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Supreme and Vice Admirally Courts of Hongkong, during the Year ending 31st December, 1869. Reters of the Nunnen of Casts tried before the Honorable the Chief Justice, and Actions commenced in the
Cases tried before the Honorable the Chief Justice in 1869,
NUMBIE
[Amount or Dent"
Court.
or
AND
CASEL
DAMAGES CLAVERD.
PLAINTIFF,
AST. DEFEND JUDGMENT.
TOTAL
NONSUIT. CAFES.
DEUT AND Damages.
SUPREME COURT,—
Common Law,
Chancery, ..
VICE ADMIRALTY COURT,
Bankruptcy.
Appeals ............
Corat.
163,999.17 $52,000.00
cl
49,304.00
Chancery,
Bankruptcy,
Supreme Court, ——
Common Law, ... ...
Probate,.........₤32
Appeals ***
1
VICE ADMIRALTY COURT,
16
26,300.00
Respondent
Actions commenced in 1809.
SETTLED
WITHOUT
TRIAL
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::
34
$265,303.17
REMAIN-
JUDGMENT.
ING IN
PLAINTIFY DEFEND
DEPEND
Nonstit.
ANT.
Respondeut
...
TOTAL.
ENCE.CASES Debt and DamageS,
138
$1,086,359.50
413"
209
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Causes now puposed or, and the Nomaan or Male and Femaur PatsonKRA UNDRA wach Head.
Ordered to find Security
M. | F
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4.731
4,418 | 508 | 1,998 | 186
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Undecided.
£
Mr. F. M. F. JL. ♪.
M
M.
F.
M.
F
120
9
V
2
58
10
10
I
2.32 12
Abduction,
Accessory after the Fact to Larceny, Accessory before the Fact to Larcoux, Administering Drugs.
144
Alding Merchant Besmen to desert, Allowing Ferociona Doga to be at large, Assaults,... Common, On Palice, Assaults at or in connection With Riotous Assemblages, Aevsalts accompanied with Damage of Property,
THE
a
2
Child Stesting......
Contemple of Court,
Total Number of l'zienners,
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id weats triedt,
Defendants.
Sammanya for Pefendants.
WAITS IMURD By the Police Magistrates duBING THE YRA 1860,
Warrants.
Summonses for Witnesses.
Notices of Judgment and
Rehearing.
Distress
Arvest.
Search
For entering Gam7 –
Wing Blouses
TOTAL
1,968
M.
F.
8 82
F
0,00 732
1,580
217
74
12
72
55
7,640
Brought forward....
***
... 1,720
Making Bonfires to danger of neighbouring Buildings, Mendicancy,
Misconduct no Private Watchinen, ***
Brought forward........
3,164
THE CASES CONSISTEN OF
Conspiracy to accuse of Crimes,
Crimes and Offences committed in Chineas Territory, Cruelty to Animals, ...........
Catring and wounding, or inflicting bodily Injuries,
***
Burging Chinese, elsewhere than in a Cemetary,
{Dis-Interring without Authority,
15
Wa
Cutting and destroying Trees,
Dainage of Property.
મ
Assalt with Intent to rob,
1
Dend Belion, 3
At large in the night without Pauses,
872
Departed Offenders, returning to the Colung,
Attempts to commit Felonica,
37
Debling Streams,
Attempt to commit Unnatural Offence,
Alterait to extort Money by threats of Injury to Property,
Attempts to commit other Ödences,
Assuring the Designation of Police Constables,
For Regulation of l'ublle Vehioles and Chaire,
Kreaches of Ordinances:-
For Registration of Houses and Servnats,
For Buppression of Puklia Gambling,
For Markets,
For Distillation of Spirits,
For Napistration of Brothels,
For Buildings,
For final
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17+
For Retail of Spirituons Liquors,
Fur Preparation and Sale of Prepared Oplazo,
For Gunpowder Storage,
For Post Office,
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For Regulation of bishomedan
For Pawnbrokers,
For Harbor and Consta,
For Cargo Bonia,
Cometerice,
For Regulation of Weights and Measures,
Branches of Harbor Regulations,
Breach
of the Stamp Act,
Breach of Prison,
Breachios of Ordinance for regulating Printing and Printing Presses,
Wrenchs of Ordinance No. 1 of 1868, for more effectual Suppression of Pimney, Breach of Police and Lighting Ratan Ordinance,
Breaches of Recognizancea,
Hreaches of Rules and Orders under Ördinates No. 2 of 1968, för Diena. meas of Janks,
Breaches of Alerchant Whipping Act --Unlawfully using Certificate of Re- gistry, making false Declaration,
Itribery and Attempts to bribe Police, ...
