# Table IV.
ABSTRACT OF CASES UNDER COGNISANCE OF THE POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS DURING THE YEARS 1937 AND 1938.
HONG KONG.
Cases, how disposed of, and the Number of Male and Female Adult Defendants under each Head.
Classification of Offences. Total No. of charges. 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. Under Police supervision. Previously convicted. Bonds enforced. Order made. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. OFFENCES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS (a)-Against their property. 1. Larceny: Simple 2,532 1,757 469 Stealing from the person 588 478 103 Embezzlement and fraudulent conversion 7 3 1 Robbery 14 14 1 Piracy 1 1 Burglary and house breaking 114 98 9 Demanding with menaces 18 13 5 False pretences and cheating 112 61 19 Receiving and possession of stolen goods 2,606 1,516 1,188 Larceny by servant 108 62 2 2. Arson 3 2 3. Malicious damage 39 32 4 4. Forgery 48 19 27 5. Other offences 589 490 257 (b)-Against their persons. 1. Murder 11 10 1 2. Manslaughter 4 4 3. Ill-treatment and grievous harm 36 24 4. Common assault 59 54 5. Kidnapping 6. Sexual offences 7. Other offences OFFENCES OF A PUBLIC NATURE. (c)Against the Crown and Govt. 1. Passport and aliens registration offences 112 119 171 2. Weights and measures offences 24 18 10 3. Currency offences 9 11 4. Sedition and intimidation 3 8 5. Unlawful societies 1 6. Trespass and damage on Crown Land 7. Misconduct by Government officers... 8. Opium offences 261 173 9. Dangerous drug offences 529 461 380 10. Tobacco and Liquor offences 946 563 1,000 11. Other offences 450 412 507 Carried forward 8,948 6,182 6,406Page 363
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