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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
26.- CRIMINAL STATISTICS. Supreme Court.
The following is a return of cases tried at the Supreme Court during the last five years:-
Years. Number of Cases. Number of Persons. Con-victed. Ac-quitted. Charges abandoned. Postponed. No. of Cases. No. of Cases. 1881- 100 161 111 30 1 1882- 124 187 124 38 15 21 1883- 126 170 126 26 14 28* 1884- 69 101 65 20 $ 16 1885 91 147 103 22 10 22 Total 479 715 473 145 54 81 Average of 5 years 95'8 143.0 94*6 29*0 10*8 16*2 Average of 5 years ending 1880 117*1 173 125*1 39*2 7.3 8.1* One committed suicide,
Police Magistrates Court.
The cases before the police magistrates during the last five years were as follows:-
Years. Total No. of Cases. Total No. of Prisoners. Convicted and Punished. Discharged. Committed for Trial. Committed pending Orders. Ordered to find Security. Punished for False Testimony. Undecided. 1881 8,293 10,009 7,332 1,851 210 434 40 3 59 1882 7,607 9,402 6,413 2,177 278 39 363 17 87 1883 10,653 12,104 8,707 2,747 120 38 216 6 171 1884 14,005 15,035 12,830 2,502 103 38 281 8 107 1885 10,281 11,901 8,800 2,440 161 14 450 18 Total 50,709 58,351 44,258 11,783 872 133 1,750 77 441 Average of 5 years 10,153*8 11,670*2 8,851*6 2,356*6 174*4 26*6 350 15*4 88*2 Average of 5 years ending 1880 8,318*6 9,811*4 7,192*0 2,100*4 185*2 13*3 208 27.0 24*8