214
The chief increases were:
Serious assault
Coinage
K 4
Offences against the Deportation
Ordinance
Larceny on ships
False pretences
27 cases.
20
90
71
18
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20
33
There were sixty-six cases of robbery, distributed as follows:
Hong Kong Island..
Kowloon
New Territories
In 1932 there was a total of seventy cases.
21 cases.
28
17
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There were 25,659 minor cases in 1933, as against 15,364 in 1932, an increase of 10,295 or 67%-
PROPERTY REPORTED STOLEN AND PROPERTY RECOVERED.
4. The estimated value of property stolen during the year 1933 was $764,492.38 as against $714,205.52 in 1932, an increase of $50,286.86 or 7%. The average for the last five years is $804,829.23. The value of property recovered during the year was $67,469.34 or 8.8% of the property reported stolen as against $85,836.29 or 12% of the property stolen during 1932.
Included in the sum of $764,492.38 shewn in the estimated value of property stolen are seven cases of Larceny by Servant, five of Larceny by Bailee, two of Larceny by Trick, thirteen of Embezzlement, four of Larceny by False Pretences and five of Fraudulent Conversion. The amounts involved in each of these cases were all well over a thousand dollars; the largest being $208,391.78 and $103,000.00 under Larceny by Servant and Em- bezzlement respectively. The total value of property stolen in these thirty-six cases was $511,031.64, or 66% of the total amount stolen.
LOST PROPERTY.
5. A summary of the number of articles lost and recovered with their value is given below:-
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ARMS.
6. There were forty-three seizures during the year, of which thirty-one were Charge cases and twelve No Charge cases.
The only seizure of note was that of three complete and seven incomplete .303 Lewis Machine Guns and 1,398 rounds of .303 Mark VII Machine Gun ammunition, which were found on the M.V. "Jutlandia" on the 2nd November, 1933, when in Dry Dock at the Taikoo Dockyard.
DANGEROUS GOODS.
7. The following prosecutions were instituted under the Dangerous Goods Ordinance:—
Number of Cases,
12
Convictions.
12
Fines.
$410.00
GAMBLING.
8. There were three hundred and ten successful gambling cases for 1933 as against two hundred and ninety in 1932. There was one case in which no conviction was obtained. There were one hundred and two Lottery cases compared with eighty-nine in 1932. In two cases no conviction was obtained.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
9. The following table shows weights and measures examined during the year :-
Weights and Measures examined.
Yard Measures
1933.
Correct.
Incorrect.
Total.
Foreign Scales
95
Chinese Scales
1,283
8
95 1,291
258
258
Chinese Foot Measures
357
357
Total,...........
1,993
8
2,001
Value of articles found.
The following prosecutions were instituted under the Weights and Measures Ordinance.
Articles
Year.
reported lost.
Value lost.
Articles re- covered and found but not reported lost.
1933
316
1932
441
$23,568.32 38,101,06
129
125
$ 3,625.85 3,718,96
Number of Cases.
8
Convictions.
8
Fines.
$385.00
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