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Table P.
INDICTMENTS AND INFORMATIONS IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
Including Courts analogous to the Courts of Quarter Sessions in England, i.e., District Courts, &c. (Year, 1900.)
Showing how the cases tried in
the Superior Courts ended.
(Each Prisoner tried counts as a
separate case; where a large number of Prisoners have been convicted together, the fact is mentioned in a note.)
Judgment for the Crown Judgment for the Prisoners Prisoner found Insane Cases which fell through for want of prosecution or absence of accused, and cases thrown out by the Grand Jury (Attorney General) Cases postponed Total Murder 73 2 4 Including Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several offences. Manslaughter 2 3 Attempt at Murder 3 Concealment of Birth Abortion Rape 1 Unnatural Crimes 1 Robbery with Violence 12 7 Other Offences against the Person 7 2 Offences against Property 37 12 Miscellaneous Offences 15 8 44 17COMPARATIVE TABLE.
COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the Number of Offences, Apprehensions, Convictions, and Acquittals for the last Five Years.
1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 The Number of Cases reported to the Police 12,975 9,629 10,596 9,023 9,878 The Number of Persons apprehended by the Police or summoned before the Police Magistrates 19,568 12,886 15,289 11,446 The Number of Summary Convictions 1. For Offences against the Person 572 704 1,013 808 2. Gambling 730 661 1,072 648 3. For Offences against Property other than Prædial Larceny 4. For other Offences 1,840 1,853 972 The Number of Convictions in the Superior Courts 1. For Offences against the Person 15 24 19 49 2. Prædial Larceny 3. For Offences against Property other than Prædial Larceny 10 10 17 18 4. For other Offences 2 5 3 10 The Number of Persons Acquitted 1. In the Inferior Courts 1,574 1,632 1,289 1,641 2. In the Superior Courts $2 28 15 21 18 Total 1,804 69 3,503 59 3,692( 17 )
January, February, March April, May, June July, August, September October, November, December Year Mean Direction in Points E SE SSE E E Mean Velocity in Miles per hour 12.3 12.9 7.9 13.3 Beaufort's Scale 0-12 2 2 2 Corresponding Force in Maximum hourly Velocity during the Month 18.7 16.2 10.6 17.1 Corresponding Force in Beaufort's Scale 0-12 2Table S.
MILITARY FORCES AND EXPENDITURE.
CORPS Officers Warrant Officers Non-Commissioned Officers Men TOTALS General Staff 5 Garrison Staff 19 Royal Garrison Artillery 29 H.K.-S. B. R.A. 13 Royal Engineers 14 Second Royal Welch Fusiliers 28 Army Service Corps 6 Hongkong Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps 56 Indian Sub-Medical Staff A. O. D. and Corps 41 A. P. D. and Corps 3 2nd Bombay Infantry 3rd Madras Light Infantry 11 5th I. H. ContingentEUROPEAN
INDIAN
CHINESE
Non-Com-missioned Officers
Officers
Warrant Officers
Non-Com-missioned Officers
Men
TOTALS