Years.
Total Number of Cases.
Convicted and Punished.
Discharged.
Committed for Trial at Supreme Court.
AESTRACT of CASES brought under COGNIzance at the Police Magistrates' Court during a period of Ten Years, from 1st January, 1872, to 31st December, 1881, inclusive.
CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND the Number of Male and FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH Head,
Committed to Prison or detained pending Orders of His Excellency
Ordered to find Security.
To keep the Peace,
to be of Good Behaviour, and to answer any
the Governor.
Charge.
Punished for Preferring False Charge or giving False Testimony.
Undecided.
Total Number of Defendants.
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 1 1872, 9,950 2 11,185 999 2,426 294 137 23 44 1 271 19 23 3 1873, 9,137 8,810 1,352 1,798 266 67 10 15 171 29 37 10 4 1874, 8,079 6,636 1,185 1,051 260 101 2 31 175 21 50 5 1875, 8,055 6,749 890 1,632 281 95 9 4 190 29 23 6 1876, 9,103 7,315 683 1,744 200 118 11 6 174 23 25 7 1877, 9,283 7,336 572 1,966 364 209 15 16 192 17 14 8 1878, 9,100 7,166 628 2,126 251 200 18 11 98 22 10 9 1879, 7,009 6,758 361 1,900 189 145 13 18 10 1880, 7,098 5,892 252 1,775 187 170 27 15 11 1881, 8,203 7,019 333 1,678 173 192 48 230 32 18 12 204 48 37 15 33 369 65 34 13 14,099 1,545 35 6 10,983 1,673 2 21 14 20 20 12 19 3 34 15 53 424 8,665 1,436 16 8,713 1,217 9,402 1,024 9,745 9,630 922 17 8,103 972 602 8,126 531 9,379 630 Grand Totals for the 10 Years, -85,017 73,896 7,205 18,696 12,574 1,434 176 164 3 2,074 305 271 64 260 Average per Year, 8,501.7 7,389.6 720.5 1,869.6 1,257.4 143.4 17.6 16.4 3 207.4 30.5 27.1 19 6.4 26.0 2.5 9,679.5 1,033.2*******
Magistracy, Hongkong, 4th March, 1882.
H. E. WODEHOUSE,
Police Magistrate.
No. 3.
CORONER'S OFFICE, HONGKONG, 3rd March, 1882.
SIR-I have the honour to forward herewith the usual Annual Returns for the year 1881, in connection with the Inquests held during the year.
I have the honour to be,
The Honourable M. S. TONNOCKPY,
Acting Colonial Secretary, &c.,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
H. E. WODEHOUSE,
Coroner
CORONER'S INQUESTS.
TABLE A.-Return of all Coroner's Cases, 1881.
Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Total. Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Total. Inquests Held. Buried without Inquest. Very much decomposed; sex not ascertainable. Europeans and Americans, 11 6 17 9 1 10 Chinese, 56 9 19 12 96 30 7 27 24 88 70 Indians and Malays, 19 1 1 21 10 2 12 Total, 86 10 26 12 134 49 7 30 24 110 97 Total for 1880, 41 11 5 3 60 43 5 39 40 127 6 133