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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH APRIL, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 131.
COURT RETURNS.
The following Returns connected with the business of the Superior and Subordinate Courts of the Colony, for the year 1882, are published for general information.
Number of Cases.
Number of Persons.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th April, 1883.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
RETURN of CRIMINAL CASES tried in the SUPREME COURT of HONGKONG, during the Year 1882...
CRIMES.
1
2 Assault and Wounding,
1
1
2
1 Attempting to Steal,.....
1 Attempt at Burglary,
Attempting to Bribe a member of the Police Force,
Attempt at Arson,....
3 Assault being armed with Intent to Steal,
Assault aud Ravishing...
Being in possession of certain Articles with Intent to Set Fire,
2 Entering a Dwelling House at Night with Intent to commit a
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3
9
Burglary,..
1
1
1
Felony therein,
1
1
Extortion by a Constable,
1
1
Embezzlement by a Servant,
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Forcibly detaining a Child with intent to deprive parent of its.)
possession,
5 Highway Robbery with Violence,
11 Larceny in a Boat in the Harbour,
7 Larceny in a Dwelling House,
Convicted.
Acquitted.
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Death Recorded.
Penal Servitude.
Hard Labour
over one Year.
SENTENCE.
Solitary Confinement, Hard Labour one
Number of Persons. Year & ander.
* Number of Persons. Privately Flogged,
Number of Cases.
Number of Per-
sons.
Number of Cases.
Number of Per-
Bons.
REMARKS,
CHARGEB
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PONED.
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
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1
2
1
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38
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3
43
Larceny and Previous Convictions,
1
5
3
3
Larceny by a Servant,
10
Larceny from the Person,
1
4 Larceny on the High Seas,
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1
1 Larceny of a Letter,
1
1 Libel,
1
4 Manslaughter,
2
2 Murder,
3
3 Obtaining Goods by False Pretences,
5
5 Obtaining Goods on a Forged Document,.
2
4
1 Perjury,
2 Purchasing a Woman for the Purpose of Prostitution,
10 Piracy,..
9
1
3
Pretending to exercise Enchantment and Sorcery,.................... Receiving Stolen Goods,
1
3
7 Robbery with Violence,
4
6 Robbery from the Person with Violence,
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4
4
40
3
24
11
9
6
1
4
1
1
3
Rape,
3 Shooting with Intent to Murder,
3
3
4 Unlawfully Wounding....
4
6
...
2
1
2
2 Unlawfully and by fraud taking away a Child with Intent to
deprive parent of its possession,
1
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1
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5
2
3
4.
7
2
1
1.
5
2
3
2
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1
2
....
I
1 Unlawfully detaining a Woman in a House against her will,
:
Unlawfully and by force detaining a Girl for the Purpose of
Prostitution,
-
1
2
1
1 Unlawfully Wounding to prevent Arrest,
1 Uttering Counterfeit Coin,
1
1
1 Wounding with Intent to do grevious Bodily Harm,......
1
1
1
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3
108 163
124
38 1
49
37 36 9 2 15 21 1 3
Number Tried,
Convicted,
Acquitted,.
Recognizance Estreated,
Cases Postponed,
Hongkong, 20th March, 1883.
Total,......
163 Persons.
124 38
1
163
21
3
187
EDW. J. ACKROYD, Registrar.