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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH FEBRUARY, 1899. 231
MURDER.
(1.) On the 9th of May, FRANCISCO XAVIER DE JESUS, residing at No. 2 West Terrace, was shot dead in his house by JOÃO DE MATTA OZORIO, who was convicted and hanged. OZORIO accused DE JESUS of having illicit intercourse with his fiancée.
(2.) WAN HUNG who murdered his wife CH'AN LAI KIU on the 18th of September, 1897, (vide para. 5 of my report for that year) was arrested in Hongkong on the 14th of June, 1898, convicted and hanged.
6.
GANG ROBBERIES.
(1.) On 7th March at 7.45 p.m. a number of men armed with revolvers, swords and knives, entered No. 14 Mong Kok Tsui, Kowloon, the offices of a timber yard, tied the master's hands, gagged him and stole money, jewellery and clothing, value $220.50. Seven men were arrested and convicted. ·
(2.) On the 4th October at 4.30 a.m. three men, two of them armed with revolvers, boarded fishing boat No. 4,507 at Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, and stole a jacket value $2.00. One of the thieves fired a revolver, the bullet striking the owner of the boat, FuNG NG, in the breast. The wounded man was treated in the Civil Hospital and recovered. No arrest made.
(3.) On the 17th October at 12 midnight, about 10 men, some of whom were armed with swords, entered two huts at Tai Shu Wan, near Aberdeen, stole money, clothing and fowls value $8.00, and tied up the occupants of the huts before leaving. No arrest made.
(4.) On the 22nd November at 7 a.m. two men, one armed with a dagger, entered No. 13 Irving Street, seized the occupant, a woman, by the throat and threatened to stab her. Their object was robbery. An alarm was raised and one man was arrested as he tried to escape.
The other was identified and arrested in the precincts of the Police Court where he had gone to witness the trial of the former. Both were convicted.
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ROBBERIES WITH VIOLENCE.
(1.) On the 25th January at 7 p.m. two boat women were robbed of jewellery value $60.00 by three men who engaged their boat to take them from Tai Kok Tsui to Mong Kok Tsui (Kowloon). No arrest made.
(2.) On the 14th April a boy was robbed of a bundle of clothing value $35.00 in Queen's Road West by two men who threw pepper in his face. The clothing was recovered and the men arrested and convicted.
(3.) On the 14th August at noon a boy was enticed up the hillside above Bonham Road by two men who tied his hands behind his back and a handkerchief over his mouth, and robbed him of a brass watch, trousers and shoes value $2.10. One man was subsequently arrested and convicted.
(4.) On the 17th August at 11.45 a.m. on the road near To Kwa Wan, Kowloon, a man was robbed of money and clothing value $12.00 by four men (one of them armed with a pistol) who made their escape into Chinese territory. One of them returned in September and was arrested and convicted.
(5.) On the 24th August at 10.45 am. a man was robbed of a hundred-dollar note by a man who threw powder in his eyes in Queen's Road Central. No arrest made.
(6.) On the 2nd September at 7.45 p.m. an Indian boy was robbed of $1.50 by three Portuguèse boys near the Cricket Ground. No arrest made.
(7.) On the 16th October at 6 pm. a hawker was attacked by four men who robbed him of money and ribbons, etc. value $16.00 on the road near Ma Tau Wai, Kowloon. No arrest made.
(8.) On the 20th October at 4 p.m. a man was, according to his statement, robbed of money and clothing value $4.00 on the Aberdeen Road. The report was a doubtful one. No arrest made.
(9.) On the 8th December a man reported that he had been robbed of $7.30 by three men on Praya Central. This was another doubtful report. No arrest made.
The tenth and eleventh were cases of earring snatching, the thief in each case being arrested on the spot by District Watchmen and convicted.
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FELONIES NOT ALREADY GIVEN.
Under this heading are comprised the following:-
Manslaughter,
Arson,
Drugging,
Embezzlement,
Forgery,..
House-breaking,
Cutting and wounding,....
4
1
5
8
13
..100
1
13
Suicide,
Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm 2