AnnualReport-1935

## Step 1: Understand the task The task is to proofread OCR output of historical records related to Hong Kong, specifically a table about cases under the cognizance of the Police Magistrates' Courts during the years 1934 and 1935. ## Step 2: Identify the issues in the given text The text contains OCR errors such as spelling mistakes, incorrect spacing, and potential issues with table formatting. There are also non-English characters and symbols that seem out of place. ## Step 3: Correct spelling errors and spacing issues Correcting spelling errors and fixing spacing issues is crucial. For example, "ennversion" should be "conversion", and there are several instances where numbers and words are not properly spaced. ## Step 4: Reconstruct the table The given text appears to be a table with various columns and rows. The task requires reorganizing the text into a proper table format using Markdown syntax. ## Step 5: Remove non-relevant characters and symbols Characters like "སྒྱུ", "།", "ཾ།།", etc., seem to be OCR errors or unrelated text and should be removed if they are not part of the original table content. ## Step 6: Apply Markdown formatting The corrected text should be formatted using Markdown. This includes creating proper tables, headers, and ensuring that the text is readable. ## Step 7: Ensure adherence to the rules The correction should not add or remove any words, should correct spelling errors, fix spacing, and rejoin broken sentences or paragraphs where necessary. File references should be formatted correctly, and page numbering should be preserved if present. ## Step 8: Output the corrected text in HTML format using

for paragraphs The final output should be in HTML format, using

for paragraphs. The final answer is:

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IV.—Continued.

ABSTRACT OF CASES UNDER COGNISANCE OF THE POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS DURING THE YEARS 1934 AND 1935.

KOWLOON.

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

Classification of Offences Total No. of charges Total No. of Defts. Convicted and sentenced Discharged Committed for trial at the Supreme Court Committed to prison or detained pending orders of H.E. the Governor Bound over without further penalty To keep the peace and be of good behaviour To come up for judgment Imprisoned Police Supervision Previous convicted Bonds enforced OFFENCES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS (a)—Against their property. 1934 1935 1934 1935 1934 1935 1934 1935 1934 1935 1934 1935 1. Larceny and attempted larceny : Simple Larceny 793 834 749 815 642 708 6 Stealing From the person 128 130 100 126 85 109 1 Embezzlement and fraudulent conversion 10 0 6 9 5 Robbery 7 11 11 24 1 Piracy 1 5 Burglary and house breaking 56 60 50 60 42 Demanding with menaces 1 5 2 12 2 False pretences and cheating 32 30 22 45 10 32 Receiving and possession of stolen goods 532 526 525 544 215 208 Larceny by servant 2. Arson 2 2 3. Malicious damage 8 12 4 7 3 4. Forgery 12 8 21 5. Other offences 34 140 963 149 200 187 180 (b)—Against their persons. 1. Murder 1 1 2. Manslaughter 1 3 1 4 3. Ill-treatment and grievous harm 18 14 14 15 7 11 4. Common assault 189 146 181 192 68 80 71 90 5. Kidnapping 20 22 3 6 4 6. Sexual offences 8 7 7. Other offences 22 13 25 25 7 9 2 OFFENCES OF A PUBLIC NATURE. (c)—Against the Crown and fort. 1. Passport and aliens registration offences 45 12 40 12 2. Weights and measures offences 3. Currency offences 6 1 3 4. Sedition and intimidation 1 22 5. Unlawful societies 6 6. Trespass and damage on Crown Land 67 120 81 168 37 49 7. Misconduct by Government officers 5 1 1 8. Opium offences 9. Dangerous drugs and goods 40 95 55 9% 38 10. Tobacco and Liquor offences 190 160 176 101 180 109 124 11. Other offences 123 74 Carried forward 912 640 966 699 766

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