Postponement of cases in the High Court is a statutory procedure which takes place before the start of a trial and no statistics of such postponements are collected.However, the table which follows sets out the number of indictments registered in the High Court over the last three years, the number of cases which had a plea of guilty tendered before evidence was commenced, the number of cases which proceeded to have evidence led, and the balance of cases which did not proceed either prior to, or on the day of trial, for a variety of reasons. These reasons may...