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TABLE C.
COMPARATIVE RETURN of OFFENCES coming under notice of POLICE, during the Years 1875, 1876, and 1877.
SERIOUS.
Number of Cases.
Number of Persons.
Convicted.
Discharged,
1875 1876 1877
1875
1876 1877 1875 1876 1877
Murder,
3* 4
51
4+
1
1
2
Assault,
Robbery with Violence from the Person,
13
24
21
9! 6
17
4
4
2
Gambling,
Burglary or Larceny from a Dwelling House at Night,
107
90
79
41
23
12
7
7
Miscellaneous,
Assault with Intent to rob,..
3
1
1
2
Drunkenness,
Kidnapping and Abduction or detention of Chinese
63
55
73
36
31
35
35
32
36
Nuisances,
Women and Female Children,
No Pass or Light,
Piracy,
5
5
9
9
4
Unlawful Possession,
251
239 809
242
230
291
82
~
59
105
Larcenies,.....
Felonies not already given,..
988 1,059 1,437
13
8
597
671 813
178
180
192
32
9
2
26
10
7
4
Total,.......
|1,395 1,485 1,966
949
9741,196
324
295
341
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Total,...
MINOR.
Number of Cases.
Number of Persons,
Convicted.
Discharged.
1877
1875 1876 1877 1875 1876 1877 1875 1876
796 786 841 1,270 1,298 1,282 269 267 281 255 159 282 489 323 497 42 26 146 1,505 2,438 2,073 1,864 2,889 2,012 334 209 275
549 523 464
317 306 611 664 849 1,151
No analysis of Convictions and Discharges.
4,086 5,061 5,422 3,623 4,510 | 3,791 645 592 702
Increase-361 Cases, or 7.13 per cent.
* One Case also given under Piracy.
Increase-481 Cases, or 32.39 per cent.
+ Two Prisoners convicted, but received a free pardon, and sentence of one prisoner was commuted to Penal Servitude for Life.
Two Prisoners were convicted of Manslaughter.
‡ Two Cases also reported under Burglary, and one under Robbery with Violence from Person.
Central Police Barracks, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878.
Total Cases-7,388.
Increase-842 Cases, or 12.86 per cent.
C. V. CREAGH,
Acting Captain Superintendent of Poli'e,
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