Years.
Total Number of Cases.
Convicted and Punished.
Discharged.
Committed for Trial at Supreme
Court.
302
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH MARCH,
1882.
ABSTRACT of CASES brought under COGNIZANCE at the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURT during a period of Ten Years, from 1st January, 1872, to 31st December, 1881, inclusive.
CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD.
Committed to Prison
or detained pending Orders of His Excellency
Ordered to find Security.
To keep the Peace,
to be of Good
Punished for Prefering False Charge or giving
Total
Number
Undecided.
Behaviour, and
False
of Defendants.
to answer any
the Governor.
Testimony.
Charge.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
1872,
9.950
11,185
999
2,426
294
137
28
44
1
271
19
23
1873.
9,137
8,810 1,352
1,798
266
67
10
15
171
29
37 10
1874,
8,079
6,636 1,185
1,651
269
101
2
81
175
21
50
1875,
8,055
6,749
890
1,632
281
95
9
4
190
29
23
1876,
9,103
7,315
683
1,744 300
118
11
6
174
23
25
1877,
9,283
7,336
572
1,966
364
209
15
16
192
17
14
1878,
9,100
7,166
628
2,126
251
200
18
11
98
22
10
1879,
7,009
5,758
361
1,900
189
145
13
18
230
32
18
1880.
7,098
5,892
252
1,775 187
170
27
15
204
48
37
15
1881,
8,203
7.049
333
1,678
173
192
48
4
369
65
34
∞ON773 MP 40 10 10
8
13
35
2
21
196
14,099 1,345
20
10,933 1,673 8,6651,436 8,713 1,217
20
9,402 1,024
12
9,745
972
3
19
9.630
922
3
34
8,103
602
33
8,126
531
6
53
9,379
630
Grand Totals
for the 10 Years,
85,017
73,896 7,205 18,696 2,574
1,434
176
164
3
2,074
305
271
64 260
25
96,795 10,352
Average per
Year,
8,501.7 7,389.6 720.5 1,869.6 257.4
143.4
17.6
16.4
.3
207.4
30.5
27.1
6.4
26.0
2.5
9,679,5 1,035,2
Magistracy, Hongkong, 4th March, 1882.
H. E. WODEHouse,
Police Magistrate.
No. 3.
CORONER'S OFFICE, HONGKONG, 3rd March, 1882.
in SIR,—I have the honour to forward herewith the usual Annual Returns for the year 1881, connection with the Inquests held during the year.
I have the honour to be,
The Honourable M. S. TONNOCHY,
Sir,
¿
Your most obedient Servant,
H. E. WODEHOUSE,
Coroner.
Acting Colonial Secretary, &c..
&c.,
&c.,
Nationality.
Men.
CORONER'S INQUESTS.
TABLE A-Return of all Coroner's Cases, 1881.
Inquests Held.
Buried without Inquest.
Very much derom-
Women. Boys. Girls. Total. Men. Women. Boys. Girls. posed; ser not ascer- Total.
tainable.
6
Europeans and Americans, Chinese,
11
56
19
9
Indians and Malays,
3
1
12:
11
12
96
30
7
27
24
90
1
...
Total,...
70
19
10
12
111
37
27
24
2
97
Total for 1880,.
41
11
5
00
3 60
48
39
40
6
133