No. 67.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION..
The following Returas connected with the business of the Superior and Subordinate Courts of the Colony, for the Year 1878, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th March, 1879.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
RETURN OF CRIMINAL CASES TRIED IN TOR SUPREME COURT ✔ HONGKONG, DURING THE YEAR 1878.
SENTENCE.
CHARGES
CASES
ABANDONED.
POSTPONED.
Miember of Cases.
Number of Persons.
CRIMES.
Administering Stupifying Dengs,
1 Assault,
Assault with Intent do do grievous Bodily Harm,
Attempt to commit a Burglary, ....................................................................................................
1 Attempting to steal,
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Being found at Night with House-breaking Implements, seen. Breach of Conditional Pardon.......
| Breaking, entering and stealing in a House,
Baggery,
7 13 Burglary,
Barglary and Larceny,
12 Child Stealing,
Conspiracy...
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Cutting and Wounding with Intent to do grievous Bodily Harm........................................
i | Embezzlement,
Inflicting crievous Bodily Harm, ....................................................................................................................................
48 Larceny,
Larceny and receiving Stolen Gonds,
1 Larceny by a Servant,
Larceny by a Trustee,
7 Larceny in a Bost.......................
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Larceny in a Dwelling-house,
11 | Larceny on board a Ship in the Harbour,
12 | Manalsaghter.....................
Murder,
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Obtaining Goods by False Pretences,
13 Receiving Stolen Gands,
1 Returning from Deportation,
33 Hobbery from the Person.......................................................................................................................................................................
Robbery from the Person, being armed,
a Robbery from the Person with Violence,
4 Unlawfully Wounding,
15 216
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Number of Casca
Number of Per-
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Number of Cases.
Number of Per-
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3 Uttering Counterfeit Coin,
Uttering a Forged Document,
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7 Wounding with Intent to do grievous Bodily Harm, .............................................................
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0. B. PLUNKET,
Registrar.
RETURN of the NUMBER of CASES tried and ACTIONS commenced in the Supreme and Vico-Admiralty Courts of Hongkong, during the Year ending 81st December, 1879.
Cases tried in 1878.
Amount of Debt
Jadgment,
Total
Court.
Number of Casce.
and Damages claimed.
Plaintiff,
Defendant.
Nonnult.
Struck ont. Caasa.
Debt and Damages.
Supreme Court:-
Hammary Jurisdiction,
a 691
Original Jurisdiction..
> 27
$74,206,78 124,946.11
583
66
49
92
26
2
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Chancery,
Bankruptcy,
Probats,
57
Appeals..
*
1
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61,990.39 762,183.15 700,00 75,400.00
Discharge Tinted Per||ma|| granted
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784
$1,069,382.43
Actions commenced in 1878,
Nonquit. Struck out.
Remaining in Depend-
ence.
Total
Cases. Debt & Damages
Amount
Court.
Nam- ber of Cases.
of Debt and
Damages claimed.
Settled without Trial.
Judgment
Plaintiff.
Defendant.
68
$126,691.88 443,996.20
425
578
99
19
23
Supreme Court:-
Summary Jurisdiction, 1,230 Original Jurisdiction,- Chancery, Bankruptcy, Frobato, Appeals. Fice-Admiralty Court,...
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Twelve of these Cases were pendling on 31st December, 1877. * This Case was pending on 31st December, 1877.
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1
1,879
$8,884,316,00
₫ This is the Amount of Liabilities entered in the Bankrupta' Schedules.
• This is the Value of the Estates, au sworn to by the Petitioners and
Appraiser,
C. B. PLUNKET,
Registrar.
Page 255TOTAL NUNSZE
TOTAL NUMBER or
OF Pro-
CALES.
JEEL
Convicted
pas
Punished.
Discharged.