AnnualReport-1933

Total No. of

Classification of Offences.

charges.

Total No. of Defendants.

Convicted and

sentenced.

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Table IV.

ABSTRACT OF CASES UNDER COGNISANCE OF THE POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS DURING THE YEARS 1932 AND 1933.

HONG KONG.

Cases, how disposed of, and the Number of Male and Female Adult Defendants under each Head.

Discharged. Committed for trial at the Supreme Court. Bound over without further penalty. Committed to Prison or Detained pending Orders of H.E. the Governor. To keep the peace and be of good behaviour. To answer any charge. M. F. TOTAL M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. OFFENCES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS, 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 (a)-Against their property. 1. Larceny: Simple 635 650 217 187 172 170 10 74 21 8 Stealing from the person 214 Embezzlement and fraudulent Conversion 7 10 Robbery 127 140 13 77 46 Demanding with menaces. ୫ Piracy Burglary and housebreaking 76 77 False pretences and cheating 42 46 Receiving and possession of stolen goods 599 734 631 2. Arson 3. Malicious damage 20 10 44 26 70 4. Forgery 23 22 11 31 25 15 5. Other offences 85 960 217 950 901 697 187 172 170 10 74 21 8 (b)-Against their persons. 1. Homicide 7 13 10 2. Assault and grievous harm 16 # 18 3. Common assault 196 150 226 192 120 4. Kidnapping 14 13 24 5. Sexual offences 1 2 ཀྐཱ - 6. Other offences J4 25 21 12 127 10 10 IS 2 - 3 6 OFFENCES OF A PUBLIC NATURE. (c)-Against the Crown and Government. 1. Currency offences 2. Sedition, intimidation and breach of emergency regulations. 3. Unlawful societies 4. Trespass and damage on Crown Land 22 1+ 2 71 5. Theft and damage of public stores. 6. Misconduct by Government officers 17 7. Opium and Revenue offences 683 8. Dangerous drug and goods 9. Other offences 23 31 Carried forward, 3,553

Convicted and cautioned.

Under police supervision.

M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 19 17 20 4 :: *** 68 15 I 2 25 8 6 709 32 K 1: བཞི ད 1: བ ཛྙྰ གླ 7 7 ti 22 14 10 GS 109 E* 26 : 10 51 14 ། 20 2 2 19 088 748 36 24 220 265 25 38 14 3 51 80 10 28 29 17 120 34

F.

Previously convicted.

M. F. 1932 1933 30 11 12 1: ཨཽ ཟན༅། 69 9 746 2,244 20 II ཡཱ ཁམྦྷ 2,726 5 28 2560 1.017 5,305 3,738 5,574 2,420 4,000