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No. 266.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 31ST DECEMBER, 1879..
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Criminal Calendars of the November and December Sessions at the Supreme Court, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th December, 1879.
CRIMINAL CALENDAR-NOVEMBER SESSIONS, 1879.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary,
No.
NAME.
1 Alex. McDougal,
2
1. Cheung A-sau, 2. Mok A-lin,
3
Thos. Ide Bowler,
4
Li A-sing,....
CRIME.
1. Unlawfully wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
2. Unlawfully wounding.
3. Unlawfully inflicting grie-
vous bodily harm.
Highway robbery with vio-
lence.
Attempt to commit an unnatu-
ral offence.
1. Larceny from the person. 2. Previous conviction. 3. Do.
do.
DAY OF TRIAL.
VERDICT.
18th Nov. Not guilty on account of the insanity of the prisoner at the time of the com- mittal of the of- fences in the counts charged.
19th Nov. Not guilty.
25th Nov. Not guilty.
SENTENCE,
REMARKS.
Prisoner ordered to be kept in strict custody in the Hospital of the Gaol till Her Ma- jesty's pleasure should be known.
19th Nov. Guilty on the first Seven years' Penal Servitude. The Actg. Attorney
count.
5
6
Chan A-fuk,..
Wong A-cheung,...] Larceny from the person.
Larceny from the person.
19th Nov.
19th Nov.
Guilty.
18th Nov.
Pleads guilty.
Guilty on the first
count, not guilty on! the second count.
7
Su A-fuk,.
1. Unlawfully by fraud enticing away a child under the age of 14 years with intent to deprive the mother of the child of its possession.
2. Unlawfully by force detain. ing the said child with the same intent.
Three years' Penal Servitude.
Three years' Penal Servitude.
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.
General entered a nolle prosequi on the second and third counts.
8
Mak A-ü,
Uttering counterfeit coin.
18th Nov.
Not guilty.
1. Larceny in a dwelling-house. 2. Receiving stolen goods. 3. Previous conviction,
19th Nov.
Not guilty.
9
Chung Lam-tsai,
4.
Do.
do.
5. Do.
do.
6. Do.
do.
1. Larceny.
2. Previous conviction.
19th Nov. Guilty on first count. Seven years' Penal Servitude.
Pleads guilty to se-
cond, third, fourth,
fifth & sixth counts.
3. Do.
do.
10
Cheung A-sam, .
4.
Do. S
do.
5.
Do.
6.
Do.
do.
1. Larceny.
2. Previous conviction.
11
Thos. Louis,...
3. Do.
do.
4.
Do.
do.
1. Larceny.
2. Previous conviction.
12 Thos. Louis,.....
3. Do. 4. Do.
do. do.
13
1. Tsang Shun-i, 1. Conspiracy to defraud. 2. Tam Tu-tong,
do.
2.
Do.
C. B. PLUNKET,
Registrar.
19th Nov. Pleads guilty to all Seven years' Penal Servitude.
four counts.
3rd Dec.
Both Prisoners guilty
on first count.
12th December. First Prisoner, two years' Im- prisonment with hard la- bour; Second Prisoner, one year's imprisonment with hard labour.
Nolle prosequi en- tered by the Actg. Attorney General.
Nolle prosequi en- tered on the se- cond count.
As to Cases Nos. 1, 3, 7, 8, and 13,
JOHN SMALE,
Chief Justice.
As to Cases Nos, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, and 12,
JNO. J. FRANCIS, Acting Judge.