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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