 1 YV] e beer ere Ace -Oleacn or 1middot Other Offences

76 2 Total Miscellaueous 1 I Gllnd lotal

TOtampl Illquests

No o-Reivrn of Inquesls 1ep01middotted dwmiddoting the Jen ending Jisl Decemvemiddot 1898

Verdict Free Meu I

Felllaies AborigiutLl ICOuvicts ~ultl Total PrOllerty TOtampl

Notives Expilees I Persous Illquests 1 ------

Murder 4 I 9 )

Manslaughter 2 2 ]

By Violence I 1 2 2 Suicide 5 0 5 Suicide while Insane 18 3 21 21 Excessive Drinking 6 2 S 0 Exposnre 2 2 ]

Found Drowned 4 5 Found Ded 15 Hi Hi By Poison (Acciden tal) U 2 S S ACCidentally Drowned 10 + 14 14

No

(i(i t 17

116 1

12

1223 (i

~)U ~

Iv

14 l~

11 101

2ll8

2686

I u

~ 2ll8

2686

AG-ilS1 PErS0llshy

AI)JtKti0lC Al)oltion or Ad0Wpt to PrlJ(l re Asscult 11lt1 Rl))br

Do Comlllon Do 011 P0lice fJ)JI~5 i1nd

Bos As~ ni t~ AggliL yamiddotel

Do rldl(~ Bestidity COllc(gtlin~middot Bit ~ Iucest HansLn~htel IVInder -

Du A tteulj)t to Obstrncbllg 01 Re~isting Pci(t Rape or A ttell)t to R($~tung flOlll Custody Shooting or ~r onndin~middot tc SOl1omy 01 lttempt to C0llit Suicide A tterupted

Al-l1lS PfL)pl~~rmiddot AliOll

BUlghuy ot HOlsebl8tkiEg Cattle Steillill Cattle or H0~se~ uniflwfnllv

W Olulc1in o Cnttle or H~rses Unh1hdly

Using Em1)8ZZ lcole n t

1 False Pretencegt Highwfty Ronigtery Hone Ste(liug LRrcenr Simple

Do in Dwelling Do froll FO301

~o 7 -Cime Re1I1 fo the half-yea en(ling 30th J1me 1899

CONVICTS ND EXCo(_v_I_cr--S_ __ I _ _ O_T_H--E__ ______ ----__ ----------H~O_w__D_I-Y_=O_=S=-ED~O-F~ ____ -----_ _ -----_ _

I oj ~ =

FZtEE MEN -----

- ~

~1 ~ ~ ] ~ EBr ~~ yen t ]~ I g ~ ~ ~ ~ ~i Jl 4 3 sect pound I ~ 5 ~ S g 8 ] ~ ~ ~ i8 ~ ~ c

__ ~ __ lt_- _ ____lt_--+-___ ____a _ ___--~----lt-__-r-__~~-------L--(l-+_P-lt_--- _ _ -+__~_o_-_- __ _----+ -()

6)

30 47 17

20 2

45 27

I i I 1

I

05 43 I 2 44 I I I I i I

i I II

5 i l I I i i

3 2

7 2

101 3

7G

24 23

21

3 1

2

3 1- 1-

1_ 1_ -1-1---1-- - 1- - 1- ---I 157 l07 I ~ 1 1 24 120 2 I ___ __ 5_ IS 10 21~ -I--j- - 1- 1- - - - - -1- I 1--1- -1--1--1--1-

j I I i

7 )

4

5G 2 )

5

8

16 2

2

lt1

33 1 4

3

1l 1 1

II 12

4

14

5 12

lOtgt 25

9

4

10 1

2

127 57

3

96

3

290

1 1

14 1

101

9 1 13

I

1 3

II

IG

2 3

H 16

2 1

II

4

l39

1 G 5

5

5 16

1 4

5 5 2

17 2

8 1G

Do P=d~ i

52 11

4 3

18 ilalicious Injluy to Property I Recei -ing Sooien Property Sho o p Stpn1ill g

36 G G

)

7 2~2

7G

5 2 1

(j

K 2

113 2

7 1 9

4()

3 24 21

1

15

22 16

3 G~ I 158 G2 14

5 2 1

1 (j

S 2

lOS 10 2

I 1 1 )

287 lS3

3 24 21

12 3

22 32 14

18 1

gtJle~p Stealing- ~ r -J

V I CbI

I - 31 v J

I I - I 1

i I r I j 57

~ I J I --- 10 j 2 l i - _ I

J 45

-

AG-ilS1 PErS0llshy

AI)JtKti0lC Al)oltion or Ad0Wpt to PrlJ(l re Asscult 11lt1 Rl))br

Do Comlllon Do 011 P0lice fJ)JI~5 i1nd

Bos As~ ni t~ AggliL yamiddotel

Do rldl(~ Bestidity COllc(gtlin~middot Bit ~ Iucest HansLn~htel IVInder -

Du A tteulj)t to Obstrncbllg 01 Re~isting Pci(t Rape or A ttell)t to R($~tung flOlll Custody Shooting or ~r onndin~middot tc SOl1omy 01 lttempt to C0llit Suicide A tterupted

