158
Number of Cases.
Number of Persons.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH APRIL, 1875.
RETURN of CRIMINAL CASES that have been tried in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, during the Year 1874.
CHARGES
CRIMES.
Convicted.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ | Acquitted.
Death.
Death Recorded.
1 1
1
1
Accusing of Crime with Intent to extort Money,
Assault,
:
1 4
Assault, and inflicting grievous Bodily Harm,...
3
2
Attempting to commit Buggery,
1
1
Being armed, with Intent to commit Burglary,
1
9
Being in a Dwelling-house, with Intent to commit a Felony therein,
1
1
1
3
Being in a Dwelling-house at Night, with Intent to commit a Felony therein, Breaking and entering, and stealing in a Dwelling-house, and receiving
stolen Goods,
3
1
2
1
1
1
NINN H
2
2
2
1
2
1
1 Burglary and Larceny,
Cutting and Wounding with Intent to do grievous Bodily Harm,
Detaining a Child with Intent to sell her,
Escape....
Forcible Detention of a Child with Intent to deprive the Mother of the pos-
session of such Child,
Having possession of Counterfeit Coin,
2 Highway Robbery with Wounding,
1221
2
2
Larceny,
1 12
Larceny and Assault,
2
4
Larceny in a Boat,
3 4
Larceny in a Dwelling-house,
5
10
2 5
4
6
0
2
Manslaughter,
Murder,
Perjury,
Piracy,
ww
Piracy and Murder,
2 Piracy with Wounding,
1
Receiving Stolen Goods,
Robbery from the Person,
2
2
Robbery with Violence, being armed,
1
1
Robbery with Wounding,
Shooting with Intent to commit Piracy,
2
5
Unlawfully Wounding,
I
1
Uttering Counterfeit Coin,
1
1
Uttering a forged Order for delivery of Goods,...
1
1 Wilfully giving False Information under Ordinance 7 of 1872, Section 18,
46
88
22:4
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
OPTI
Penal Servitude.
Hard Labor over
One Year.
Hard Labor Que
Year and under.
Publicly flogged,
No. of Persons.
| Solitary Confinement,
No. of Persons.
No. of Cases.
No. of Persons.
No. of Cases.
No. of Persons.
POSTPONED.
ABANDONED.
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
1
2
4
N⠀⠀⠀⠀
Defendants did not appear. Recognizances estrouted.
NNI
::
2 Sentence of Death Recorded" was also passed upon these Prisoners. 1
To enter into Recognizance to appear for Sentence, if called upon within 2 years.
65
23 7
26 21 10 6
7
11
W. H. ALEXANDER, Registrar.
RETURN of the NUMBER of CASES tried and ACTIONS commenced in the Supreme and Vice-Admiralty Courts of Hongkong, during the Year ending 31st December, 1874.
Cases tried in 1874.
Court.
Number of Cases.
Amount of Debt and Damages claimed,
Judgment.
Total.
Plaintiff.
Defendant. Nonsuit.
Struck out.
Cases.
Debt and Damages.
Supreme Court:-
Summary Jurisdn.,... a 625
$ 48,594.78
548
Original do.,
b 14
Chancery,
C 8
Petitioners
Bankruptcy,
d
8
Probate,
e 74
619,565.89
Appeals,
Vice-Admiralty Court,
ƒ
2
118,668.27
57,836.23
dischard) 8
Petitions
Appellant 1 Respondent 1
8
41 4
36 2
5
74
granted
5,500.00
1
732
$850,160.17
Actions commenced in 1874.
Num-
Amount of Debt
Court.
ber of Cases.
and Damages claimed.
Settled without Trial.
Judgment.
Plaintiff. Defendant.
Nonsuit.
Struck out.
Remaining in Depen- dence.
Supreme Court:-
Summary Jurisdn.,. 1,016 Original do.,
44
$ 89,649.01 299,992.68
339 18
544
39
36
41
17
4
I
1
20
Chancery,
6
4
2
Bankruptcy,
9
h 121,707.43
Petitioners
4
discharged,
g 1
4
Petitions
Probate,
74
619,565.89
74
granted
Appeals,
2
Vice-Admiralty Court, 8
25,000.00
4
Appellant 1 Respondent1
1
a. Six of these Cases were pending on 31st December, 1873. b. Eight of these Cases were pending on 31st December, 1873.
e. Four of these Cases were pending on 31st December, 1873.
d. Four of these Cases were pending on 31st December, 1873.
Total.
Cases.Debt and Damages.
3
1,159 $1,155,915.01
e. The amount given in these Cases is the Sworn Value of the several Estates in which Probate or Letters of Administration were granted during the Year. f. One of these Cases was from the Police Court, and the other from the Suminary Jurisdiction.
g. In this Case, the Adjudication was annulled.
h. The amoun given in these Cases is the amount of Liabilities set forth in the Bankrupts' Schedules.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Registrar.