GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No, 124.
The following Returns connected with the business of the Superior and Subordinate Courts of the Colony, for the year 1881, are published for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th March, 1882.
RETURN of CRIMINAL CASES tried in the SUPREME COURT of HONGKONG, during the Year 1881.
Number of Cases. Number of Persons. CRIMES. Convicted. Acquitted. Death. Death Recorded. Penal Servitude. Hard labour, over 1 Year. Hard labour, 1 Year and under. SENTENCE. Number of Persons. Solitary Confinement, Number of Persons. Privately Flogged, Number of Cases. Number of Persons. REMARKS. 4 1 2 1 Assault and Wounding, 1 1 Attempting to Steal, 15 18 31 Burglary, 5 5 6 Breaking, Entering and Stealing in a Dwelling House or Store, 4 4 Conspiracy, 2 2 Entering a Dwelling House at Night with intent to commit a Felony therein, 1 1 Forcibly detaining a Woman for the purpose of Emigration, 2 2 do. with intent to sell her, 3 3 taking away a Child with intent to deprive parent of its possession, 1 1 Highway Robbery with Violence, 13 14 Larceny and Previous Convictions, 2 2 Do. in a Boat in the Harbour, 4 4 Do. on Board a Ship in the Harbour, 1 1 Do. in a Dwelling House, 20 20 Do. by a Servant, 11 11 Do. from the Person, 1 1 Manslaughter, 2 2 Murder, 3 3 Obtaining Goods by False Pretences, 3 3 Perjury, 1 1 on a Forged Document, 1 1 Purchasing a Woman for the purpose of Prostitution, 5 5 Receiving Stolen Goods, 2 2 Robbery and Assault, 3 3 Do. with Violence, 1 1 Do. from the Person with Violence, 1 1 Shooting with intent to Murder, 3 3 Unlawfully Wounding, 2 2 1 Do. and by force bringing into the Colony a Child, for the purpose of selling it, 1 1 Do. and by fraud Do. do., 2 2 1 Do. and by fraud taking away a Child with intent to deprive parent of its possession, 6 6 Do. and by force detaining a Child with intent to sell it, 5 5 Do. bringing into the Colony a Female, for the purpose of Emigration, 1 1 Do. detaining a Woman in a House against her will, and by force detaining a Girl, for the purpose of Prostitution, 1 1 Do. do., 2 2 1 Do. giving False Statement to the Registrar General, 1 1 Do. destroying certain Saplings and Shrubs, 1 1 Do. setting Fire to a Vessel, 3 3 Uttering Counterfeit Coin, 2 2 1 Wounding with intent to do grievous Bodily Harm, 154 111 39 1 ... 42 TOTAL TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES. TOTAL NUMBER OF PRISONERS. Convicted and Punished.Hongkong, 1st February, 1882.
C. F. A. SANGSTER,
Acting Registrar.