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).
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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.
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