THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND JULY, 1893.
22.-GAOLS AND PRISONERS.
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On the 1st January, 1892, there were 502 prisoners in Victoria Gaol; 5,046 were admitted during the year, and 5,080 discharged; the total number of prisoners on the 31st December, 1892, was 468, of whom 18 were Europeans.
The daily average of prisoners was 515, as against 507 in the previous year.
The number of prisoners admitted into Gaol during the last five years was as follows :
YEARS.
No. OF PRISONERS.
Men.
Women.
TOTAL.
Juveniles.
DAILY AVERAGE NUMBER IN PRISON.
1888,
3,390
98
139
3,627
531.00
1889,
3,453
131
121
3,705
581.00
1890,
3,218
119
107
3,444
566.00
1891,
4,805
223
203
5,231
507.00
1892,
4,699
181
166
5,046
515.00
23.-CRIMINAL STATISTICS.
Supreme Court.
The following is a Return of cases tried at the Supreme Court during the last five years :---
CHARGES ABANDONED.
POSTPONED.
Number Number
YEARS.
of Cases.
of Persons.
Convicted. Acquitted.
Number of Number of
Cases.
Persous.
No. of Cases.
No. of Persons.
1888,
1889,
1890,
1891,
1892,
101
186
99
47
28
40
92
143
64
41
37
59
80
48
20
17
32
37
26
9
2
30
44
18
17
9
+4207
24724
Total,..
314
490
250
134
65
105
1
Average of last 5 years,
624
98
50
26
13
21
Do. ending 1887,
884
127
75
243
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Police Magistrates' Court.
The Cases before the Police Magistrates during the last 5 years were as follows:
:
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CASES HOW DISPOSED OF.
Total No. Total No.
YEARS.
of Cases.
of Prisoners.
Convicted and Punished.
Dis- charged.
Committed Committed
for
pending Trial. Orders.
Ordered
to Find Security.
Punished
for False Tes- timony.
Un-
decided.
1888,
1889,
1890,
1891,
1892,
11,647 13,309 8,670 10,033 9,739 10,772 13,676 16,382 11,920 14,471
9,932 2,849
174
109
192
3
6,894 2,497
167
54
337
17
7,740 2,557
102
15
318
13,972 2,040 12,098 2,078
40
12
172
44
211
RIT
3
145 28
Total,.........
55,652 64,967 50,636 12,021
Average of last 5 years, 11,130.4
Do. ending, 1887, 12,325
527
195
1,230
31
327
12,993.4 10,127.2 2,404.2 105.4
14,153.8 10,807 2,584.4 143.8
39
246
6.2 65.4
25.4
477
13.8 102.4