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RETURN of CRIMINAL CASES that have been brought under the COGNIZANCE of the Supreme Court, during the last Ten Years.
Charges Abandoned.
Postponed,
YEAR.
of Cases.
Number Number
of Persons.
Convicted. Acquitted.
No. of Cases.
No. of Persons.
No. of Cases.
No. of Persons.
1884,
68
101
65
1885,
91
147
103
(e.) 1886,
75
107
59
(f.) 1887,
94
155
82
36
1888,
101..
186
99
22295
20
8
16
16
22
20
16
27e
17
26
47
28
40
::--:
1
1
1
8
Total,......
429
696
408
145
85
131
2
9
·(g.) 1889,
92
1890,
59
1891,
32
1892,
1893,
43
*****
143
64
41
24
37
80
43
20
17
37
26
9
2
2
30
44
18
17
57
33
16
4
Total,..
256
361
184
103
41
73
·
Average of 1st
Period,....
851
1891
$13
23
29
17
261
019
14
Average of 2nd Period,
511
721
361
203
81
143
:
e. In one case the recognizance estreated.
f. In three cases the recognizances were estreated.
g. In one case the recognizance estreated, this case is included in the total, but not in any other of the above headings.
Registry Supreme Court, Hongkong, 16th day of January, 1894.
ALFRED G. WISE,
Registrar.