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Return of Criminal Cases that have been tried in the Supreme Court of Hongkong:
Number of Cases.
Number of Persons
during the year 1852.
Convicted
Acquitted
Sentence
Death Recorded
Transportation
Hard Labour.
over one Year
Hard Labour
1Year and unde
Remarks
Charge
abandoned Postponed
5 Assault.
Crime
1. / Assaulting Peace Officer in execution of his duty. 3. 3. Assisting in desertion.
1 Attempting to persunde Soldier to dexert
2 3 Attempting to set fire to a Ship
// Breaking and entering a Building within
2 2 Burglary.
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Curtilage and stealing therein.
3 Burglary and Larceny.
1 Bourglary with wounding.
12 Cattle Stealing.
22 Combining with Pirates.
2 2 Cutting with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
12 Forgery
69 Larceny
•
!! kaping a bawly house
// Murder on the high seas, aiding and abetting
11 20 Murder on the high seas
1 Passing Counterfeit Coin-
925 Piracy.
8 17 Piracy with wounding
7 Rape
2/ Receiving goods piratically Stolen.
3
3 Robbery
3 Robbery with
Arms
!! Robbery with violence
2 2 Robbery with wounding.
Stealing in a dwelling house-
22 Stealing from the person_
29 Stabbing with intent to do grievous bodily harm -
//
75 126
Uttering forged Receipt.
Total
a/ Imprisonment without labour. Indictments against same Prisoners
(Signed) W. H. Alexander, Deputy Registrar.
2
2
2
Death
2
No of Persons.
14 6 12 2
2
4 18
10
2
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N of Cares.
of this case was,
case was post oned from the December Sessions of 1851. / Several abandoned. af Previous Conviction.
(True Copy) Maine
Colonial Secretary.
sorts had
(Signed) Ribt Dundas Cay,
Registrar.