INTOXICATING LIQUORS-ENGLAND AND WALES.

No. 59.-LICENSED PREMISES, REGISTERED CLUBS, and CONVICTIONS

for

DRUNKENNESS.

(Compiled from the Licensing Statistics for England and Wales.)

1911

YEARS.

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

Number.

1924

1925

On payment of
Compensation.

977

846

842

814

573

383

352

398

496

526

506

438

386

486

427

Premises Closed.

Amount
Paid.

£

907,939

809,524

810,537

813,535

636,382

409,928

424,467

495,646

635,654

731,443

807,676

781,700

734,130

869,469

720,970

Otherwise.

51,203

53,112

54,552

55,651

55,714

55,657

55,699

55,860

56,166

56,567

56,914

56,832

56,845

56,915

57,043

962

640

621

539

450

546

571

423

292

401

435

379

350

352

(b) 415

(a) Excluding Off-licences granted to existing licensed premises.
(b) Estimate only-subject to correction,

New
Licences
Granted.

(a)

5,654

5 831

241

193

160

143

61

55

48

30

92

191

209

5,859

5,921

5,952

5,953

5,953

5,953

6,124

6,532

6,544

6,530

6,523

6,528

6,552

232

281

267

299

Registered
Clubs

(on 1st January).

7,912

8,209

8,457

8,738

8,902

8,520

8,167

7,972

8,049

8,994

9,924

10,663

11,126

11,471

11,780

11,865

11,819

11,844

11,490

10,958

10,887

10,816

10,818

10,754

11,630

No. 60.-AUTHORISED STRENGTH of the POLICE FORCE.

Number in
England and
Wales
on 29th Sept.

Authorised
Number in
Scotland
on 31st Dec.

Number in
Ireland
on 31st March.

CONVICTIONS FOR DRUNKENNESS.

Cannot be

stated.

NOTE-For expenditure by Local Authorities on Police and Police Stations see Table No. 112
pp. 164-171.

32,578

34,750

35,765

37,311

33,211

21,245

12,307

7,222

11,183

15,246 1

12.892

13,094

13,244

12,943

12,234

POLICE.

CIVIL COURTS-ENGLAND AND WALES AND SCOTLAND.

No. 61.-PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED in CIVIL COURTS in
ENGLAND and WALES.

[Compiled from the Annual Returns of Civil Judicial Statistics (England and Wales).]

(a) Inclusive of Bankruptcy and Companies Winding Up Proceedings, but exclusive of certain proceedings commenced in the High Court. Proceedings in the City of London Courts included for years 1911 to 1920 inclusive.

No. 62.-PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED in CIVIL COURTS in

SCOTLAND.

[Compiled from the Annual Returns of Civil Judicial Statistics (Scotland).]

[Compiled from the Judicial Statistics for each Division of the United Kingdom.]

NUMBER OF PERSONS FOR TRIAL.

YEARS.

1911 1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

I 1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1911 1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

CRIME-SUPERIOR COURTS.

No. 63.-NUMBER OF CRIMINAL OFFENDERS for TRIAL,
CONVICTED, AND ACQUITTED.

1921

1922 (h)

1923 (h) 1924 (h) 1925 (h)

1,215

1,336

1,186

1,129

906

911

823

583

986

1,363

1,605

1,504

1,234

1,012

1,061

Females.

1,804

1,823

1,961

1,698

1,435

1,186

1,122

918

1,242

1,199

1,389

1,305

1,124

870

804

1,009

1,088

1.137

670

989

922

758

758

703

727

186

197

172

163

189

174

174

197

308

187

220

270

181

146

134

310

286

277

272

Total.

282

237

292

12,951
13,286(d)

12,511(e)

10,800(c)

6,010

IN SCOTLAND at the HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY AND SHERIFF COURTS
(after full Committal).(b)

263

237

5,011

5,586

5,904

7.883

9,130

8,934(d)

8,435(ƒ)

8,126

7,845

8,139

1.401

1,533

1,358

1,292

1,095

1,085

997

780

1,294

1,550

1,825

2,114

2,109

2,238

1,970

1,717

1,423

1.414

1,181

1,479

Information not available.

