Year. Crimes. Apprehended. Com. for trial. 1878 ......... 1746 ......... 495 ......... 349 1879 ......... 1358 ......... 474 ......... 399 1880 ......... 1187 ......... 451 ......... 340 1881 ......... 1343 ......... 435 ......... 351 1882 ......... 1467 ......... 515 ......... 401 NATURE OF CRIME. Number of Offences Reported. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1882. Murder ... ... ... 11 ... 11 ... 5 ... 5 ... 4 Shooting, wounding, stabbing, &c.... ... 30 ... 23 ... 8 ... 21 ... 28 Manslaughter ... ... 4 ... 3 ... 13 ... 6 ... 8 Rape, assaults with intent, &c. ... ... 6 ... 1 ... 1 ... 9 ... 4 Bigamy ... ... ... 8 ... 0 ... 1 ... 4 ... 7 Assaults on peace officers ... ... 0 ... 4 ... 0 ... 1 ... 2 Burglary, housebreaking, &c. ... 6 ... 112 ... 80 ... 83 ... 131 Breaking into shops, &c. ... ... 4 ... 94 ... 56 ... 109 ... 120 Robbery ... ... ... -- ... 9 ... 6 ... 10 ... 9 Larcenies (various) ... 1146 ... 959 ... 845 ... 935 ... 931 Receiving stolen goods ... ... ... 22 ... 3 ... 16 ... 8 ... 6 Frauds and obtaining by false pretences ... ... 63 ... 45 ... 53 ... 37 ... 69 Forgery and uttering forged instruments ... ... 5 ... 9 ... 5 ... 4 ... 9 Uttering, &c., counterfeit coin ... ... ... 48 ... 32 ... 43 ... 37 ... 63 Suicide (attempting) ... 20 ... 17 ... 19 ... 16 ... 23 The following are the details of the more important offences dealt with summarily by the magistrates during the last five years:--