AnnualReport-1882

Discharged

Committed for Trial at Supreme

Abstract of Cases brought under COGNIZANCE at the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURT during a period of Ten Years, from 1st January 1878, to 31st December, 1882, inclusive

CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD

Total Number Years of Convicted and Cases Punished Committed to Prison Ordered to find Security Court or detained pending Orders of His Excellency Punished for Preferring To keep the Peace, to be of Good False Charge Undecided Total Number the Governor Behaviour, and to answer any or giving False of Defendants Charge Testimony 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F 1873, 9,137 8,810 1,352 1,798 266 67 10 15 171 1874, 8,079 6,636 1,135 1,651 269 101 2 31 175 1875, 8,055 6,749 890 1,632 281 95 4 190 1876, 9,103 7,315 683 1,744 300 118 11 174 1877, 9,283 7,836 572 1,966 264 209 1 15 1 192 1878, 9,100 7,166 628 2,126 251 200 18 11 98 1879, 7,009 5,758 361 1,900 189 145 13 18 230 1880, 7,098 5,892 262 1,775 187 170 27 15 204 1881, 8,203 7,049 333 1,678 173 192 48 4 259 1882, 7,567 6,049 394 1,922 255 269 17 36 3 268 10,933 1,673 8,665 1,436 7 20 8,713 1,217 20 9,402 1,024 3 12 9,745 972 3 19 9,630 922 3 34 8,103 602 87 15 33 8,126 531 6 53 9,379 630 4 8.0 8,622 780 Grand Totals for the 10 Years, 82,634 68,760 6,600 18 192 2,535 1,556 170 156 5 2,066 386 261 60 327 31 91,318 9,787 Average per Year, 8,268 6,876 660 1 819 253 5 155 6 170 15 6 206 6 38 6 1 160 32 7 21 9,181 8 978 7

Magistracy, Hongkong, 17th February, 1883

Nationality

CORONER'S INQUESTS, &c

TABLE A - Return of all Coroner's Cases, 1882

Inquest Held Buried without Inquest Men. Women Boys Girls Total Men. Women Boys Girls. Europeans and Americans, 7 7 1 Portuguese, Chinese, 77 14 7 7 105 51 7 40 38 Indians and Malays, 1 1 Total, 84 14 7 8 113 53 7 40 38 Total for 1881, 70 19 10 12 111 37 7 27 24 2 97 139 3 141

HE WODEHOUSE,

Police Magistrate,