Totul.
Civil.
NUMBER OF
CAUSES.
Of which
were
CIVIL CAUSES HOW DIS-
POSED OF.
Criminal.
Decree for Plaintiff.
Decree for Defendant.
Nonsuited.
Referred to Supreme Court.
Undecided.
Total number of Defendants.
CRIMINAL CAUSES HOW DISPOSED OF.
ABSTRACT of Causes under COGNIZANCE at the Chief Magistrate's Office, and Court of Petty Sessions, during the Year 1861.
COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS.
CHIEF MAGISTRATE'S OFFICE.
Convicted and Punished.
Discharged.
Deported.
Committed for trial at the Supreme Court.
Ordered to find security to be of good be- haviour, or to answer any charge.
Punished
for preferring false charge, or
giving false testimony.
*[VY0k.
Çivil.
NUMBER OF CAUSES.
Of which
were
CIVIL CAUSES HOW
DISPOSED OF.
Criminal,
Decree for Plaintiff.
Decree for Defendant.
Nonsuited.
Undecided.
Total number of Defendants.
Convicted and Punished.
Discharged.
CRIMINAL CAUSES HOW DISPOSED OF.
Committed for trial at the Court of Petty Sessions.
Committed for trial at the Supreme Court.
Committed to prison pending orders of the Governor.
Among the Criminal Causes were,—
M. F. M. F.
9 52
1,534 1,042 492 817 124
95
1 3 731 22 560
M,
F. M. F.
M. F.
M.
F.
M. F.
2 102 10 ச
10 1. 21
5,363 61 5,302 52
monthly payments, fc., by Registered Brothels undar Ordinance 12 of 1857. Civil Causes consisted of Claims for Debt or Damages not exceeding $50, for Police and Lighting Rates, and for the monthly fee due on Licenses for retail of Spirits by Chinese, and
M.
F.
M. F. M. F. M.
F.
༢
M. F. M. F.
310,652 507 6,990| 300| 2,678| 172 193
8 307 2179 16. 32
M. ] F. M. F.
5 212
M. F.
M. F.
1
8 44
TOTAL WRITS ISSUED BY MAGISTRATES.
Abduction of feinales,....
5
Detention of Seamen's effects,.. Forgery...
3
WARRANTS.
3
Summonses
Acting as Money lenders of sums under $500 without a license,,
I
Aiding Soldiers and Seamen to desert,
7
Assaults,.
Having false balances and weights for sale of wares,................ Keeping public gaming houses and frequenting the same,.
4
to
Summonses Notices of and Subpoenas Judgment and
30
Defendants. to Witnesses. Rehearing Distress. Arrest. Search.
1,060
Keeping unlicensed boarding houses,.
3
Being at large in the streets at night, contrary to the provisions of Ordinance
Larceny,.
770
2 and amended Ordinance 9 of 1857,
337
Misconduct as Police Constables........
4,543
140
Breathes of Brothel Ordinance 12 of 1857,
58
Murder, Piracy, &c....
31
Breaches of Cargo Boat Ordinance,,.
22
Offences relating to Coins,........
19
407
114
540
111
47
Total,......5,792
Breaches of Markets Ordinance,
19
Perjury, malicious prosecution, and false testimony,...
24
Breaches of Registration Ordinance,..
22
Receiving stolen property..
19
Breaches of Emigration Ordinance,..
3
Retailing Spirits without license, and breach of Spirit license Recognizance,
21
Breach of Prison,
7
Burglary, Robbery, &c...
102
Child Stealing,.
Combination of Workmen,.
Conveying things to prisoners at work on the roads,.
Demanding property with menaces, &c.,.
Desertion and refusal of duty by Seamen of British and Foreign vessels,
NON-GR-
Riotous assemblage,...
6
Under the head of Causes how disposed of are included all such Causes as were brought before the Court for decision or investigation. Those which did not proceed beyond the issue of a Sulmons or Warrant will
be found under the head of "Total Writs issued."
Trespass on Crown lands, and infractions of building Regulations..
20
5
27
Unlicensed hawking,.
Unlawful possession of property, and other breaches of Police Ordinance 14 of 1845,.
Unlicensed retailing of Opium,..........
Vagrancy, viz., Rogues and Vagabonds, and suspicious character
2,691
238
16
189
•
C. MAY,
Acting Chief Magistrate.
*aveed aqn daa[ QI,
To be of good behaviour, or to answer any charge.
security.
Ordered to find
Punished for preferring false charge, or
giving, false testimony.
Undecided.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15ти FEBRUARY, 1862.
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