1,774

1,415

1.188

1,195

CONVICTED.

10,646

10,931

10,165

8,668

4,677

84

751

Information not available.

3,878

4,384

4,694

6.192

7,225

7,152

6,784

6,541

6,379

6,639

IN IRELAND AT ASSIZES, DUBLIN COMMISSION, AND QUARTER SESSIONS.

1,121

1,189

1,056

1,012

822

874

826

630

1,018

1,231

1,386

1,413

1,170

981

952

1,496

1,443

1,483

ACQUITTED, (a) exclusive of Persons found and detained as Insane.

1,410

1,084

920

918

737

948

2,242

2,291

2,287

494

(a) Persons discharged without Trial are included with those Acquitted.

(b) For Scotland the number of persons convicted is exclusive of those outlawed, and also in cases where bail was forfeited for non-appearance.

(e) Including one corporate body indicted for false trade description.

(d) Including one corporate body indicted for nuisance.

(e) Including two corporate bodies indicted for false trade description.

(f) Including two corporate bodies indicted for keeping disorderly house and one for bribery. (9) Including postponed cases, numbering 27 in 1911, 35 in 1912, 44 in 1913, 7 in 1914, 30 in 1915, 43 in 1916, 44 in 1917, 18 in 1918, and 77 in 1919.

(h) Northern Ireland only.

CRIME-COURTS OF SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

No. 64.--NUMBER of PERSONS APPREHENDED OF SUMMONED, (b) with
INDICTABLE and NON-

(a) Inclusive of the number of persons "discharged," but who were not tried.

(b) The figures for Scotland represent the number of persons "proceeded against" and in the case of

indictable offences are exclusive of the number "Committed for trial.'

CRIME-COURTS OF SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

RESULT of PROCEEDINGS in COURTS of SUMMARY JURISDICTION, distinguishing INDICTABLE OFFENCES.

for each Division of the United Kingdom.]

YEARS.

1911 1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

1921

1922(d)

1923(d)

1924(d)

1925(d).

Males.

NUMBER of PERSONS APPREHENDed
or SUMMONED.

540,247

566,240

580,112

535,821

495,894

537,266

406,211

315,678

436,614

537,746

451,348

458,190

479,993

515,674

538,917

(b)

102,448

106,822

117,720

112,493

92,453

83,601

66.037

49,778

67,542

101,185

74,223

70,238

71,595

76,394

79,801

157,621

165 675

151,457

138,855

130,058

110,827

87,786

79,119

79,200

B.-NON-INDICTABLE OFFENCES.

32,349
29,646

RESULT of PROCEEDINGS.

98,969

97,008

36,956
33,930

500,894

526,039

542,827

491,760

423,399

512,485

362,823

299,607

397,149

497,087

419,330

421,793

441,905

477.506

499,177

96,854 100,173

106,942

102,119

76,313

71,619

51,350

36,049

54,425

83,535

65,877

65,387

67,247

70,451

73,559

156,844

166,189

150,338

136,823

127,020

110,632

30,824
27,978

Charge
Proved

but not
Convicted.

60,120

64,624

67,223

68,291

54,686

46,933

38,436

32,114

42,122

51,685

48,559

50,636

53,606

56,797

61,324

1,017

1,306

1,489

1,129

1,672

1,189

1,139

785

985

936

879

730

631

777

797

731

906

1,284

873

646

994

971

744

857

Discharged, and otherwise Disposed of.

204

651

89,480

79,446

77,550

83,725

130,336

117,857

110,679

102,626

83,177

78,370

63,423

87,472

77,781

79,060

Information not available.

1

(c) These persons were reported to Crown counsel, who directed trial by Sheriff summarily. They may be added to Totals shown in column 4, but the ser cannot be stated.

(d) Northern Ireland only.

56,720

54,572

54,243

54,625

(a)

32,885

34,391

38,904

38,571

41,313

33,911

30.253

23,660

25,739

36.267

22.938

17,954

18,481

19,770

19,804

28,236

28.700

27,052

27,009

30,949

25,736

20,628

20,444

17,031

5,928 5,301