THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TM FEBRUARY, 1884.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 39.
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The following Returns connected with the business of the Superior and Subordinate Courts of the Colony, for the year 1883, are published for general information.
Number of Cases.
Number of Persons.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th February, 1884.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
RETURN of CRIMINAL. CASES tried in the SUPREME Court of HONGKONG, during the Year 1883.
CRIMES.
Abetting in the Commission of a Felony,
7 Administering Drug with Intent to Steal,
2
1
1
Arson,
1
1
Assault with Intent to Rob,
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1
1
2
Attempting to obtain Goods on Forged Instrument,.
Attempting to set Fire to a Dwelling House,.....
Being found on board a Junk in the Harbour for the purpose
of Piracy,
Buggery,
6 Burglary and Receiving Stolen Property,
4
Conspiring falsely to accuse of a Crime,
Embezzling one Registered Letter containing Money,,
Entering a Dwelling House at Night with Intent to commit
Felony therein,
1 Escaping from Prison,.
Convicted.
6
Acquitted.
Death,
Death Recorded.
Penal Servitude.
Hard Labour over one Year,
Hard Labour one Year & under.
SENTENCE.
Solitary Confinement, Number of Persons.
Number of Persons.
Privately Flogged,
Number of Cases.
Number of Per-
sons.
Number of Cases,
Number of Per.
'Suos
CHARGES CHARGES
ABAN-
POST-
DONED.
PONED.
5
2
1
::~
1
***
1
*
2
2
2
1
***
1
2
3
...
3
20
How! -
1
Larceny,.
20
Larceny and Previons Convictions,
1
Larceny on board Ship in the Harbour,
Larceny on board Steamer on the High Seas,
3
Larceny in a Dwelling House,
2
Larceny by a Servant,....
9
Larceny from the Person,
6
Larceny being armed with Offensive Weapons and using Per-
sonal Violence,
a amb: 1:
1
18
2
•
1
10
2
1
2
~
:
4
1
1
Larceny and Embezzlement,
10
1
Larceny and Receiving Stolen Goods, (1 committed suicide),* Larceny on board a Lighter,
4
1
2
1
2
1
1
Libel,
1
Manslaughter,
1
1
Murder, (convicted as Manslaughter),...
1
Obtaining Money by False Pretences, (Recognizance Estreated),† Obtaining Moncy by means of a Forged Instrument,
3
1
2
3
1
1
+
2
42112 2
4 Obtaining Goods on a Forged Instrument,
2
2
Perjury,
2
2
5
Piracy and Receiving Stolen Property,
2
3
1
2
Receiving Goods feloniously taken by Pirates,
1
1
Unlawfully making Contradictory Statement of Facts, Wouldling with Intent to do grievous Bodily Harm,
2
2
3
1 2
1
73 98
Number Tried,..........
Convicted,
Acquitted,.
*Committed Suicide in the Gaol,
Recognizance Estreated,
Charges Abandoned,
Cases Postponed,......
Hongkong, 17th January, 1884.
70 26
...
35
20
15
A
14
26 2
2
70 Persons.
26
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1
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98 Persons.
"
98 P'ersona.
26
2
"1
Total..............
126 Persons,
EDW. J. ACKROYD,
Registrar.
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REMARKS.