Committee Reports::Report - Courts of Justice Act 1924 and the civil jurisdiction of the Courts::06 November, 1930::Appendix

APPENDIX 2.

CIRCUIT COURT.

A Return (furnished by the Department of Justice) of the Number of New Cases entered, * the Total Number of Cases dealt with which would have been within the Jurisdiction of the District Court, and the Total Number of Jury Cases disposed of from Michaelmas Sittings, 1926, to Trinity Sittings, 1929 (inclusive).


 

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

Circuit No.

Criminal Cases

Criminal Appeals and Valuation Appeals

Ordinary Civil Bills and Remitted Actions

Equity

Work-men’s Compensation

Malicious Injury Claims

Damage to Property Cases

Civil Bill Appeals from District Court

Ejectments and Rent Cases

Town Tenants Cases

Total

Total No. of Cases dealt with in the Circuit Court which were within the Jurisdiction of the District Court

Jury Cases

1.

753

300

4,412

227

537

193

5

367

1,881

18

8,693

899

7

2.

255

167

3,370

280

185

119

2

147

447

4

4,985

889

11

3.

263

144

3,337

983

146

182

5

460

213

5

5,144

405

15

4.

186

96

2,653

700

121

196

11

271

265

9

4,420

554

6

5.

240

157

5,927

435

206

192

1

258

325

4

7,884

2,489

14

6.

270

94

3,801

556

316

132

3

168

251

3

5,453

958

12

7.

247

228

3,690

291

354

218

1

339

289

9

5,489

12

4

8.

221

58

7,520

493

342

148

8

130

254

1

9,549

4,555

16

* Except in Circuit No. 5, which was heavily in arrears, and in Circuit No. 3, which, to a lesser degree, was in arrears, it may be taken that the work entered as shown in the Table was also disposed of.