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No. 6.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH JANUARY, 1881.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Criminal Calendar of the December Sessions is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th January, 1881.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
CRIMINAL CALENDAR-DECEMBER SESSIONS, 1880.
No.
NAME.
CRIME.
DAY OF TRIAL.
VERDICT.
SENTENCE.
1
Reg. v. 1. Tsui A-kin,..
2. Lau A-pat,
2 Reg. v. Fung A-sai,......
3 Reg. v. Wong A-kam,....
4 Reg. v. 1. Yu A-ming,...
2. Ü A-cheung,..
1. Unlawfully bringing into the Col- ony a female child for the pur- pose of prostitution, against first prisoner.
2. Unlawfully receiving and har- bouring the said child with in- tent that she should be sold for the purpose of prostitution,against the second prisoner.
1. Unlawfully by fraudulent means 20th Dec. Guilty on 1st count;
bringing into the Colony a woman named Wong Lea Kwai for the purpose of emigration.
2. Unlawfully bringing into the Col- ony the same woman, knowing that she had been purchased for the purpose of prostitution.
Unlawfully by fraudulent means en- ticing into the Colony a boy named Cheung A-wa for the pur- pose of selling him.
1. Larceny.
2. Previous
summary
conviction
against second prisoner.
3. The same.
4. The same.
3. Chan A-sap,
4. Lam A-sam,..
5. Tse A-sik,..
6. Previous
5 Reg. e. Chan A-yau,
5. The same for felony against third
prisoner.
summary conviction
against fourth prisoner.
7. The same.
1. Larceny.
2. Receiving stolen goods.
3. Previous summary conviction.
4. The same.
20th Dec.
unanimously guilty on 2nd count, by 6 jurors to 1.
Guilty.
20th Dec. All 5 prisoners guilty on 1st count; 2d pris- oner pleads guilty on 2nd, 3rd and 4th counts; 3rd prisoner pleads guilty on 5th count; 4th prisoner pleads guilty on 6th count; 4th prisoner not guilty on 7th
count.
20th Dec. Pleads guilty on 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th counts.
Dec. 23rd, 1880,--Two years' imprisonment with hard labour.
Dec. 23rd, 1880,-Two
years' imprisonment with hard labour.
Dec. 23rd, 1880,-1st pri- soner, three years' penal servitude; 2nd prisoner, three years' penal servi- tude; 3rd prisoner, three years' peñal servitude; 4th prisoner, three years' penal servitude; 5th pris- oner, two years' impris- oument with hard labour.
Dec. 23rd, 1880.-Two
years' imprisonment with hard labour.
5. The same.
REMARKS.
Not proceeded with by the Attorney Gen- eral. First prisoner on bail did not surrender. Sec- ond prisoner discharged on proclamation.
6 Reg. v. 1. Mak A-chan,.
2. Fan A-chcung- 3. Ng A-po,......
6. The same.
1. Burglary.
2. Previous conviction for felony
against first prisoner.
3. Previous summary
against said prisoner.
conviction
4. Previous conviction for felony
against second prisoner.
5. Previous summary
against said prisoner.
6. The same.
conviction
7. The same for felony against same
prisoner.
8. Previous summary
against same prisoner.
conviction
9. The same against third prisoner.
7 Reg. v. Yun A-fu,
1. Larceny.
8
Reg. . David Sime,
2. Previous summary conviction.
3. The same.
4. The same.
22nd Dec. 1st and 2nd prisoners plead guilty on the 1st count; 3rd pris. oner guilty on 1st count; 1st prisoner pleads guilty on 2nd and 3rd counts; 2nd prisoner pleads guilty on 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th counts; 3rd prisoner pleads guilty on 9th
count.
1st prisoner, five years' penal servitude; 2nd prisoner, five years' penal servitude; 3rd prisoner, three years' pcnal servi- tude.
20th Dec. Pleads guilty on all Dec. 23rd, 1880,-Two
4 counts.
1. Assault occasioning actual bodily 22nd Dec. Pleads not guilty on
harm.
2. The same.
3. The same.
1st count; guilty of a common assault on 2nd count; not guilty on 3rd count. 1st count; guilty of com- mon assault on 2nd count; not guilty on 3rd count.
9 Reg. c. William Scott.
1. Assault occasioning actual bodily 21st Dec. Not guilty on
harm.
10 Reg. e. Leung A-kit,.
2. The same.
3. The same.
Unlawfully by fraud taking away a child under the age of fourteen years with intent to deprive the father of the child of its possession.
years' imprisonment with hard labour.
Three calendar months' imprisonment with hard
labour.
Dec. 23rd, 1880,-Five calendar months' impris onment with hard la- bour.
Adjourned
to next sessions.
W. H. R. MOSSOP.
Acting Registrar.
JOHN SMALE,
Chief Justice.