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Supreme and Vico Admiralty Courts of Hongkong, during the Year ending 31st December, 1868. Raruax of the Numven of Cases tried before the Honorable the Chief Justice, and Actions commenced in the
Cases tried before the Houerable the Chief Justice în 1868.
JUDGEEST.
Toral
COUNT.:
NUMBER
Amount or Dzar
AND DAMA-
OF CASES
OES CLAINED
Plaintiff. Defendant. Nonsuit.
Casca Debt and Damages.
Bankruptcy,
Chancery,....
Supreme Court, ---
Common Law, -...
Vice-Admiralty Court, .......
Appeals,...------
COURT.
of Cases. NUMBER
E :: P
419,711.33 $37,351.43
3
Appellant Respondent
56,060.09
15
CLAIMED. DAMAGES DENT AND AMOUNT OF
detione commenced in 1866.
WITHOUT SETTLED
TRIAL.
JUDGMENT.
| Non-
| Plaintiff. Defendant. “suit.
EXCE. DEPEND ING IN RENAIX-
Probate, Bankruptcy, ..... Chancery,................ Supreme Court,
Commen lax..............
117 $1,020,530.01e
142,635.859 499.778.720
Appeals, ......................
Vice-Admiralty Court
97
121,447.944
1:
11
3
$513,152.90
Total..
Debt and
Cases
Damnges.
23o $2,620,387.52
Appellant Respondent
41
Ar
2.
*JV
A
F. AC
259 7
30
10
BI
€
10,90 700
1,704
200
1#
102
101
189
Total Number of Prisonere,
*** 11,709
ABSTRACT of Caunga under Cognizaner at the Polics Magistrates' Court during the Year 1868.
Caters how disPOSED OF, ARD Tax Number or Maru and Female Prisonkun undan xacu ligaD.
Ordered to And security
Warts turp av Magistratka dumiso tux Yaar 1866.
Bummonsce
for
Defendants.
Bummonaca
for
Witnessrn.
and
Notice of
Judgment
Helwarlag.
WARRANTI
TOTAL
Dimitra.
Arrest Search.
Six of these cases were Petitions for Bounty.
The sum bere given is from the valuations made by the Appraisers of Court.
Four of these cases were in dependence on 31st December, 1865.
One of these cases was in dependence on 31st December, 1865. Three of these cases were in dependence on $1st December, 1865.
e Judgment was signed in Twenty of these cases, representing a sum of 2542,611.82.
The sum here given is the amount of liabilities entered in the Bankrupts' Schedules.
Two of these cases were from the Police Coart, and one from the Summary Jurisdiction Court,
exclusive of the above trials.
During the Year there were 104 Sittings in Court and in Chambers, upon notices of motion and Judge's Summonses,
from the hat January to the 31st December, 1886. RETURN of the NGMBEB of Cases tried, and Actions commenced, in the Court of Summary Jurisdiction,
Acting Registrar. N. R. MASSON,
AMOUNT OF
NO. OF CASES. Dent and DA-
MAGES CLAIMED.
TRIAL. WITHOUT SETTLED
Plaintiff.
JUDGMENT. Defendant. | Nonavit,
DEPENDENCE. REMAININO IN
REMARKS.
1,132*
1,204.94 879,832.46
245
605
13
289
*4 of these
1,140
74,096.70
cember, 1865. on 31st De-
Dependence
Cases were in
Clerk of Court. HENRY J. DOLMES,
Hongkong, 26th January, 1887.
JOHN C. WHYTE,
Polios MagistraIL.
Abdaction of Femalen,
Accusing of Crime with intent to Extort, ... Administering Draga,,
Alding and Abetting in Larceny,
Amanita ***
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Assaults accompanied with Damage of Property,
Anunulia at a plataus Asse:oblage,
Asanoits with intent in Rob,
Altempts to commit Felony,
144
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+
Attempting to sell Children, or having Chlidren with intent to sell, Attemjálug to sell Military Property,
Attainja ta Murder by Drowning,
144
***
Hlaing at large la the street at night without Night F'asa, ... Breach of thiness l'assengers' Act 1885,
Breach of Prison,
Breach of Reongnianure,
Hrencheu of Hulkling Ordinance.
