| Punishments | Assaults and Malicious Injuries | Other Offences against the Person | Offences against Property | Larceny | Malicious Injuries to Property | Gambling | Offences against Harbour Regulations | Refusal of Duty | Other Offences or Prædial | Total Number of Offences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine | 14 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 48 | ||||
| Imprisonment, in lieu of fine or surety | 4 | |||||||||
| Peremptory Imprisonment | 25 | |||||||||
| Bound over with or without sureties | 19 | |||||||||
| Forfeiture of Gunpowder | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 14 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 48 |
NOTE. Where there has been an Appeal from the Marine Magistrate's decision the case is to be entered as finally decided, and not necessarily according to the Marine Magistrate's original decision.
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Including Courts analogous to the Courts of Quarter Sessions in England, i.e. District Courts, &c. (Year, 1898.)
Including Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several offences.
Showing how the cases tried in the Superior Courts ended.
(Each Prisoner tried counts as a separate case; where a large number of Prisoners have been convicted together, the fact is mentioned in a note.)
| Offence | Judgment for the Crown | Judgment for the Prisoners | Prisoner found Insane | Cases which fell through for want of prosecution or absence of evidence, and cases thrown out by the Grand Jury (Attorney General) | Cases postponed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murder | 39 | 39 | ||||
| Manslaughter | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Attempt at Murder | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Concealment of Birth | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Rape | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Unnatural Crimes | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Robbery with violence | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Other offences against the Person | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Offences against Property | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Miscellaneous Offences | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Abortion | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 93 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 118 |
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TABLE showing the Number of Summary Convictions for various Classes of Offences, and the kind of Punishments Inflicted. (Marine Court.)
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IV. INDICTMENTS AND INFORMATIONS IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
Including Courts analogous to the Courts of Quarter Sessions in England, ¿e. District Courts, &c. (Year, 1898.)
Including Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several offences,
Showing how the cases
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