# Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
PAPERS RELATING TO
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. Convicted. Acquitted. Charges abandoned. Postponed. 1883 196 232 147 75 2 3 1884 101 155 103 47 2 3 1885 94 147 94 48 3 3 1886 155 223 155 65 2 3 1887 82 128 82 28* 3 8 Total 628 885 581 263 12 20 Average of 5 years 125.6 177 116.2 52.6 2.4 4* One committed suicide.
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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. 1883 10,653 12,104 8,797 2,747 129 38 210 171 1884 14,005 16,935 12,836 2,502 103 38 281 8 107 1885 10,231 11,901 8,800 2,416 161 14 458 6 18 1886 14,611 16,947 12,923 2,399 150 469 1887 12,015 13,458 10,079 2,779 107 32 403 14 48 Total 61,625 70,045 51,035 12,022 719 127 2,336 60 512 Average of 5 years 12,325 14,009 10,207 2,404.4 143.8 25.4 467.2 12 102.4 Average of 5 years ending 1882 7,795.4 8,807.4 6,776.4 2,001.2 103.2 10.4 290.2 28 47.4