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Reference: HONG KONG
Addl. No. 15.
| Year | Total Apprehended | Discharged | Convicted | Result before Magistrate | Result of Committals for Trial | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summarily Convicted | Committed for Trial | Tried and Convicted | Tried and Acquitted | Discharged by Proclamation, or Remaining Untried | ||||
| 1848 | 574 | 491 | 167 | 73 | 41 | 32 | 6 | |
| 1849 | 2,030 | 686 | 1,183 | 161 | 195 | 69 | 57 | 49 |
| Increase in 1849 | 1,456 | 195 | 799 | |||||
| Decrease in 1849 | 6 | 20 | 24 |
Victoria, Hong Kong, 9th March, 1850.
(Signed) CHARLES MAY, Superintendent of Police.
(True copy) W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
| Crime | Number of Cases | Number of Persons | Convicted | Acquitted | Death | Death Recorded | Transportation | Hard Labour over one Year | Hard Labour one Year and under | Charge Abandoned | Postponed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assault with intent to rob | 2 | 13 | |||||||||
| Assault, being armed, with intent to rob | |||||||||||
| Attempting to commit a felony | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Breaking and stealing in a shop | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| Burglary and larceny | |||||||||||
| Burglary and stabbing | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Child-stealing | 13 | 13 | |||||||||
| False imprisonment | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Larceny | 12 | 44 | 37 | ||||||||
| Manslaughter | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Receiving stolen goods | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| Robbery | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
| Robbery with violence | 4 | 77 | 32 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Robbery with arms | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Stealing from the person | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Stealing in a dwelling-house | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Uttering a forged order | 2 | 2 |
N.B.--No cases were postponed from the December Sessions 1849.
(Signed) ROB. DUNDAS CAY, Registrar.
(True copy) W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
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| Crime | Number of Cases | Number of Persons | Convicted | Acquitted | Death | Death Recorded | Transportation | Hard Labour over one Year | Hard Labour one Year and under | Charge Abandoned | Postponed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larceny | 2 | 32 | |||||||||
| Piracy with violence | 1 | 19 | 17 | ||||||||
| Piracy with cutting and wounding | 13 | 66 | 34 | 12 | 10 | ||||||
| Receiving stolen goods | 1 | 16 | |||||||||
| Revolt | |||||||||||
| Shooting with intent to maim | 3 | ... | 8 | 9 | 4 |
N.B.--The three cases of shooting with intent to maim were against the same persons.
(Signed) ROB. DUNDAS CAY, Registrar.
(True copy) W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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Reference :--
HONG LONG
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Knel. 11 in No. 15.
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REPORTS EXHIBITING THE PAST AND PRESENT
Enclosure 11 in No. 15. Comparative RaTURN of the Total Number of Persons apprehended in the Years 1848 and 1849.
Encl. 12 in No. 15,
Result before Magistrale,
Your.
Total Appre hended. Discharged, Convicted, fue Trial. Convicted. Arquitted. Summarily Committed. Tried and | Tried and
Result of Committals for Trial.
Discharged by Precia-
Charge mation, or Remaining'
Untried.
bring (abandoned.
1848
•
1849 .
Increase in 1849.
574
1,456 491 799 167
2,030 686 1,183 161.
195
41
69
57
73
49
35
385
32
:
Decrease in 1849
6
20
24
..
* Of the 181 persons committed for trial during 1849, 15 were disposed of during the February Sessions, 1830. Victoria, Hong Kong,
(Signed)
9th March, 1850.
(True copy)
CHARLES MAY,
Superintendent of Police.
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
Enclosure 12 in No. 15.
RETURN of Criminal Cases that have been Tried in the Supreme Court of Hong Kong, from the 15th of February to the 15th of December 1849, inclusive,
Beulence.
Number of Cases,
Runilær of Persona.
Crime,
2
Assault with intent to rob.
Assault, being armed, with
intent to rob.
Attempting to commit a
Schny.
3 Breaking and stealing in a
shop.
3 Burglary and larceny
Burglary and stabbing
4 | Child-stealing
13
R
False imprisonment
Larceny
12 Mamlaughter.
44 Receiving stoler goods
3
Robbery.
7 Bobbery with violence
10 Robbery with arms
•
1 Stealing from the person
4 Stealing in a dwelling-house
2 Uttering a forged order
77
Convicted.
Acquitted,
Drath,
Death Recorded.
:::
Remarks.
Charge
Abandused.
Prstponed.
Transportation.
Hard Labour
over one Year.
Harri Labour,!
une Year and
under.
No. of j
Caves,
Total.
. •
•
37
32
1
13
18
6
6
No. of
Persia,
No. of
N.B-No cases were postponed from the December Sensioun 1849.
(Signed) ROB. DUNDAS Car, Registrar.
(True.copy.)
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
Cuses.
No, of
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STATE OF HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS. 131
Enclosure 13 in No. 15.
HONG CONG.
RETURN of CRIMINAL CASES that have been Tried in the High Court of Admiralty of Howo Enal. 13 in No. 18.
KONG, during the Year 1849,
Sentence.
Remarka
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Number of Cases.
Number of Persons.
Caime
2 Larceny 32 Piney
1 Piracy with violence.
13 Piracy with cutting and
wounding.
1 Receiving stolen goods 16 Revolt
Shooting with intuit la
maim.
19 66
Convicted.
Acquitted.
Dheath.]
Death Recorded.
Transportation.
Hard Labour
10
**-* -*:
Total.
34
17 12
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over one Year.
Hard "boar
one Year and
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8
9
4
Charge
Abazidowed.
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N.B.--The three case of shooting with intent to main were against the sarna persis.
(Signed)
Ron. DUNDAS Cay, Registrar,
(True copy.)
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary,
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Postponed.
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