RETURN OF CRIMINAL CASES that have been brought under the COGNIZANCE of the SUPREME COURT,
during the last Ten Years.
147
Charges Abandoned.
Postponed.
Number Number
YEAR.
of Cases.
of Convicted. Acquitted, Persons.
No. of
Cases.
No. of Persons.
No. of Cases.
No. of Persons.
(f) 1887,
94
155
82
36
17
26
1
188,
101
186
99
47
28
40
(g) 1589,
92
143
64
41
24
37
1890,
59
80
43
20
7
17
1891,
3343
32
37
235
26
9
2
2
:
00
8
Total,
378
601
314
153
78
122
1
8
1892,
30
44
18
17
9
1893,
43
67
33
16
8
1894,
36
44
21
17
6
1
5
1895,
26
1896,
64
388
39
60
225
23
9
27
26
1
1
Total,
199
244
122
85
23
36
3333
2
6
Average of 1st Period,
753
1201
623
302
15공
219
13
Average of 2nd}
39
484
243
17
42
71
!!
Period, .... 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, 8th day of January, 1897.
J. W. NORTON KYSHE, Registrar.