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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 :--
Charges abandoned.]
Postponed.
Years. Number of Cases. Number of Persons. Convicted. Acquitted. Number of Cases. Number of Persons. No. of Cases. No. of Persons. 1881 1885 101 322 23 66 20 8 16 01 1886 147 103 22 10 22 75 1887 107 94 1888 155 180 3 8 9 69 20 IG 27 1 82 36 17 20 1 00 47 29 40 Total 429 GOG 408 145 85 131 2 * Average of 5 years 801 139 1 811 20 17 201 1 Averngo of years ending 1883 111 1 100 1 112 331 143 1Police 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. 1884 14,000 16,935 12,830 2,602 103 38 281 8 107 1885 10,231 11,001 8,800 2,440 161 14 460 18 1886 11,611 16,617 12,923 167 160 VGO 36 168 1887 12,016 13,458 10,079 2,398 403 14 48 1888 11,017 13,300 9,932 2,849 174 100 102 3 50 Total 62,010 71,260 55,170 13,024 704 108 2,301 60 301 Average of 5 years 12,523*8 14,250*0 11,034′0 2,604′8 152'8 39'6 472*2 13.2 73.2 Average of 5 years ending 1883 8,106*0 9,775*4 6,977*0 2,165*2 200-0 22*8 305'4 27.2 77.8