Sir John Smale and Mr. Justice Snowden have co-operated with the Executive in dealing with habitual criminals, and to looking up the efficient Gaol discipline carried out in spite of many difficulties by Mr Tomnochy. The night system of our Police Force is now worked by Mr. Deane, Mr. Horspool and the high intelligent body of Inspectors has also done much to reduce crime in Hongkong.
I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant,
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 67.
The following Returns connected with the business of the Superior and Subordinate Courts of the Colony for the year 1880, are published for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
Number of Cases.
Number of Persons.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th February, 1881.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
RETURN OF CRIMINAL CASES tried in the SUPREME COURT of HONGKONG, during the Year 1880.
SENTENCE. CASES ABANDONED. CASES BARRED. Convicted. Acquitted. CRIMES, Assault, occasioning actual Bodily Harm. 11 Assault, Breach of Conditional Pardon, 1 Breaking, entering, and stealing in a Dwelling House, 6 Breaking out of a Dwelling House, Burglary, 2 Counterfeit Coin (being in possession of), 3 Embezzlement, 1 Forgery, 3 Larceny, 32 Larceny and Receiving, 17 3 Larceny in a Boat in the Harbour, 9 Larceny from the Person, 11 Larceny in a Dwelling House, 3 Larceny from a Wreck, 9 Larceny on board a Ship in the Harbour, 2 Larceny by a Servant, 3 Manslaughter, 4 1 Murder, 1 Obtaining Goods by False Pretences, 4 2 Perjury, 4 Piracy, 9 Piracy (attempting to commit), 16 Piracy (being found within the Colony, feloniously on board vessel equipped for the purpose of), Robbery from the Person with Violence, 5 Robbery, being named, Robbery with Violence, 3 Receiving Stolen Goods, 1 Wounding, with Intent to do actual Bodily Harm, 5 Unlawfully bringing into the Colony a Child for the purpose of selling said Child. 1 Unlawfully taking away a Child, with Intent to deprive the parent of its possession, 5 Unlawfully bringing into the Colony a Woman for the purposes of prostitution, 3 Unlawfully taking away a Woman out of the Colony, for the purposes of prostitution, 1 Unlawfully detaining a Woman for the purposes of Emigration, 1 Unlawfully and by force taking away a Child with Intent to deprive the Father of the possession of such Child, 4 Forcibly detaining a Child, Unlawfully enticing away a female from this Colony for the purposes of Emigration, 2 Unlawfully bringing into the Colony a Woman for the purposes of Emigration, 1 91 160 Number of Persons. Death. 1 Death recorded. Penal Servitude. 24 Hard labour, over 1 Year. 67 Hard labour, 1 Year and under. 18 Solitary Confinement, 35 Privately Flogged, 6 Number of Cases. Number of Persons. 120W. H. R. Mossor,
Acting Registrar.
Hongkong, 18th February, 1881.
*Comparative Table showing the Number of Criminal Cases and Persons tried in the Supreme Court during the last three years.
Number of Cases. Number of Persons. Number of Convictions. Number of Acquittals. 1878, 167 216 105 1879, 148 202 139 91 1880, 123 360 145Page 347
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