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6,438 in United States branch and
l,648 in the jury branch.
Regarding the division OF cases
the report says:
The records Of the clerks office
show that the total number OF cases
tried in the four branches OF the
Police Court, added to the number
of cases in which the defendants
forfeited collateral at the precincts,
is an increase of 16,4l4 over the
same items for 1889.
The actual number OF cases
tried in the District of Columbia
branch" continued the report, de
creased from 20,e13 to 20,388.
Traffic Cases Increase.
"The number of cases IN the
traffic branch increased from 1880
to 3O.226. a net of 2,336 over the
preceding year. Cases In which
collateral was forfeited at the pre-
cincts and turned over to the
finance division of the clerks Of
flee increased from 81.7ll to 9o,0lO'
a net increase of 1909.
IN analyzing the figures making
I'D the increase" Mr.. BramhaH said
in the report, ''it is apparent that
traffic is responsible for the entire
amount of increase in the court
business: first" as a result OF the
increase of 1886 cases in traffic
branch and, second, due to the
traffic forfeitures at the precincts,
which were increased by l3,4lO,
these two items totaling 1915.
Cases in jury branch Increased
from l.577 during the previous year
to 1,646. a net increase OF II cases
over 1899. the report said.
A further breakdown of statistics
on Jury cases showed a total Of
1,7s5 demands for jury trial during
the 1910 calendar year, which with
the 339 pending on January l, 1910,
adds up to 2,124 for the year, leav-
ing a balance of ats pending jan
uary l. 1941
Demands for Jury Trial.
The demands for jury trial we're
divided as follows:
United States branch, 1,106
demands; traffic branch, 557, and
District of Columbia branch, 122.
Of these, the total of 476 jury
trials pending included United
States cases, 285; traffic, 167, and
"a District of Columbia cases.
A recapitulation of jury cases ac-
cording to individual judges also
was given in the report.
Of the 20,388 cases filed in Dis
trict branch, drunkenness consti-
tuted by far the largest number Of
any single group, numbering 1882.
Disorderly conduct, totaling 2,879
was next.
OF the cases in the United States
branch, the charge of assault led
with 1885.
In the traffic branch 16,845 cases
were listed under the heading OF
miscellaneous" which includes
illegal parking. First -offenSe speed
cases ran to 1884, second-offense
speeding, 327, and third -offense, %
Other Traffic Charges.
Other traffic branch charges in
cluded 1,137 passing red lights, 63s
cases of passing stop signs, Asa OF
failing to give right of way, 1,40(
of operating without a permit, n;
of reckless driving, 167 Of leaving
after colliding and 1863 of driving
while drunk. There we're only II
cases filed for violation of pedestrian
regulations.
Cost of operation of the cour'
for the year totaled S127,906, in
cluding salaries of judges and en-
ployes, $103,460; contingent ex'
penses, $3,416; witness fees anc
compensation of jurors, $2l ,030.
The finance division showed gros'
receipts of $64O, ,65632 with s61,.
804.22 remitted to the defendants
by the court, leaving net receipts
of $578, ,O40.10.
Other court statistics show tota
of 1870 bonds written, totaling ST..
419, 800. Five of the bonds were fol
$1,000 and 174 of $1,000 each.