TABLE 25.-A 29-year summary of criminal cases developed by the Commission— fiscal years 1934-1962

[See table 26 for classification of defendants as broker-dealers, etc.]

1 The number of defendants in a case is sometimes increased by the Department of Justice over the number against whom prosecution was recommended by the Commission. Also more than 1 indictment may result from a single reference.

2 See table 13 for breakdown of pending cases.

3 32 of these references as to 121 proposed defendants were still being processed by the Department of Justice as of the close of the fiscal year, and also 8 of the prior years references as to 74 proposed defendants. 4638 of these cases have been completed as to 1 or more defendants. Convictions have been obtained in 548 or 86 percent of such cases. Only 91, or 14 percent, of such cases have resulted in acquittals or dismissals as to all defendants, this includes numerous cases in which indictments were dismissed without trial because of the death of defendants or for other administrative reasons. See note 5, infra. Includes 72 defendants who died after indictment.

TABLE 26.—A 29-year summary classifying all defendants in criminal cases developed by the Commission-1934 to June 30, 1962

1 Includes persons registered at or prior to time of indictment.

2 The persons referred to in this column, while not engaged in a general business in securities, were almost without exception prosecuted for violations of law involving securities transactions.

TABLE 27.-A 29-year summary of all injunction cases instituted by the Commission, 1934 to June 30, 1962, by calendar year

1 These columns show disposition of cases by year of disposition and do not necessarily reflect the dir position of the cases shown as having been instituted in the same years.

* Includes 26 cases which were counted twice in this column because injunctions against different defendants in the same cases were granted in different years.

Includes 94 defendants in 13 cases in which injunctions have been obtained as to 36 codefendants. Includes (a) actions dismissed (as to 611 defendants); (b) actions discontinued, abated, vacated, sha doned, stipulated, or settled (as to 55 defendants); (c) actions in which judgment was denied (as to 12 defendants); (d) actions in which prosecution was stayed on stipulation to discontinue misconduct charged (as to 4 defendants).

TABLE 27.—A 29-year summary of all injunction cases instituted by the Commission, 1934 to June 30, 1962, by calendar year

1 These columns show disposition of cases by year of disposition and do not necessarily reflect the da position of the cases shown as having been instituted in the same years.

* Includes 26 cases which were counted twice in this column because injunctions against different defend ants in the same cases were granted in different years.

3 Includes 94 defendants in 13 cases in which injunctions have been obtained as to 36 codefendants. Includes (a) actions dismissed (as to 611 defendants); (b) actions discontinued, abated, vacated, shandoned, stipulated, or settled (as to 55 defendants); (c) actions in which judgment was denied (as to 12 defendants); (d) actions in which prosecution was stayed on stipulation to discontinue misconduct charged as to 4 defendants).

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