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Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1998

Persons called to court by type of court, 1988-1998	Table 3
Number

Type of court	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998

All court types	197,805	193,162	197,722	200,002	198,038	183,674	178,067	176,423	174,844	171,932	158,815

High court¹	1,062	1,056	1,099	1,227	1,419	1,601	1,228	1,390	1,420	1,356	1,225
Sheriff court	103,866	103,150	101,678	100,013	100,109	96,391	97,579	98,306	100,928	98,867	92,519
District court	81,063	80,153	83,591	87,186	84,704	74,920	68,183	66,037	62,485	61,648	57,182
Stipendiary magistrate court	11,785	8,745	11,300	11,522	11,732	10,472	10,893	10,649	9,973	9,943	7,794
Court type unknown	29	58	54	54	74	290	184	41	38	118	95

Per cent
Type of court	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998

All court types	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*

High court¹	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sheriff court	53	53	51	50	51	52	55	56	58	58	58
District court	41	41	42	44	43	41	38	37	36	36	36
Stipendiary magistrate court	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
Court type unknown	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Index: 1988=100
Type of court	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998

All court types	100	98	100	101	100	93	90	89	88	87	80

High court¹	100	99	103	116	134	151	116	131	134	128	115
Sheriff court	100	99	98	96	96	93	94	95	97	95	89
District court	100	99	103	108	104	92	84	81	77	76	71
Stipendiary magistrate court	100	74	96	98	100	89	92	90	85	84	66

1 Includes cases remitted to the High court from the Sheriff court