Breaches of Cargo Bont Onlkdance............ Iirenciion of «ixil's Ondinaten,
Brenchies of Market's Ordinanc®, *** Besuches of Pant Disco Ordinace, Hesachen of Registration Ordinance,
TH
MU
M14
144
446
10%
164
134
26
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244
+
ALE
442
MAY
013
144
THE CASES CONSISTED OF
Brought forward,
Allowing unmetaled ferocious Dogs to be at large,
Ostruction iɗ Wharven, &o. by Bonte....
THE
*** 8,026
Obstruction of Public Ways by Hawkers, &c, and by playing at Gaines of clinney, ***
Cutting and destroying Trees,
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Cominct exirulated to provoke a breach of the Peses,
3
114
***
Disorderly behaviour, and disorderly behaviour accompanied by
stringe of Property...
Defiling StreaTIME,
art
Dischanging Fire Anna, ***
Firing off Crackers and waking Banfires, ...
701
Furkain Driving, Ulding, &c.,
2
€
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10
42
114
185
Plying Bouts without License; Mendicaney; Unilcenced Hawking, ko...) Bromelina of Ordinances,
ant
100
東心
D
For Registration of Pubille Brothels, ... Regulation of Weights and Measures,
of Vehielea and Chulcs,
Fain of Propared Opium,
Suppression of Public Gambling.......... Reall of apdritutons and ferinanted Liquors, Bronches of Pawnbroker's Ordinance, Jireaches of Bankruptcy Ordinance,
• Bronchon of Onilnation 14 of 1845, via- Malsanoon,
112
Dainags of Property, `--
Cruelty to Acimals.
咖
MI
450
106
M3
Carried forward,
Indent Expossiro of Person,
Wontonly throwing Stones,
Misemduet as Dementia Servants, &c.,
Bulwful Piasemalon of Property, Burglary
641
Child
L'onfederati
with Pirates,
Conspiracy to Katort, ........
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Conspiracy to necuso of Crime, m
+14
424
Crimes azil Offences oumanitted in Chinese Territory and against the Lawa of Chiun
Cutting and Wounding with intent to do Grievous Bodily Harm, dad,..
Demanding Money with Manners,
Desertion femen II, Mi's Army and Navy,
Iktention of Paumen's Elfovia,
Embosalemrat,
Kacaping from Coatody of Foilos,
$41
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ры
Exercising the calling of Pawnbroker without License,
Extortion by Color of Office,
111
Forgery, and Uttering Forged Documenta, &c,
444
+
114
70
Forcible Detentat,
Yates imprisonment,
***
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A
4
Found on Bhors without Ticket of Leave,
.....2,818
Carried forward,.......
R91
Brought forward, ma
... 4,841
Found at Night with Arme or lionsslysaking Implements, with intent to commit Felony,
Found in Houses at night with intent to steal thervin,
Harboring Pirates,
Harboring Bargura,
+41
Harbarius Vodice when on Duty,
Highway Robbery,
Intimblating Workmen,
Kidumpling..
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-
+14
1.1
244
Kerping Milliard Tables without a Liernne,...
Keeping Boarding Houses without a filosoe, MI
Larusmies, common,
Larveulen from l'erson,
Lite
Malicio • Prosecution and Fales Testimon
Malleionaly Feiting Flen so u Waro-lpenos with intent se
Misconduct us Puller Constables,
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211
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Murder.
Murder. 199
Manalaughter,
Offences relating to Coin,
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Fermoating Pall,
ful ulior Constables,
Property by False Pretenses,
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TH
Olenere relating to Workmon,
Piracy with Murder,...
Receiving Stolen i'roperty,
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Howlving Bribe as Police Constable,
Refusing to render all to Pullen, --
Heseuring Frisoners feats Custody of Police, Hobbery,
Hagues, and Vagabonds, #a, ...
Moring Gunpowder to the Dingar af Manors, mos Trvapen on Urown Lands, Unnatural Offenses,
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6.943
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M.
M. F M.
6,048
4,02 8x38,800
225 214
JY
900
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