Statistical Bulletin: CrJ/2000/9:Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1999: page 6



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Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1999

Persons called to court by type of court, 1989-1999

Table 3
Number

Type of court	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
All court types	193,161	197,722	200,017	198,038	183,674	178,067	176,423	174,844	171,932	158,815	146,474
High court¹	1,055	1,099	1,227	1,419	1,601	1,228	1,390	1,420	1,356	1,225	1,357
Sheriff court	103,150	101,678	100,028	100,109	96,391	97,579	98,306	100,928	98,867	92,519	89,266
District court	80,153	83,591	87,186	84,704	74,920	68,183	66,037	62,485	61,648	57,182	49,020
Stipendiary magistrate court	8,745	11,300	11,522	11,732	10,472	10,893	10,649	9,973	9,943	7,794	6,689
Court type unknown	58	54	54	74	290	184	41	38	118	95	142
Per cent
Type of court	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
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	51	50	51	52	55	56	58	58	58	61
District court	41	42	44	43	41	38	37	36	36	36	33
Stipendiary magistrate court	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Court type unknown	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Index: 1989=100
Type of court	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
All court types	100	102	104	103	95	92	91	91	89	82	76
High court¹	100	104	116	135	152	116	132	135	129	116	129
Sheriff court	100	99	97	97	93	95	95	98	96	90	87
District court	100	104	109	106	93	85	82	78	77	71	61
Stipendiary magistrate court	100	129	132	134	120	125	122	114	114	89	76

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

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