233
OFFENCE.
No. Op CASES.
CASES,- Continued.
NO. OF PRI- SONERS.
OFFENCE.
No. of
No. OF
CASES,
PRI- SONERS.
Brought forward,
8,501
9,526
Brought forward,..
9,531
10,566
Unlicensed-Hawkers, .
940
940 Vehicles-Breach of Ordinance for,
106
106
>>
-Passage Broker,...
2
2 Watchmen--Misconduct as Private.
3
3
-Plying of Boats for Hire,
76
Unwholesome Food-Keeping, Selling or exposing for Sale, or bringing into the Co- lony,
12
12
76 Weights and Measures-Breach of Ordinance for,
Women and Female Children-Breach of Ordinance)
for protection of, Workmen-Intimidating,
74
74
20
28
5
6
Carried forward,
9,531|10,556
TOTAL......
9,739 | 10,772
Magistracy, Hongkong, 12th January, 1891.
H. E. WODEHOUSE,
Police Magistrate. for the Police Magistrates.
ABSTRACT of CASES brought under COGNIZANCE at the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURT during a period of
Ten Years, from 1st January, 1881, to 31st December, 1890, inclusive.
CASES, HOW DISPOSED'OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH Hrad.
Years.
Totil Nomber of Cases.
Committed.
Committed to Prison
Ordered to find Security.
Punished for
Preferring
Total
Convicted and Punished.
for Trial at
or detained
Discharged.
Supreme
pending Orders of To keep the Peace,
False-Charge Undecided.
Number
or giving
Court.
His Excellency
to be of Good Beha-
False
of Defendants.
the Governor,
viour, and to answer
any charge.
Testimony.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
.10
11.
12
M.
F
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
18
M. F. M.
14
15
16
17
F.
M.
F
1881,.
8,203
7,049 333
1,678 178
192
48
4
369
1882,.
7,567 6,049 394
1,922 255
269
17
36
**
3
263
1883,
10,658 8,127
670
2,398 349
121
8
37
1
154
1884,
14,065 11,748 1,088
2,294 268
101
2
35
3
228
1885,
10,281 7,951 849
2,188 258
159
19
2
3
357
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65 34
53
5
9,379 630
100 13
4 80
7
8,622 780
6
160
11
11,003 1,101
53
6
2 105
2
14,517 1,418
99
6
18
10,690 1,211
1886,
14,611❘ 12,081 842
1887,
12,015 | 10,354
2,198 190
325 2,620 159
157
~
10
5
869
100
32
3
168
15,510 1,137
158
Co
28
محور
4
411
52
14
48
-
***
13,633 549
1888,
11,647 9,700 232 2,704 145
168
CÔ
6
98
11
177
16
3
48
2
12,898 411
1889,
1890,
8,670 6,626 268 2,319 178
9,739 7,428 317 2,406 151
157
10
44
10
303
34
17
64
3
9,530 503
102
15
Tr
259
59
3
35
2
10,243 529
Grand Total
for the 10 107,451 87,108 5,318 22,727 2,126 Years,
1,574
104
313
35
3,300-
639 134
15
779
32
116,025 8,269
Average per
Year,
|10,745.1 | 8,710,8 531.8 2,272.7|212.6
157.4
10.4
31.3
3.5
339.0
63.9 13.4 1.5
77.9
3.2
11,602 5 826.9
Magistracy, Hongkong, 7th January, 1891.
H. E. WODEHOUSE, Police Magistrate, for the Police Magistrates.