Table VII.
Return of Juvenile Offenders brought before the Police Magistrate's Courts at Tai Po and Ping Shan during the year 1936.
A. Boys.
1 2 3 4 5 Committed to Remand Home. 4 Convicted and Cautioned. 5 Discharged or Order made. 1 Defendant Absent. Bail estreated. 1 1 2 3 4 5 ... 1 1 2 2 1Classification of Offenders.
Total No. of Defendants. Convicted and Sentenced. Fines. Caned in Court, (Inflicted on Parents) (& Parents bound over) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 Possession of dutiable wine found 1 1 Possession of Opium 1 Possession of Tobacco 3 Causing obstruction 3 House breaking 1 Simple Larceny 1 Uttering counterfeit coins 2 Receiving stolen property 1 Destitute 1 Total 18 1 1 1 1 (1) Age under 10. 1 1 (2) Over 10 and under 12. 3 1 (3) Over 12 and under 14. 1 2 ... 1 2 (4) Over 14 and under 15. 3 4 5 1 2 (5) Over 15 and under 16. 2 ...