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Cocar.

or NUMBER

CASES.

Chancery........ Common Law.......

SCPRENE COURT,——

VICE ADMIRALit Court,..........

Appeals, ..........................................

COL ST.

NEM

BER OF

CASES

390.

Revers of the Number of Cases tried before the Hunoruble the Chief Justice, and Actions commenced in the Supreme and Vice Admiralty Courts of Hongkong, during the Year ending 31st December, 1870.

Cases tried before the Honorable the Chief Justice in 1870.

JUDGMENT.

Plaistie DerEND

ANT

Actions commenced in 1870.

JUDGMENT. DEFEND

NOSSCIT.

I'LAINTIFF, ANT.

REMAIS-

SUPREME COURT. —

Common Law, .........

...............

55

18

3

VICE ADMIRALTY COCAT,... Appeals,................................ Probate,....................... ƒ 51

granted during the Year. f. The Amonat given in these Cases is the sworn value of the several Estates in which Probats or Letters

d. One of these Cases was partly tried, and referred to Arbitration.

b. Two of these Cases were in dependence on 31st December, 1869.

4. One of these Cases was in deprudence on 31st December, 1869.

e. The Amonut here given is the Amount of liabilities set forth in the Bankrupts' Schedules.

e. The Amount giren in these Cases is the Amount of liabilities set forth in the Bankrupt's Schedules,

RETURN of the NUMBER of CASES tried and Actions commenced in the Court of Summary Jurisdiction from the 1st January to 31st December, 1870.

Hongkong, 21st January, 1871. COURT OF Summary JonisdICTION,

Xoxetit. CARES

TOTAL.

Daur and Damager.

10

808,675.26

TOTAL.

DEPEND

ING IN

ENCE. CASES | Dent and Daragis.

162

$1,499,238 90

TOTAL.

For entering

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Arrest.

Pistress.

Xatices of Judgm

ment and Behearing.

Sominanses for

Witnesses.

Sammons for

Defendanta.

Total Number

of Defendants.

391

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Kiduwpping with intent to send Abroad,

2,035

星

Lauretis,

***

*14

Laternies from Parson, k.ilse},

***

***

Making Bonfires, and firing Crackers,

Musisimugkiter, ...

Mrodicancy,

11.

Misomuct as Domestic Servants, Miseruduct an Palice Constables,

Misconduct as Watchmen.

** Workmrn....

of Felius,

Brought

Obtaining Money and other Property by Fsion Preteners,

Olstruction of Puble Ways by itawkers, Chair Goulies, and Shopkee;

and Wharren by Bout Priple,

ان

Offences

Perjury,

12

Finery,

reinting to Coin,

Pery, Sabordination of,

Piracy with Murder, ...

Prefering fales Charge or giving wilfal faba Testimony,

Heriving stolen Property.

Refusal of Duty by Merchant Seamen, ***

Refusing to nusist Polier,

Kesening Prisme a from Contily of Police,

Beturging

Häutous Aurembingenation before Expiration of Term

414

3 Form the Person 14, in Harber 8,

Robberies, *** 112 Dweiling House 3, ...

Roese* andVnit»bsud-,

Bhooting with Intent to do grievous bodily HarTA,

Street Gambling.

Trempana in Crown Lands,

Calswful l'osurasion of Property,

Unlicensed Coolie Lodging Houses,

Unlicensed Hawking,

Unlicensed Pying of lionis,

***

Unlicensed Seamen's Boarding Houses,

Unlicensed Stone Quarrying,

Unnatural Offence,

Unwholesoum Provisions, exposing laz Sale, and bringing into Colony,

Abstract of Cavern under Coaxinamer of the Police Magistrates' Count, during the Year 1870.

CAUSES HOW DISPOSED OF, And the Nomɛɛɛ or Male and Femair Prisoners vsner raça HrAD.

Ordered to find Security

Write 1890ed at the MaoiSTRATES DURING tus Year 1879,

Warrunte.

CASES. No. of

DEBT AND AMOUNT OF

REMAIN-

CLAIMER. DAMAGES

WITHOUT TRIAL. SETTLED

JUDGMENT.

INO IN

REMARKS,

Plaintiff Defendant. Nunsuit. No Service.

EXCE. DEPEND

. . 1,797

|$93,047.28)

1,015

570

24

107

39

43

1860. on 31st December, were independence *28 of these Cases

Clerk of Court. HENRY J. HOLMES,

Administration were

Registrar. W. II. ALEXANDER,

Undecided

Ezisc Testimonṛ.

