No. 11.- 185841] CRIME IN CEYLON*. 301 





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Percentage of 





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ctions. 



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 43 



CO 



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CO 

 50 



o 





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5 



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1852 



3899 



3750 



1455 



180 



2115 



39 



5 



56 



1853 



3961 



3927 



1386 



165 



2376 



35 



4 



61 



1854 



3469 



3813 



1327 



163 



2323 



36 



4 



60 



1855 



3839 



3906 



1437 



166 



2303 



37 



4 



59 



185(3 



3627 



3367 



1270 



121 



1976 



38 



3§ 



58J 



1857 



3968 



3423 



1228 



130 



2065 



36 



4 



60 



The regularity of the results in these 6 years, is most 

 satisfactory evidence of the steady administration of justice ; 

 for although the amount of work performed in the various 

 years differs by five or six hundred cases, the proportion of 

 convictions and acquittals remains unvarying. The large 

 proportion of dismissals, amounting on an average to 59 per 

 cent., indicates a great disposition amongst the natives to 

 bring forward false and frivolous charges, engendered by ill 

 feeling, arising from imaginary or real wrongs. On the 

 other hand, very many of the dismissals are cases of simple 

 disputes and quarrels between members of a family or neigh- 

 bours, which are thus arranged by the Magistrate, accom- 

 panied by a reprimand and warning as to future good conduct. 



The records of the Negombo Police Court shew a still larger 

 proportion of dismissals, though a considerable number of 

 these will be presently accounted for in a different manner. 

 The following are the figures in their case : — 















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1853 



1854 



1855 



1856 



1857 



1425 

 1087 

 4292 

 3855 

 1452 



1224 

 1055 

 3049 

 4548 

 1869 



287 

 212 

 255 

 253 

 182 



166 

 84 

 87 

 98 

 74 



771 



759 

 2707 

 4197 

 1613 



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 8 



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 10 



12 



8 



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 72 



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 86 



