TABLE B—RETURN OF INQUESTS, 1886.
382A
Brought forward... 12,524, 14,486
Brought forward,
Streets—Noises by Hawkers, Trees, &c.—Cutting and destroying, Trespass on Crown Land.
156 15 15 841 841
Eating Houses, ....... 371 371
Unnatural Offence... 1
Triad Society—Being a member of, . Turnkeys—Disobeying orders of Superintendent. Unlawful Possession of Property,
2 261 308
Watchmen—Misconduct as Private, of Trees, Shrubs, etc..
35
Unlicensed—Hawker.
976
Money Changer,
Unlicensed—Plying of boats for Hire,
Seamen's Boarding Houses,
Unwholesome Provisions —Exposing for Sale, or bringing into the Colony....
35) Weights and Measures—Breach of Ordinance for
976 Women and Female Children—Breach of Ordinance for protection of,
1
Carried forward,.. 14,411 16,420
TOTAL......
Magistracy, Hongkong, 10th January, 1887.
Europeans and Americans. Portuguese. Chinese. Indians.
VERDICTS.
Total.
Men. Women. Men. Women. Men. Women.; Boys. | Girls. | Men. | Women.
Accidental death,.... 7
Death caused by landslip,
81 2 » 7 4 51 2 3
Do. from apoplexy,
14,611 18,547)
N. G. MITCHELL-INNES, Acting Police Magistrate, for the Police Magistrate
ABSTRACT of CASES brought under COGNIZANCE at the POLICE MAGISTRATES' Court during a period of Ten Years, from 1st January, 1877, to 31st December, 1886, inclusive.
CASES, HOW DEPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF Male and Female PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD.
Do. by burning,
Po. by hanging,
Do. from concussion of the brain,
Do. by violence in a scuffle,
Felo de se,
Font devad.
Do. drowned,
Murder,.... Manslaughter, Natural causes,
Do.. in Gaol, Overdose of Opium,..
Suicide while of unsound mind,.
11 3 3 10 6 q
Years.
Total Number of Cases.
Committed
Committed to Prison
Ordered to find Security.
Punished for
Preferving
Total
Convicted sad Punished.
for Trial at
or detained
Discharged.
To keep then Peace,
Total...
}} Supreme Court.
pending Orders of! False charge: Undecided.
80 14 7 120
Sumber to be of Good
His Excellency
Behaviour, aud
or giving
of False
the Governor.
to answer any
Defendants.
Charge.
Testimony,
2 3 4
# 10 #1 12 13 14 16 17
M. F. M A J. F. M F'. M. F. J. F. V. F M. F
TABLE C—RETURN OF BERIALS WITHOUT INQUEST, 1886.
1877.
9,282 7,836 572 1,966 304 209 ló 192 17 14 3 12 9,745
1878,
9,100 62% 2,126 251 200 18 Į 98 10 19 9,630
1879,
7,009 361 1,900 THE 145 280 18 # 4,103
1880,
4,892 232 1,775 187 170 204 8,126
Suropeans and Americans.
Chinese.
188 8,208 7,048 833 1,678 178 192 360 G 9,375
1882,
1883.
1884.
10,653 8,127 670 14,085 7,567 6,049 394 1999 965 250 200 100 + 3,622
Reason why no Inquest was held.
1883.
1886,
11,748 1,088 10,281 7,951 849 2,188 258 14,611 12,081 #AV 2,198 199
2,898 340 2,294 268
121 160
11,008 1,11 101 159 228
Men. Women. Men. Women. Boys. | Girl.
14,537 | 1418 357 90 18
10,690 1,211
Indians.
Very much de-composed; Total.
sex not ascertain-able.
Known
On- known.
Known.
Un-known.
157 863 100 32 168
15,310 1,137
Grand Total for 1 the le Years,
97,870, 70,157 |5,389 | 20,945 (2,481
1,713 152 188
11
2,964
698 176
99
682
31
| 106,325 | 9,304 |
So jurisdiction,
J
I
No suspicious circumstances,
#1 I 27 20 100% 22 GO 1 17
Average per Year,
9,787.0 7,915.7 5089 2,044.5 248.4
1713 15.2
18.5
1.1
206.4
59.8
176
3.9
68 2
3.1 10,592.5 980.4
a evidence and for decomposed state of Body,
34 22 ལྦུ 74 :
31 42
Magistracy, Hongkong, 10th January, 1887.
CORONER'S INQUESTS.
TABLE A—RETURN OF ALL Coroner's Cases, 1886.
NATIONALITY.
Inquests Held.
N. G. MITCHELL-INNES,
deting Police Magistrate,
for the Police Magistrate,
Buried without Inquest.
Very much decomposed: Total
Men. Women.' Boys. Girls. Total. Men. Women. Boys. Girls.
sex not ascertainable.
Europeans and Americans,
11
Portuguese,
1
Chinese,
80 14 11 2 108 30 61 9 172
Indians,......
I :
:
:
Total
92 14 7 毕 120 53 1 61 61 9 175
Total for 1885,...
69 16 7 8 100 12 4 34 41 10 144
Total......
50
} 61 51 9 175 23 $1 2 59
Coroner's Office, Hongkong 10th January, 1887.
N. G. MITCHELL-INNES,
Coroner,
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