'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADEN SETTLEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st March 1914' [‎272v] (6/46)

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11 The administration of Criminal Justice is vested in the Court nf
■Rpsident bv Bombay Act II of 18P.4, rrn t.
— v^uaro ot 1
Besident by Bombay Act II of 1864. The Polif
- Besident is the Sessions Judge. He hears apne 0 ]
from the decision of his Assistants and has power of revision in cases tried W
them. The other officers invested with criminal jurisdiction are
The First Assistant Resident District Magistrate and Justice of
the
The Second Assistant Resident
The Third Assistant Resident
The Fourth Assistant Resident
Assistant Resident, Perim
... 1st Class Magistrate and Justice of th*
Peace. e
... 1st Class Magistrate and Justice of the
Peace.
... 1st Class Magistrate, or 2nd Class Magis
trate according to his rank in service and
Justice of the Peace.
... 2nd Class Magistrate and Justice of the
Peace.
.er
Registrar, Court of the Resident . ... 2nd Clsss Magistrate.
The Court of the Besident is the Colonial Court of the Admiralty und DJ .
Act XVI of 1891 and its procedure as such is regulated by the provisions of
the Colonial Courts of the Admiralty Act, 1890 (53 and 54 Vic., Chapter 27).
12. The total number of offences reported during the year was 131
involving 1,093 persons, of whom 876 were convicted
Oases tried by the Magia- 214 acquitted and 3 remained to he dealt with at the
trates, and their results. j cX mu • • m
end or the year. There was little serious crime. The
bulk of the offences committed were thefts, simple hurt and breaches of
municipal regulations. The principal offenders were as a rule, Arabs and
Somalis. The punishments inflicted by Magistrates were adequate.
13. The Court of Sessions disposed of one case in which an Arab named
^ . ., , „ . Mobamed Awadtb was convicted of attempt to
Court 68 tne J t 6 es8Ions murder his wife by stabbing her with a knife and
sentenced to suffer five years’ rigorous imprison
ment.
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14. There w r ere three appeals during the year in all of which the sentences
Appeals. passed by the lower Court were reduced.
Revisional proceedings. 15, In 9 cases revisions were asked for :—
(1) In 4 the sentences were upheld.
(2) In 3 the sentences were reduced.
(3) In 1 the lower Court’s order was reversed.
(4) In 1 the sentence was enhanced.
16. An inquest was held on the body of one Add Ahmed who died
Inquests suddenly at the Police Station when about to
proceed on duty.
17. Ho lunatic was sent to the Lunatic Asylum
at Nowpada (Thana) during the year.
18. A Marine Court of inquiry was held during the year in the case of
Marine cases. ^ e ^our ” stranded off Azalea point, Per im
Island, on the 28th October 1913.
19. The administration of Civil Justice is also vested in the Besident bj
Civil Justice. Acfc > 11 of The Besident hears appeals trom
• . rrn a ^ e . of the Assistants and has also po^e
evision. The Second Assistant Resident hears suits from Rs. 7,500
Lunatics.