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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT

Appendix XVIII

(Chapter 13: The Courts, Police, Prisons and Records) Return of Serious Crime for the Year 1959

Offence

Class 1-Offences against the Person

1. Murder

2. Murder-Attempted

3. Infanticide

No. of No. of

cases

reported

cases

detected

No. of Persons Charged

or Summonsed 16 years 17 years

& under & over

18

16

19

10

9

7

1

1

1

5

5

5

403

373

21

386

1

1

1

7.

Abortion

8.

4. Manslaughter

·

5. Serious Assaults ..

6. Throwing Corrosive Fluids

Abominable Offences

9. Gross Indecency

3

3

3

10. Indecent Assault on a Male

5

4

4

11. Rape

1

1

1

12. Indecent Assault on a Female

139

116

25

79

13.

Other Serious Offences on

Women and Girls

8

8

9

14.

Kidnapping

1

15. Criminal Intimidation

29

29

1

32

16. Bigamy

1

1

1

+

17. Incest

|

18. All Other Serious Offences

against the Person

15

13

13

Total Serious Offences against!

the Person

640

580

47

561

Class 2-Breaking Offences

19. Sacrilege

1

1

4

20. Burglary

75

39

21. Housebreaking

267

68

22. Housebreaking with intent

49

39

23. Shop and Store Breaking

54

25

2 O 2 -

24. Office Breaking

6

3

25. Other Breakings

8

26. Breakings-all attempted

13

79

1

1

43

5

67

37

1

28

3

4

9

4 9

Total Breaking Offences

473

191

11

192

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