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Cases in adult criminal court, by provinces and Yukon territory

   2003
New Brusnwick Total all decisions Guilty Acquitted Stay Other
   number of cases
Total cases 9,463 6,772 377 2,179 135
Total Criminal code 8,117 5,874 345 1,781 117
  Crimes of violence 2,354 1,469 168 650 67
    Homicide 7 4 2 1 0
    Attempted murder 6 0 1 5 0
    Robbery 89 53 4 27 5
    Sexual assault 115 61 18 35 1
    Other sexual offences 73 40 3 30 0
    Major assaults 507 329 50 119 9
    Common assaults 961 641 63 227 30
    Uttering threats 474 282 19 154 19
    Criminal harassment 60 32 3 22 3
    Other crimes against persons 62 27 5 30 0
  Property crimes 2,104 1,641 54 387 22
    Theft 840 699 12 123 6
    Breaking and entering 346 246 20 74 6
    Fraud 378 291 10 72 5
    Mischief 242 180 6 54 2
    Possession of stolen goods 269 207 5 56 1
    Other property crimes 29 18 1 8 2
  Administration of justice 1,049 736 13 293 7
  Other Criminal code offences 700 511 23 157 9
  Criminal code offences (traffic offences) 1,910 1,517 87 294 12
    Impaired driving 1,635 1,299 79 247 10
    Other Criminal Code traffic offences 275 218 8 47 2
Other Federal Statute Total 1,346 898 32 398 18
  Drug possession 435 325 3 101 6
  Drug trafficking 406 197 18 182 9
  Youth Criminal Justice Act 11 7 0 4 0
  Residual federal statutes 494 369 11 111 3
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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