| Description | These returns include Home Office correspondence relating to various offences and convictions committed in the East Riding, and detailed statistical information in a table format. The information can vary according to the year and this has been noted at item level. Some information is organised by division. It includes types of motoring offences, licensing statistics including number of convictions for drunkenness in each licensing district, procuration of women and children, cases of murder and suspected murder, dangerous drugs, street accidents and a set of returns relating to registered clubs (1926 only). Some years contain a set of Returns A which covers Indictable Offences only and is organised by division. The 'Copy' set largely follows this pattern: Returns A; Return B, 'Non-Indictable Offences'; Return C(a), 'Indictable Offences Dealt With Summarily'; Return C(b), 'Non-Indictable Offences Dealt With Summarily; Return D, 'Indictable Offences Dealt with Summarily'; Return E, 'Juvenile Courts'; Return F, 'Probation'; Return G 'Certain other Proceedings'; Return H, 'Places of Detention (children and young persons)'; Return I, 'Licensing Statistics'; Return J 'Habitual Criminals at Large and Houses of Bad Character'; Return K, 'Legal Aid' (from 1935). |