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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH MARCH, 1894.
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ABSTRACT of CASES under COGNIZANCE of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURT during the Year 1893.
CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD.
Discharged.
for Trial at
Committed
the Supreme
Court.
Committed to Prison, or
Detained
pending Orders
of H. E. the
Governor.
To keep
Ordered to find Security.*
the
Peace.
of good
To be
Beha- viour.
To
answer
any
Charge.
Witnesses
punished for preferring
or giving false Charge
Testimony.
wilful false
Undecided.
of
Total Number
Prisoners.
WRITS ISSUED BY THE POLICE MAGISTRATES DURING THE YEAR 1893.
Summons
for
Defendants.
Summons
for
Witnesses.
Notices
of
Re-hearing.
Arrest.
Warfants.
Distress.
Search.
For
Gambling entering Houses.
Magis- trates'
Orders.
TOTAL.
TOTAL
NUMBER
OF FIRES
ENQUIRIE
HELD
DURING THE
YEAR 1893.
M.
F
M.
F.
F.
M.
F
M. F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
10,727
12,392 10 049, 306
1,532 75
102
2
7
1
17
119
123
19
17
23
420 11.972
...
***
2,045
119
52
113
976
214
***
3,520
TOTAL MALES AND FEMALES,........
.12,392
NUMBER
OF
CASES.
Punished.
and
Convicted
* Consisting of Offenders not sentenced to Imprisonment.