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APPENDICES
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Table showing the Comparative Numbers of Accused for Three past Years, in Favour of or Against whom Judgments have been pronounced in First Instance in the Empire of Japan.
| Nature of Cases. | 34th Year of Meiji (1901). |
33rd Year of Meiji (1900). |
32nd Year of Meiji (1899). | ||
| Infractions of the penal code: | |||||
|
3,323 | 3,136 | 3,315 | ||
|
140,124 | 141,599 | 144,568 | ||
|
3,810 | 3,247 | 2,809 | ||
| Infractions of other laws and regulations | 61,041 | 51,315 | 50,441 | ||
| Nature of felonies and misdemeanours committed: | |||||
|
66,638 | 65,909 | 63,860 | ||
|
10,612 | 10,536 | 11,038 | ||
|
66,197 | 68,290 | 72,985 | ||
Table showing the Comparative Numbers of Convicts in First Instance for Three past Years in the Empire of Japan, calculated according to the Nature of their Punishment.
| Nature of Punishment. | 34th Year of Meiji (1901). |
33rd Year of Meiji (1900). |
32nd Year of Meiji (1899). | ||
|
49 | 60 | 47 | ||
|
591 | 605 | 731 | ||
|
1,419 | 1,399 | 1,378 | ||
|
130,275 | 130,790 | 132,810 | ||
|
2,388 | 2,308 | 2,239 | ||
|
44,066 | 36,093 | 34,403 | ||
|
12,955 | 11,140 | 11,529 | ||