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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH AUGUST, 1889.
RETURN of CRIMINAL CASES that have been brought under the COGNIZANCE of the SUPREME COURT, during the last Ten Years.
685
Charges Abandoned.
Postponed.
Number Number
YEAR.
of Cases.
of Convicted. Acquitted. Persons.
No. of Cases.
No. of Persons.
No. of
Cases:
No. of Persons.
(b.) 1879,
148
202
135
54
11
13
1880,
91
160
120
34
6
1881,
105
154
111
39
4
(c.) 1882,
124
187
124
38
15
21
(d.) 1883,
91
126
70
Total,........
559
829
560
191
(1884,
68
101
65
1885,
91
147
103
(e.) 1886,
75
107
59
(f.) 1887,
94
155
82
1888,
101
186
99
Total..
429
696
408
145
བུ།ཀྱེ།སོམྥདྨེ།འ
26
14
28d
142
47
72
3
.5
8
16
22
16
22
20
16
27e
17
26
28
40
85
131
9
Average of 1st
Period,
1113
165
112
381
93
143
Average of 2nd
853
139
813
29
17
261
Period,
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(b.) 1. Under offence of Breaking into a Dwelling House out of 9 prisoners, 6 only are accounted for, the remaining 3 must have been
equitted, and have been posted accordingly.
2: Durer Murder out of 3 prisoners, 2 only have been accounted for, the 3rd was probably acquitted.
3. Under Unlawfully giving false statement to Registrar General the prisoner, although convicted, does not appear under the head-
ing, but the facts appear in a foot note on the Return,
(c.) In one case the recognizance estreated, this case is included in the total, but not in any other of the above headings, (d.) In one case the recognizance estreated, and one prisoner committed suicide in the Gaol.
(e.) In one case the recognizance estreated.
(f.) In three cases the recognizances were estreated.
Registry Supreme Court, Hongkong, 1st April, 1889.
ALFRED G. WISE,
Acting Registrar.
INDICTMENTS and INFORMATIONS in the SUPREME COURT of HONGKONG, for the Year 1888.
Showing how the eases tried in the
Superior Courts ended.
(Each prisoner tried, counted as a separate case; where a large number of Prisoners have been convicted together, the fact is mentioned in a note.)
Total.
Murder.
Judgment for the Crown,
99
2
Judgment for the Prisoner,
13
Prisoner found Insane,
Cases which fell through for want of prosecution or absence
of accused, and cases thrown out by the Grand Jury (Attor ney General),
Cases postponed,
40
186.
17
Registry Supreme Court, Hongkong, 1st April, 1889.
Including Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several offences.
Manslaughter.
:
:
11
8
57
30
20
6
85
63
ALFRED G. WISE,
Acting Registrar,
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