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These Tables shew, that in the year 1834 there were 269 

 eases on the calendars, and 544 prisoners or persons accused, 

 of whom 4.21 were tried, and of these 286 were convicted; 

 and in the year [835 there were 223 cases and 418 prisoners, 

 of whom 317 were tried, and 209 convicted. Of those con- 

 victed in the year 1834, there were 3 found guilty of murder, 

 5 of manslaughter and culpable homicide, and 53 of other 

 offences against the person, 159 of offences against property, 

 being 70 with violence, and 89 without violence, and 66 of 

 other offences not included in the above classes. Of those 

 convicted in the year 1835, there were 8 found guilty of 

 murder, 8 of manslaughter and culpable homicide, and 42 of 

 other offences against the person, 128 of offences against 

 property, being 56 with violence, and 72 without violence, 

 and 23 of other offences. 



In the year 1841, there were 176 cases and 397 prisoners, 

 of whom 310 were tried, and 155 convicted ; and in the year 

 1842, there were 209 cases and 539 prisoners, of whom 368 

 were tried, and 158 convicted. Of the latter there were 9 

 found guilty of murder, 8 of manslaughter and culpable 

 homicide, and 27 of other offences against the person, 111 of 

 offences against property, being 76 with violence, and 35 

 without violence, and 3 of other offences : and of those con- 

 victed in the year 1841, there were 3 found guilty of 

 murder, II of manslaughter and culpable homicide, and 18 

 of other offences against the person, 1 14 of offences against 

 property, being 64 with violence, and 50 without violence, 

 and 9 of other offences. 



Table III. shews the number of cases and the number of 

 persons charged, tried, and convicted, in the .District of 

 Colombo and different Circuits, in the several years before 

 mentioned ; and that of the aggregate number found guilty 

 in the years 1834 and 1835, there were in the district of 

 Colombo 107, of whom 9 were convicted of homicide and 