Punished

for pre-

ferring false

charge, or giving

· M.

3,702) 609 | 2,005] 201

F. M. F. 37.

F M.

M. F. M. F. AL

DI.

127

1#

441

*

7

21

230

21

..

40

St.

70

F. M.

14

8,052

919

2,500

191

63

13

137

67

2,019

Total, Males and Feinalea................

--freqɔ fur

To answer

good

Dehaviour.

plaq ૦૧.

To keep

the Prace,

Committed to Pri-

wen, or detained

Lending ordera

of the Governor.

Committed for

Trist at

Supreme Court.

Discharged.

Punished.

Convicted and

Tufal Xumber

Causes

5,936

C. MAY,

0,52%

First Palios Magistrate.

Abduction,

Accessory before the Fact to Felony,

Accessory after the Fact to Felony, Administering Drugs....

***

Allowing Ferocious Dogs to be at large, Assaults, Conan, ***

AK

***

***

Ansolta nccompanied with Damage of Property, Asuults at or in connection with liotous Assemblages with Intent to rob,

1

hot Reviating Police in Execution of Duts,

Arson

*

***

Assaming Designation of Police Constable, Attempts to Communit Felonies,... Attempts to Commit other Offences, Attempts to Eatort by Threats...

At large in the Sight, without Passen, Behaviour calculated

to provoke a Breach of the Peach,

Breaches of Ordinance

For Regulation of Puble Vehicles....

For Heistration of Hours and Servants,

Suppression of l'ublic Gambling,

Fur

For Market of Spirits, ...

For Buildings,

For teteil of Spirituons Liquora.

For Preparation and Bain of prepared

For powder Storage,

For Post Oihu eg

For I'awabrukers,

For Car

For Harbor and Costa,

Cargo Bonts,

For Regulation of Weights and Massores,.

ating Printing realba,

For Regulating

For l'alire and Lighting Rates,

For Maintenance of Order and Cleanliness,

For Marine Store Deniors,

For Preservation of Birds,

Beebor Regulations,

н

88

THE CASES CONSISTED OF --

Frought forward...........

Chinese Offenders found in Culony after Depurtalism, or in Breach of Condi- tional Pardon,

Compending Prinny....

Confederating with Pirates,

Crines and Offeners committed in Chinese Territory,

Contenti

of Court,

Cruelty to Animais....

107

Cutting and besteeing Trees,

Binary,

Curting and Wounding, and inflicting bodily Injuries,

• of Property, chinese elsewhere than in a Cemetery,

ra, burying

Drkling Streams,

Desertion fear feurs Her Majesty's Army,

Detention of Sexinen's Effects,

Discharging Fire Arms, ...

15

***

Dischinging Stones, &c., to danger or damage of Perseus or Property,

Disorderly baviour.

Displerly Behaviour areninpanied with damage of Property,

439

188

18

Biarating

Doubtful Witussen to find Security for Appearance,

Eubezzlement,

11

Fares at Prisoners fonau Custody of Polier,

Oftior in breach of Merchant Shipping Act,

aiding Prisoner to,

the exiling of a Money Changer without a License, ***

Exposing hildren and endangering Life thereby,

Exposing obscene Pictures for Sale....

Faise kasprisouneal, **

ป

Extortion, or attempt to extort by Color of Offer,

Firing Crackers in the Street (vide head Making Bonfire),

Foreible detention of P'ersons with intent to ransom, ko,

21

Forgery**

Found by night in Dwelling Houses, or with Arms, or House breaking im- plenients with intent to cominit Felony,

да

Furious Driving.

Harboring deported Prisoners,

*T*

Harbering lolies when on Duty,

Breache

Highway Robbery...

Wraith

of the bla

Breach

· of Irison P.

Ack

House Breaking

H

20

legal lawning, ..

***

214

Breach of fivcognisances,

***

Inciting to Crime,

Breach of Trust, ...

Inderent Asemalta.....

Itržlery and Atismpta to bribe Police Constables,

Indecent Exposure of Person,

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Burglaries,...

Indecent flucnedia, peating and Pubileting,

Wattle. Turned Joons on Public Ways,

Infectious Insense, Exposing a case of sinali Fox on a l'abilo Way

€"Jailed-atemjing.

Intimidating Witnesses,

Uhinese not huidern of Night Paas found carrying Arms.....

latimidating Workmen,

Curried forwarde

2,035

**

Carried forward....

TUTAL

197

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