Commenced in
icturn of the number of cases tried before the Aonorable the chief Justice, and Actions Supreme and Tice Admiralty Courts of Hongkong during the year anding the 316 December, 1853.
Court.
Supreme Court.
Common Law.
Chancery.
Summary.
Insolvency.
Appeals.
Vice Admiralty Court.
Court.
Supreme Court.
Common Law,
et
lases tried before The Honorable The Chief Justice in 1853. –
hamber of
Cases.
al
CL
31.
g+ 49,
Nil
Plaintiffs.
Amount of debt and
Damages claimed.
Judgment.
Defendant.
non-suust.
$
27.222.53
2
10,433 74
Nil
"
35 Nil
14 Nil
769 53,000.00
65
1
Actions Commenced in 1853._
number of amount of Debt and
Cases.
Damages itaimed.
کی
the
Total.
Cases, belli and Damage
Cettled without
Trial
Plaintiff.
Ludgment
Defendant,
hom-suit.
Remaining in Dependence.
63 $91425.92.
Jotal. lages Debtand Damage.
28 Mil
$130,31643
17
7
Nil
Nil
Vil
Vil
Nil
Jal
2j.
84
Nil
14,158.71
Nil
19
35
13
Vil
Nil
Nil
Nil
17 Nil
Ecclesiastical
#22
Assets per Appraistment 7.730.37
Appeals.
Vice Admiralty Court.
769.65 15,302. 35
#
$
2
3
14! $168,277.57.
was
•for Plaintiff.
I on one Conut and for
Chancery.
Summary.
Insolvencs
di
2/1
Three of these lases were in dependence on the 1st January 1853. (the remaining three in dependence were settled without Trial ) & Su one of these cases marked as dudgment for Raiutiff, the verdict.
• on the others. This action being a Commission de Lunatico, no amount can be stated." Three of these cases were in dependence on the 15 January 1850.
was subsequently tried in the Summary Suriadiction. Verdict for $11.1.2.4. "" In three of these rotates there was a Will, consequently the property was not appraised. 2 Ine in dependence from 1852.
Defendant Common Law Lide and was
(Signed) H.K. Masson,
Acting Deputy Rejistrar..
True Copy. I
Į
Meine
Colomal secretary-
e of these cases the defendant
was arrected on a lapias issuing from the
| Signed / W. H. Alexanders,
Acting Registrar..
M 4474/54