# Table IV.
ABSTRACT OF CASES UNDER COGNISANCE OF THE POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS DURING THE YEARS 1938 AND 1939.
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. 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. Under Police supervision. Previously convicted. Bonds enforced. Order made. To come up for judgment. M. F. Total. M. F. Total. M. F. M. F. M. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. OFFENCES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS (a)-Against their property. 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1938 1939 1. Larceny: Simple 637 601 2,171 1,898 2,251 1,991 1,766 1,418 588 534 583 Stealing from the person 14 41 780 1,422 * 148 178 5 1 159 179 3 Embezzlement and fraudulent conversion Robbery 60 52 69 58 57 * 58 37 51 87 51 19 3 19 23 28 38 4 Piracy Burglary and house breaking 99 90 107 105 91 97 91 97 * 14 5 10 5 13 4 8 8 1 Demanding with menaces 89 142 93 154 71 121 2 73 129 15 15 False pretences and cheating 1,797 2,096 1,870 2,211 1,188 1,340 69 85 70 90 42 50 18 20 24 30 18 18 Receiving and possession of stolen goods 168 54 60 59 27 44 10 Larceny by servant 235 123 1,423 1,463 312 403 5 47 50 8 10 18 18 11 27 44 2. Arson 34 5 258 211 98 53 3. Malicious damage 111 4. Forgery 5. Other offences (b)-Against their persons. 1. Murder 17 31 26 89 122 53 55 ** 15 3 13 2. Manslaughter 3. Ill-treatment and grievous harm 201 111 1 6 4. Common assault 5. Kidnapping 6. Sexual offences 7. Other offences 367 271 388 307 257 210 6 11 7 29 3 3 51 48 OFFENCES OF A PUBLIC NATURE. (c)-Against the Crown and Govt. 1. Passport and aliens registration offences 161 78 171 81 123 56 2. Weights and measures offences 10 7 10 7 9 3. Currency offences 11 5 11 5 4. Sedition and intimidation 6 13 * 15 7 5. Unlawful societies 6. Trespass and damage on Crown Land 7 7. Misconduct by Government officers... 1 1 23 1 23 6 8. Opium offences 173 205 191 261 111 169 2 2 2 8 2 1 9. Dangerous drug offences 137 60 17 32 9 10. Tobacco and Liquor offences 7 9 23 19 8 11. Other offences 130 177 51 43 2 1 Carried forward 8,827 8,675 8,729 9,388 6,406 6,906 489 226 6,895 7,132 1,066 1,102 59 93 1,125 1,135* 1 Extradition.
† Confiscation order.
Under this heading are included 1,757 cases of offences against the Forestry Ordinance,