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No. 216.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH NOVEMBER, 1879.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,
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The following Criminal Calendar of the October Sessions at the Supreme Court is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd November, 1879.
No.
NAME.
CRIMINAL CALENDAR-OCTOBER SESSIONS, 1879.
CRIME,
DAY OF TRIAL.
VERDICT.
SENTENCE.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
1
Tam A-ting,......
2
Tse A-cheung,
3 Chan A-chit,
1. Unlawfully taking away a boy under the age of 14 years with intent to deprive the father of the boy of its possession.
2. Unlawfully taking away the same boy with intent to sell him.
3. Unlawfully taking away the same boy with intent to pro- cure a ransom for his libera- tion.
20th Oct. Guilty on all three counts unanimously.
Highway robbery with violence, 20th Oct. Not guilty unani-
being armed.
1. Unlawfully detaining a fe- male child under the age of 14 years with intent to sell her.
2. Unlawfully detaining the same child with intent to deprive the father of the child of its possession.
mously.
20th Oct. Guilty on first count, not guilty on se- cond count.
27th October. Two years' Imprisonment with hard labour and to be kept in Solitary Confinement for a period of one week in every two months of the said imprisonment.
27th October. Two years' Imprisonment with hard labour and to be kept in Solitary Confinement for a period of one week in every two months of the said imprisonment.
1. Highway robbery with vio- 22nd Oct. Guilty on both counts Two years' Imprisonment with
lence, being armed.
4
Lam A-wah,......
2. Unlawfully wounding.
1. Robbery with violence.
2. Previous conviction.
5
Chan A-shing,... .
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6 Leung A-yau,
7 Tang A-lam,
unanimously.
hard labour.
|23rd Oct. | Guilty on first count. Five years' Penal Servitude.
Pleads guilty on
second, third, and fourth counts.
Entering a Dwelling House at 23rd Oct. Guilty.
night with intent to commit
a felony and committing a felony therein.
1. Breaking and entering a Dwelling House and com- mitting a felony therein,
2. Previous conviction.
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4.
Two years' Imprisonment with
hard labour.
22nd Oct. Pleads guilty on all Seven years' Penal Servitude.
four counts.
C. B. PLUNKET,
Kegistrar.
REMARKS.
JOHN SMALE,
Chief Justice.
No. 217.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Stamp Revenue collected during the Months of October, 1878, and October, 1879, respectively, by the Collector of Stamp Revenue, is published for general information.
By Command,
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th November, 1879.