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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH JULY, 1881.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 247.
The following Criminal Calendar of the June Sessions is published for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th July, 1881.
No.
NAME.
1 Kwok Shiu-tsing..
Cheung Wa-shing,
CRIMINAL CALENDAR-JUNE SESSIONS, 1881.
CRIME.
DAY OF TRIAL.
VERDICT.
1. Unlawfully and wilfully making 20th June.
a false statement to one John Swanston, Inspector of Police (duly authorized to register the births and deaths in the district of Shau-ki-wán) touching the birth of a certain child.
2. Aiding and abetting the said Kwok Shiu-tsing to commit a misdemeanor.
1. Assault and wounding, occasion- 20th June,
ing actual bodily harm.
Both prisoners guilty.
Guilty.
22
Ho A-yui,
2. Previous conviction (summary).
3. The same
do.
3. The same
(
do.
1. Maliciously wounding.
20th June.
3 Leung Kiu-tsun,
2. The samc.
Guilty on both counts.
f
Wong A-cheung,
Shooting with intent to murder.
20th June.
Not guilty.
5 Tang A-cheung,
1. Larceny by a servant.
20th June.
| Chan Ang,....
2. Receiving stolen goods.
6 Chan A-fuk,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
SENTENCE.
22nd June. Cheung Wa-shing,-Nine cal- endar months' imprison- ment with hard labour.
22nd June.
REMARKS.
Kwok Shiu-tsing, the mother of the child, who acted entirely under the directions of the 2nd prisoner, was discharged upon her own re- cognizances. She was entirely ig- norant of the law about the regis- tration of births.
One year's imprisonment with Previous convic-
hard labour.
tions not pro- ceeded with.
22nd June.
First count,-Three calendar months' imprisonment with hard labour. Second count, --Two calendar months' im- prisonment with hard la- bour; to commence on the expiration of sentence on the first count.
Guilty.
Not guilty.
22nd June. Tang A-cheung,-One year's imprisonment with hard la- bour, and to be kept in solitary confinement during the first and last months of sentence.
22nd June. Three calendar months' impri-
soument with hard labour.
Nolle prosequi
entered on 2nd count (against Ng San-fat, alias Wong Hok-tsoi).
Larceny.
Receiving stolen goods.
20th June. Guilty on 2nd count
only.
29th June. First prisoner not
guilty.
7 Wong Hung-yau,...)
Ng San-fat, alias
Wong Hok-tsoi,
1. Perjury.
2. The same.
C. F. A. SANGSTER,
Acting Registrar,
FRANCIS SNOWDEN,
Acting Chief Justice.
The preparation of the Calendar has been delayed for the purpose of including Case No. 7. The Information was not filed until 20th ultimo, and the case, perhaps, ought not in the regular course to have been tried at these Sessions. soon as possible, and I thought it right to accede to their wishes. Hence the delay.
But the defendants were anxious to take their trial as
;
FRANCIS SNOWDEN.
Acting Chief Justice.