Notes on the Colony of Victoria; Historical, Geographical, Meteorological, and Statistical (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 Excerpt: ... executed during the year under review. Tbs? is the first year since Victoria was proclaimed an independent colony that no execution has taken place. In the ten previous years Zi persons were executed, of which the following are the particulars a' regards offence, birthplace, and religion. It will be observed that Do native of Victoria is included amongst the number: --Criminals Executed, 1864 To 1873. Offence--Murder Attempt at murder Rape... Unnatural offence Birthplace--Australian Colonies, not Victoria England Wales Ireland Scotland Belgium France United States West Indies... China At sea Religion--Church of England Presbyterian... Wesleyan Roman Catholic Pagan Note.--All the above were males. Only one lemale has been executed In the colour since Ua fin settlement.-307. The number of criminal cases tried in the Supreme Court, supreme Melbourne, and in the Circuit Courts, in the year under review was 322, criminal of which 240 were for felonies and 82 for misdemeanors. The convictions for felonies numbered 155 and for misdemeanors 54. The number of places where courts were held was 10, and the total duration of courts was 123 days. 308. Supreme and Circuit Courts were held at the same number of supreme places to try civil cases. The number of causes entered during the sittings.' year for trial was 216, and for assessment of damages 6. The number of causes tried was 153, of which 123 were tried by juries of four and 30 by juries of twelve. All the latter, and all but 2 of the former, were defended. The amount of damages laid was 136,659. Of the verdicts, 105 were for the plaintiff and 38 for the defendant; there were 8 nonsuits, and in 2 cases the jury were discharged without giving a verdict. The aggre...