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No2. 18.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH FEBRUARY, 1870.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Returns connected with the business of the Superior and Subordinate Courts of this Colony for the Year 1869, are published for general information.
Number of Casey,
Number of Pergons,
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1870.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
RETURN OF CRIMINAL CASES that have been tried in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, during the Year 1869.
CRIME.
Convicted.
Acquitted.
Death.
Death Recorded.
Penal Servitude.
Hard Labor, over
one Year.
Hard Labor, one Year and under.
Publicly
flogged,
No. of Persons.
Solitary Confine- ment, No. of Persons.
No. of
Cases.
No. of
Perrons.
No. of
Cases.
No. of
Persons.
Abandoned.
REMARKS.
Charges
Postponed.
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Attempting to drown, and Larceny,.
1 Being in a Dwelling-house with Intent to commit a Felony,
Bestiality,
2|Breaking, and entering and stealing in a Ware-house,
Breaking and entering a Ware-house with Intent to commit a
Felony,
Buggery,
1 Burglary,
2 Burglary and Larceny,
1
1
2
1
Burglary and Receiving stolen Goods,..
6
12
Child Stealing,.
2
Conspiracy to accuse of Crime,
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3 Curting and Wounding with Intent to do grievous bodily harm,
Cutting and Wounding with Intent to Murder,
3
1
Embezzlement,
1
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5
3
1
4
2
1
Endangering Life with Intent to commit Firacy,
2
Extortion,
Forcibly taking away a Girl with Intent to procure a benefit
for her Liberation,
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1
1
1
Having possession of a Forged Bank Note,
1
1
10
Larceny,
7
10:
1
Larceny and Receiving,
3
3
Larceny in a Dwelling-house,
1
3
Larceny in a Dwelling-house with Violence,
5
Larceny on board Ship in the Harbor,
1
3
7 Manslaughter,.
5 | Murder,
Obtaining Goods by False Pretences,
2 Obtaining Money by False Pretences,
4 Perjury,
Piracy and Murder,
4 Receiving Stolen Goods,..
4 Rubbery from the Person,
Larceny on board Ship in the Harbor, and receiving Stolen Goods, ƒ2 Libel,
5
2
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7 Robbery from the Person with Violence,.
1
Robbery with Violence,
1
Shooting with Intent to do grievous bodily harın,
1
1
1
Unlawfully Wounding,
21
1
1
Uttering Forged Bank Notes,
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a. One Prisoner fined $200, in addition to Imprisonment.
b. Prisoners convicted on another charge of Murder.
c. Prisoner convicted on another charge of Murder.
d. Prisoner convicted on another similar charge.
e. Prisoner convicted on another charge.
J. One Prisoner convicted of Larceny, and one of Receiving,
g. In this case the Information was quashed.
k. The Prisoner was not sentenced previous to the 31st December.
i. The Prisoner bound over in the sum of $200 to appear and receive sentence if called upon within three Calendar Months from the date of
conviction.
W. H. ALEXANDER,
Registrar.
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