Table IV,-Concluded.
ABSTRACT OF CASES UNDER COGNISANCE OF THE POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS AT TAI PO AND PING SHAN DURING THE YEAR 1936.
Classification of Offences. Total No. of Charges. Total No. of Defendants. Convicted and Discharged. Sentenced. Committed for trial at the Supreme Court. Bound over without further Penalty. To keep the peace and be of good behaviour. Convicted and Cautioned. Police Supervision. Previously Convicted. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Brought forward 986 1,098 763 95 140 6 18 4 52 5 10 ... 5 2 ... 141 14 1. Breach of the peace 245 21 64 10 2 44 8 14 14 10 1 3 5 5 2. Unlawful possession of arms 3. Other offences (f) Against trade. (g) Against Public Morals and Police. 1. Begging and touting 1 1 1 3. Lotteries and gambling 25 71 61 9 4. Offences against public health 5. Street hawkers offences... 59 60 50 8 2 6. Obstruction 9. Traffic offences of a technical nature 373 373 327 30 10. Dangerous driving of vehicles 12 12 10 1 1 11. Vagrants 12. Unlicensed or unmuzzled Dogs 211 211 168 128 13. Other offences 152 116 15 55 15. 6 1 Total 1,835 2,061 1,521 132 197 7 223 1 16 10 229 95 1 ... + 81 6 J 11 4 100 13 59 6 2 228 14The table has been reconstructed to reflect the original data as closely as possible.