OFFENCES PUNISHABLE Number of persons proceeded against. BY JUSTICES. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1882. Assaults (aggravated) on women and children ... 78 ... 57 ... 68 ... 37 ... 67 Assaults on peace-officers, resisting, &c. ... 479 ... 390 ... 340 ... 340 ... 385 Assaults, common ... 1554 ... 1242 ... 1293 ... 1207 ... 1269 Breaches of peace, want of sureties, &c.... ... 426 ... 381 ... 287 ... 219 ... 244 Cruelty to animals ... 154 ... 77 ... 129 ... 128 ... 94 Elementary Education Act, offences against ... 1928 ... 2114 ... 1589 ... 1501 ... 1755 Employers and Workshops Act, 1875 ... ... ... 224 ... 198 ... 185 ... 155 ... 154 Factory Acts ... ... 12 ... 2 ... 17 ... 11 ... 62 Licensing Acts offences 267 ... 263 ... 132 ... 254 ... 297 Drunkenness, drunk and disorderly ... ... 2851 ... 2428 ... 2218 ... 2345 ... 2443 Lord's Day offences ... 46 ... 4 ... 1 ... 0 ... 0 Local Acts and Bye-laws, offences against ... 4327 ... 4327 ... 4127 ... 3702 ... 3603 Malicious and wilful damage... ... ... 187 ... 163 ... 163 ... 214 ... 225 Public Health Act, smoke, etc. ... ... ... 317 ... 172 ... 104 ... 104 ... 161 Poor Law Acts, offences against ... ... 203 ... 220 ... 251 ... 243 ... 325 Stealing or attempts (larcenies) ... ... 1094 ... 1222 ... 1434 ... 1253 ... 1235 Vagrant Act, offences under ... ... ... 614 ... 622 ... 624 ... 611 ... 783 Other offences ... ... 214 ... 174 ... 172 ... 211 ... 386 The following are the totals of the summary offences for the same period, and the manner in which they were disposed of:-- Year. Cases. Convicted. Fined. 1878 16,610 12,767 8,940 1879 14,475 10,904 7,473 1880 13,589 9,917 6,730 1881 13,007 9,468 6,412 1882 13,788 10,171 6,372 Similar statistics for 1883 have not yet been made up, but a return up to December 31 of that year shows that the number of persons committed during the year to the Borough Gaol, or as it is now termed, her Majesty's Prison at Winson Green, were 3,044 males and 1,045 females from the borough, and 1,772 males and 521 females from districts, making a total of 6,382 as against 6,565 in 1882. In the borough 734 males and 198 females had been committed for felony, 1,040 males and 290 females for misdemeanour, 707 males and 329 females for drunkenness, and 243 males and 121 females for vagrancy. Of prisoners sixteen years old and under there were 193 males and 21 females.