Al-l1lS PfL)pl~~rmiddot AliOll

BUlghuy ot HOlsebl8tkiEg Cattle Steillill Cattle or H0~se~ uniflwfnllv

W Olulc1in o Cnttle or H~rses Unh1hdly

Using Em1)8ZZ lcole n t

1 False Pretencegt Highwfty Ronigtery Hone Ste(liug LRrcenr Simple

Do in Dwelling Do froll FO301

~o 7 -Cime Re1I1 fo the half-yea en(ling 30th J1me 1899

CONVICTS ND EXCo(_v_I_cr--S_ __ I _ _ O_T_H--E__ ______ ----__ ----------H~O_w__D_I-Y_=O_=S=-ED~O-F~ ____ -----_ _ -----_ _

I oj ~ =

FZtEE MEN -----

- ~

~1 ~ ~ ] ~ EBr ~~ yen t ]~ I g ~ ~ ~ ~ ~i Jl 4 3 sect pound I ~ 5 ~ S g 8 ] ~ ~ ~ i8 ~ ~ c

__ ~ __ lt_- _ ____lt_--+-___ ____a _ ___--~----lt-__-r-__~~-------L--(l-+_P-lt_--- _ _ -+__~_o_-_- __ _----+ -()

6)

30 47 17

20 2

45 27

I i I 1

I

05 43 I 2 44 I I I I i I

i I II

5 i l I I i i

3 2

7 2

101 3

7G

24 23

21

3 1

2

3 1- 1-

1_ 1_ -1-1---1-- - 1- - 1- ---I 157 l07 I ~ 1 1 24 120 2 I ___ __ 5_ IS 10 21~ -I--j- - 1- 1- - - - - -1- I 1--1- -1--1--1--1-

j I I i

7 )

4

5G 2 )

5

8

16 2

2

lt1

33 1 4

3

1l 1 1

II 12

4

14

5 12

lOtgt 25

9

4

10 1

2

127 57

3

96

3

290

1 1

14 1

101

9 1 13

I

1 3

II

IG

2 3

H 16

2 1

II

4

l39

1 G 5

5

5 16

1 4

5 5 2

17 2

8 1G

Do P=d~ i

52 11

4 3

18 ilalicious Injluy to Property I Recei -ing Sooien Property Sho o p Stpn1ill g

36 G G

)

7 2~2

7G

5 2 1

(j

K 2

113 2

7 1 9

4()

3 24 21

1

15

22 16

3 G~ I 158 G2 14

5 2 1

1 (j

S 2

lOS 10 2

I 1 1 )

287 lS3

3 24 21

12 3

22 32 14

18 1

gtJle~p Stealing- ~ r -J

V I CbI

I - 31 v J

I I - I 1

i I r I j 57

~ I J I --- 10 j 2 l i - _ I

J 45

-

gtJle~p Stealing- ~ r -J

V I CbI

I - 31 v J

I I - I 1

i I r I j 57

~ I J I --- 10 j 2 l i - _ I

J 45

-

No 7- -Crime Retrn 01 the Iwlf-yem weiliff 30th Jnne 1899- -colltillU~d

-~-~---- - ----------------------------------------------------------------FnEt ])1l1 COiICTS NO EXCONVICTS Onuns How DISPOSED OF 1

-- --~~-~------- I----~ 0

I ~~ - I

1 ~

~ -d ~ CI Q I Ul s -d I ~ ]t E -g ~ ig ~

I 0 ~~ I

0

~ (f)

zgt ~ ~- - 0 gt - c 0

1 3 i ~

] ~ J~ R ~ ~~ I i o() 5 1 E E sect 0 i5 lt5 ~o laquo0 () eli I

~ ~

--~----~--~----~--~--_ _ --~--I ____ ~ __ ~ __ ~

~ I 0 0

~ Q

~ 0

$ ~ ~

I ~ 1 ~ 9

I -~ -lt ~ -lt

Sunclay Observmce Brcfch of I 12 12 1 i 13 5 13 rvrISCELLANEOJs-contid I I I i ----1---1- I 1 I Ticket--of-Le~veRlles Brerchof I I I _ 1 I 2 I 1 4 k

Vagraucy 19 I 17 1 2 20 -- 81 3 I 3 54 - - 5~ 15 9 76 71 I Wine Beer etc Act Blcgt-ch of I 7 gtlaquol I 2 6 53 I r I 23 121 61 2 129 2 68 I -- 199 13 186 OtheOff~nccs 1_4~I~i __ l_ ~2 137 plusmn _____ 1_~~~~--8----~~~ 159

1 __ 2_ 594_ 193 401

11022 16)9 23 1 2 l6l IoH)~ ~_ __ - I I 95 94_~ 3170 ~1~ _____ 2_ 3320 953 655_

Ii_ 3 5_631_ 290~_27J0

Totnl 1328 ~- - ~ ---- -- - -- --H~~U~lSPOSEIJ OF- i-- 1fi04 -2-1---4-1 145 1417 ---1- ---_ - _ I 1 52 20---- 3502 --1- ----------- - - - --_ -r-~ ----------

