Cases in adult criminal court, by provinces and Yukon territory
2003
Nova Scotia
Total all decisions
Guilty
Acquitted
Stay
Other
number of cases
Total cases
13,977
6,895
605
6,213
264
Total Criminal code
12,482
6,230
570
5,441
241
Crimes of violence
4,218
1,542
369
2,207
100
Homicide
14
7
0
5
2
Attempted murder
16
2
2
8
4
Robbery
156
58
6
86
6
Sexual assault
177
39
41
86
11
Other sexual offences
100
14
17
53
16
Major assaults
710
230
61
407
12
Common assaults
1,968
819
158
962
29
Uttering threats
900
318
73
495
14
Criminal harassment
78
26
5
45
2
Other crimes against persons
99
29
6
60
4
Property crimes
3,284
1,546
65
1,611
62
Theft
1,123
773
18
308
24
Breaking and entering
393
184
13
188
8
Fraud
496
219
10
253
14
Mischief
415
196
11
204
4
Possession of stolen goods
805
154
11
629
11
Other property crimes
52
20
2
29
1
Administration of justice
2,099
1,190
41
827
41
Other Criminal code offences
871
440
30
383
18
Criminal code offences (traffic offences)
2,010
1,512
65
413
20
Impaired driving
1,791
1,368
62
344
17
Other Criminal Code traffic offences
219
144
3
69
3
Other Federal Statute Total
1,495
665
35
772
23
Drug possession
656
198
1
455
2
Drug trafficking
315
112
8
174
21
Youth Criminal Justice Act
37
18
1
18
0
Residual federal statutes
487
337
25
125
0
Note: Adult Criminal Court Survey data are not reported by Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Source: Statistics Canada,
CANSIM, table 252-0015
and product no. 85-002-X.
Last modified: 2004-12-10.
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