CASES,—Continued.
165
Streams-Defiling,
Streets-Noises by Hawkers,..
OFFENCE.
Brought forward,
Spirit Licences Ordinance-Breach of.......
Spirituous Liquors-Sale on board Ship,...
Stones and other Missiles-Discharging to Danger of
Persons and Property,..
Stolen Property-Taking a Reward for helping to the recovery of without bringing the Offender to trial,
9,015 11,478
9 9 Unlicensed-Auctioneer,
No. of
CASES.
No. of
PRI-
SONERS.
OFFENCE.
NO. OF CASES.
No. of PRI
SONERS.
Brought forward........
9,99212,519
I
1
7
"
-Cargo Boats,
7
7
-Hawkers,
1,346 1,346
"
1
--Junks,
6
"
22
22
-Coffee Shop,
1
41
41
"
-Plying of Boats for Hire,
197
197
"
--Seamen's Boarding Houses,
3
3
"1
-Using of Sand Boats,.
3
3
**
-Using of Boats as Dwelling Houses,
21
21
Small-Pox-Neglecting to report a Case of..........................
Suicide-Attempting to commit
Trees, &c.-Cutting and destroying,..
Trespass on Crown Land, ..
13 123 325
13
Unwholesome Provisions-Exposing
ing into the Colony
for Sale, or bring-
26
26
123 Vehicles-Offences against Public
209
209
325 Vaccination Ordinance-Breach of
1
Tramways Ordinance-Breach of Unlawful Possession of Property,.
3
382
??
of Trees, Shrubs, &c.................................
49
3 Vagrancy Ordinance-Breach of 446 Watchmen-Misconduct as Fire Brigade.
49 Weights and Measures-Breach of Ordinance for
Women and Girls Protection Ordinance-Breach of
331
33
2
2
34
31
38
62
Carried forward,....
9,992 12,519
TOTAL,..
11,920 14,471
H. E. WODEHOUSE, Police Magistrate.
Magistracy, Hongkong, 17th January, 1893.
ABSTRACT of CASES brought under COGNIZANCE at the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURT during a period of Ten Years, from 1st January, 1883, to 31st December, 1892, inclusive.
CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, And the Number of Male AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD.
Committed to Prison
TOTAL NUMBER
Ordered to find Security.
YEARS
OF CASES
Convicted and Punished.
Discharged.
Committed for Trial at Supreme
Punished for Preferring
Total
Court.
or detained pending Orders of His Excellency
To keep the Peace, to be of Good Beha
or giving
False Charge Undecided.
Number
False
of Defendants.
the Governor.
viour, and to answer
any Charge.
Testimony.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
M.
F. M.
F.
M.
E.
1883,..
10,653
8,127 670
2,398
349
121
co
8
37
1
154
62
6
160
11
11,003 1,101
1884,
14,065
11,748 | 1,088
2,294 268
101
2
35
3
228
53
Co
2
105
2
14,517 | 1,418
1885,
10,281 7,951 849
2,188 258
159
2
11
3
357
99 6
18
***
10,690 1,211
1886+
14,611 12,081 842
2,198 190
157
2
5
869
100
32
1224
3 168
15,510 1,137
1887............
12,015 10,354 325 2,620 159
158
9
28
4
411
52 14
48
13,633 549
Total,..... 61,625 50,261 3,774 11,698 1,224
696
23
116
11
2,019
366
the e
64
5
499
18
65,353 5,416
Average per 12,325-0 10,052 2 754 82,839 6 | 244-8
Year,
139-2
4.6
23-2
2.2
403.8
73 2 12-8
1.0
99.8
2.6
13,070 6 1,083-2
1888,
11,647 9,700 232 2,704 145
168
6
98
11
177
15
3
48
2
12,898 411
. 1889,
8,670 6,626 268
2,319 178
157
10
44
10
303
34
17
64
3 9,530 503
1890,
9,739 7,423 817
2,406 151
102
/15
259
59
3
:
35
2 10,243 529
1891,
13,676 13,438 534 1,906 134
40
12
153
19
1
143
2 15,693 689
1892,
11,771 827 1,927 151
40
ŏ
191
20
7
28
13,969 502
Total,.....
..... 55,652
48,958 1,678 | 11,262
759
507 20
174
21
1,088
147
31
318
9
62,333 2,634
Year,
Average per 11,180-49,791-6 335-62,2524 | 151-8
101.4 4.0
31.8
4.2
216.6
29 4
6.2
03-6
1-8. 12,466-6| 526-8
Grand Total Į
for 10 Years, 117,277 99,2195,452 22,960 1,983
1,203
43
290
32
8,102
513
95
Б
817 22
127,686 8,050
Average per
Year,
|11,727-79,921-9645-22,296-0 198-3
120-8
4.8
29.0
3.2
310-2
51:8
9.5
5-0
81-7 2-2
12,768 6 | 805.0
Magistracy, Hongkong, 17th January, 1893.
H. E. WODEHOUSE,
·
Police Magistrate.