Bøhaving calculated to provoke a Breach of the Panos, .......
Barglary,...
w
Carried forward........
Detention of Seaman'a Effects under the Merchant Shipping Ast,
Desertion from Her Majesty's Army,
Discharging Stones, &al, to Dansage or Danger of Persons and Property, Discharging Fire Arma, .....
M
资
Disorderly Relinviour accompanied with damage of Property,
Disorderly Rehaviour,
135
Dog Stealing, ...
Embezzloment,
Escape, aiding Prisoner to,
bo
Exposing a Child on a Public way, and endangering Life, Exercising the Calling of an Auctioneer without License, Exercising the Calling of a Money-Changer without License, Extortion or Attempt to extort by Colar of Office, False Imprisonment,
Hiring Crackers in the Streets,
Forcibly Detention of Persens, with
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Tulent to Ransom, &c.,
Found by Night, in Dwelling tonaca, or with Anna, or
Implements,
with Intent to coinmit Felony.
Fraudulent Execution of Deed, Ordinance No. 7 of 1865, Bection i
Furious Driving, &..
Harboring deported l'risoners,
Harboring Folies when on Duty,
Harboring desarted Merchant Seamen,
Highway Bobborien,
Honse-breaking.
Indecent Assaults,
Indecent Exposure of Person,
Indecent l'lagards, posting and publisku
Hegel Pawning,
Intimidating Witnexaru, vie
Intimidating Workuro,
Kidnapping with intact to send abroad, Larcenies,
Larcenies from the Person,
144
48
Libel
18
Maosinaghter,
1,721
...
Carried forward,...
Miscombuct as Police Constables,
Miseon/fact as Workmen.
Misconduct an Domestic Servants,
Matinous Conduct of Seamen
Murder,
Negligently allowing Prisoners to escape. ...
Neglecting to continue the Street Number over Houses, Nuisances,
Ustruction of Public Ways by Hawkera, dö.....
Jibasining Money and other Property under falss Protences. Offences relating to Coin,
Persocating Bait,
Perjury,
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Pegory, Sabornation of,
Firney,
Piracy with Murder,
++
l'esting Hilla on Walls of Reuser,
Preferring false Charge or giving wilfully faluo Testim
Kærriving stolen Property,
Refusal of Duty by Merchant Seamen, ---
Hefusing to assist l'olice,
recuing Prisoners from Custody of Polies,
Hintons Assemblages, .......
Habberies,
Hogars and Vagabonds,
Shooting with latent to do grievous bodily
Street Gambling,
Trespasses on Crown Landa,
Unlawful Possession of Property,
*
Unlicensed Hawking,
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Unlicensed Plying of Bonts, ......
Unlicensed Stone Quarrying,
Unlicensed Coolie Lolging tieners,
Unlicensed Billiard Tables, ........
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Unlicensed Seamen's Boarding House,
Uttering forged Bank Note.....
Unlicensed Dealing in Marine Stores and Old Metala,
Unwholesome Provisions, exposing for Sale, and bringing into Colm: Unnatural Offences,
Witnessing the Commission of Felony, and neglecting to assist in the Ap- perkenalan of Offenbers, .......
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C. MAY.
Lat Police Magistrata,
TUTAL...
4,7
granted during the year. f. The amount given in these cases is the Sworn value of the several estates in which Probate or Letters of Administration were
g. This was an appeal from the Court of Summary Jurisdiction.
b. Six of these cases were pending on 31st December, 1868.
a. Two of these cases were in dependence on 31st December, 1868.
In one of these cases, pending, the Bankrupt sbsconded before passing his last examination.
d. The amoant given in these cases in the Amount of Liabilities set forth in the Bankrupts' Schedules.
c. Seven of these cases were in dependence on 31st December, 1865. Seven were Petitions for Bounty.
Registrar. W. H. ALEXANDER,
RETURN of the NUMBER of CASES tried and ACTIONS commenced in the Court of Summary Jurisdiction from the 1st Juntary, to the 31st December, 1809.
CASES. No. of
CLAIMED. DEBT AND
DAMAGES AMOUNT OF
SETTLED
WITHOUT
TRIAL.
JUDGMENT.
REMAIS-
ING IN DE-
REMARKS,
Plaintiff Defendant. Nonsuit. No Service, PENDENCE.
*11 of these cases
* 1,335
$79,355.00
600
515
+3
02
31
Hongkong, 20th January, 1870. COURT OF SUNMary Jurisdiction,
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were in
1808. on Blat
Acting Clerk of Court. C. P. A. SANGSTER,
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