Imprisoned 328 9 1 I 7) 30G 5 - 69 153 I 843 1027 B d gt9 91 18 I QUD QVC __ _ bull middot1

~~~P~~~middotitl1(e bullbullbull 17 I I - 1 - -

Total NlIlllbemiddot of Con~ictions j-----j 1958 --3--Cal1tioo~c1 1

1-----1 3(H ----G- 1 1 30 1 4-67 - 5G 22 1 61 1007 _ Dischagpu 570 ~ 1 5~ 506 I I 20 1 39 91 - 1290 - Committed for Trial 38 2 I (j 55 3 4 4 I I 112

Total NUll1belof Offeuces 1------I2930~-middot-7-r3i5~--7-1--I----l----oOr239r~- ~ -1-----------1---- -------1 6991 3951

Nutc-l Abo incilldes 55 Yjet 27 Sec GG 5S 2 ~n(l ~ rdso Sec 9 2 Also iucludes 55 Vct 27 Sec 65 5S 6 3 Su 55 Viet Zl Sees 61 66 35 6 )ucl Sec 8G I~o S6 Viltt 10 Sees k 5 G 7 10 U AIio jcc55 Viet V Sec G5 5S 1~ Z 45 7 S 5 IuclHle Obsceue ucl Iuueccut Llc~ase lUU BeujdOlumiddot crt llso 5S Viet 27 ~ec 6G 6 S 5 ua 11 i LlsoS5 Viet 24 Sec H G Iuclucies the E(lill~ PyUl(Ot ot Reveune (or Gun Liceuses Do Lilteuses Bool Lilteuscs Auctloueers Ot PowlbrokEr

~~~~~~e~~~~~~JjR~~~~i1S~~i) ~l~t(~C~ttrl~Sl~di~~~n~s~~cuses SU1CYOs Liltenses Stock Iwporliou Bnd)Our 01

7 55 Viet 27 Sec 60 B Sec 5S Vlct n Sec 66 55 1~ 7912 so Sec 67 9S 2 lu13

3040

No 7-C-ime Retun fo the hO-if-yea ending 30th June 1899--coutiuued

1 I ~ EDUCATIO~ RELJ(iIOJ AGpound OCCUPATION

NUJDER Of PERSONS CH6Rcpoundn ~ I ~ ---~-~- -----~-I-C-~- I--~~middot--I ---- --~---i- ---- --

c

-i----g---- -~-middot ----t-~-middot - --l---I--~--------~- ---a- ----~---- ~---I--~--~--I-~- --~-~--

~ g ~ j I ~ I 5 I l ] ~ g ~~ ~ i ~ J ~ l ~ ~ j ~ il ~ ~ ~ _________ _______ ~_---~Q--------~-~----~--------___----~-~--~c---~----~--~----~--__ ~~ __ ~ ____ ~_G ~ ____ ~ __ ~___--~--~I----~---~~--~---

2514 2320 I 4 i 190 i 2496 1S 125041 1 I 8 I 1 83 lSl 1930 320 21 77 107 62 161 69 109S 27deg2 1 112 368 169 Australians

Americans Africans Asiatics Europeans Aboriginals

Total

2~ 2~ 2 i 2~ 2~ S 2~ I 8 1 i 2 11 1 ~ 1

265 260 1 1 4middot i 46 210 5 126 I 4S 46 19 195

1

51 16 2 10 88 I 5 131 13 2535 2203 I 142 190 12515 I 20 2516 19 3 11 1352 1]19 40 122 50 21) 167 90 1101 372 123 324 121

223 205 18 I 7 1 216 SI 215 2 21 171 29 36]] I 53 123

----m -o2~~~T~I5092I--I--rn-V02 ~------I~ ~r---ss 232 3GU~ (i21~157 89 ~ 1Gl1~ 644i--u2I-ss--rn

Nwnb el of Oljences epOled whethe brought to Tmiddotial 0 not

Ag-aillst the Person

Against Property

Against Cuneucy

MiscltgtIla lleolls

Total

1 Totnl I xepOl1ed

Doubtful or I Bona fide ficlitious cnses

51-3 27 I 5]6

] 423 133 1290

I 25 i 2 I 23

I 57S0 33 i 5747

1711---195j75

z r ~ I J

c 1 L

Slltion

Geraldton Northamptoll CT1eenough Dongnla l1ingellcw Gullewa Mullewa Crnarvon Sharks Bay Mt Witteuoom Mt GOllld Junction Thomas Rothsay Onslow Mt Mortimer

Albany Mt Barker Esperance KatanllingshyWagin ICoiouliP Broome Hill WilliiIllS

NorthR[n Ncwcstle YOlk Bev3rle l South em ernlaquo

Guildforc1 Micllitnd Tunetion Gingin lInndaing Moor

Menzies Niagara Mount Margaret Yerilla Mount ilialcolm Leonora

ICalgoorlie Kanowna

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