RETURN of CRIMINAL CASES that have been brought under the Cognizance of the Supreme Court, during the last Ten Years,
Charges Abandoned.
Postponed.
YEAR.
Number of Cases.
Number of Persons.
Convicted.
Acquitted.
No. of Cases.
No. of Persons.
No. of Cases.
No. of Persons.
(a.) 1877.
1878, (b.) 1879,
1880,
148
1881,
105
Total.
628
(c.) 1882, (d.) 1883,.
1884,
1885..
(e) 1886..
124
179
135
216
163
202
135
160
120
154
13
39
45
6
13
34
6
39
1
911
664
211
31
36
187
124
126
70
101
65
147
103
107
59
Total,
119
668
421
126
38
21
25
14
28
20
16
22
16
22
20
16
272
69
114
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COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the Number of OFFENCES, APPREHENSIONS, CONVICTIONS and ACQUITTALS
for the last Four Years.
1883.
1884.
1885.
1886.
The Number of Convictions in the Superior Courts :
1. For offences against the Person,
2. Predial Larceny....
3. For offences against property other than Prædial Larceny,
1. For other offences,
The Number of Persons acquitted :
2. In the Superior Courts,
+91
7
27
56
36
2
22
16
42
20
22
20
26
20
RETURN of Criminal Cases tried in the Supreme Court of HONGKONG, during the year 1886.
SENTENCE.
CRIMES Number of Persons Average of 1st Period, 1324 421 6 125 1821 Average of 2nd Period, 844 261 183 22+ 895 1833(a.) In this year the Charges abandoned and Postponed are not included in the Grand Total in the published Returns; but they are added here to make the figure tally
(b.) 1. Under offence of Breaking into a Dwelling House out of 9 prisoners, 6 only are accounted for, the remaining 3 must have been acquitted, and have been posted accordingly.
2. Under Murder out of 3 prisoners, 2 only have been accounted for, the 3rd was probably acquitted.
3. Under Unlawfully giving false statement to Registrar General the prisoner although convicted does not appear under the heading, but the facts appear in a foot note on the Return.
(c) In one case the recognizance was estreated, this case is included in the total, but not in any other of the above headings.
(d.) In one case the recognizance estreated, and one Prisoner committed suicide in the Gaol.
(e) In one case the recognizance estreated.
INDICTMENTS and INFORMATIONS in the SUPREME Court of HONGKONG, for the Year 1886.
Showing how the cases tried in the Superior Courts ended.
(Each prisoner tried, counted as a separate case; where a large number of Prisoners have been convicted together, the fact is mentioned in a note.)
Total Including Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several offences. Murder, other than wife or child murder. Manslaughter. Attempt at murder. Murder of wife, Reputed wife, or Concubine. Child murder, Concealment of Birth. Abortion. Rape. Unnatural Crimes. Other offences against the Person. Malicious Injuries to Property. Robbery with violence. Predial Larceny. Other offences against Property. 1 Abduction from the Colony for the purpose of stealing money, Administering stupefying drug- Assault and Robbery from the person,. Assault and wounding with intent to rob, 1 Assault with intent to commit Buggery, 13 Assault with intent to commit Rape, Attempting to shoot with intent to resist lawful apprehension. Bringing into the Colony a woman with intent to sell her for the purpose of prostitution, Breaking and entering a dwelling house with intent to commit a felony, Burglary and receiving stolen goods, 1 Child stealing, + Demanding money with menaces, 2 Embezzlement, 7 Embezzlement by a servant, Forging a certain cheque or order with intent to defraud. Larceny, Larceny in a dwelling house with menaces, Larceny of Post Letter, Larceny from the person, 2 Larceny by a servant, Larceny and previous conviction, Manslaughter, 1 Libel. I Murder,.... 2 Obtaining goods under false pretences, Obtaining money under false pretences, 4 Perjury. | Piracy,... 3 Receiving stolen property, 2 Robbery and Larceny from the person, Robbery and Larceny in a dwelling house... 11 Robbery from the person with violence, Shooting with intent to prevent apprehension, Shooting with intent to do grievous bodily harm.... Unlawfully imprisonment and detention for the purpose of emigration....... Unlawful possession of counterfeit coin and forged Bank notes, Unlawfully and feloniously receiving certain Bank Notes, 1 Unlawfully and maliciously wounding. 7 Wounding with intent to murder.... 1(a)
Judgment for the Crown,
59
Judgment for the Prisoner,......
Prisoner found Insane,.......
20
2
Cases which fell through for want of prosecution or absence of accused, and cases thrown out by the Grand Jury (Attorney General),
(b.)
27
Cases postponed,..........
107
(7) The Acting Attorney General accepted the plea of guilty of Manslaughter.
Including one who did not appear and whose recognizance was estreated.
Convicted. Acquitted. Death. over one Year. Death Recorded. Penal Servitude, Hard Labour Hard Labour one Year and under. Solitary Confinement, Number of Persons. Privately Flogged, Number of Persons. No. of Cases. No. of Persons. No. of Cases. No. of Persons. CHARGE ABANDONED. POSTPONED. 45 8 16 26 79 were tried. Convicted,. Acquitted,... 10 1 90 Persons. Charges abandoned, Recognizance estreated. Case postponed, . In one case the Prisoner did not appear his recognizance estreated. b. In one case the Acting Attorney General accepted the plea of guilty of manslaughter. Registry Supreme Court, Hongkong, 28th January, 1887. Total, 79 Persons. 2243 1 107 Persons. ALFRED G. WISE, Acting Registrar.Page 373
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