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SUPREME COURT,

1.—Return of CRIMINAL CASES tried in the Supreme Court of Hongkong during the year 1913.

Sentence.

Charges

Cases

postponed.

abandoned.

Number of Cases,

Number of Persons.

CRIME.

Convictel.

Acquitted.

*RIKRI

Death recorded.

Hard Labour over

as auo

Hard Labour, one

year and under,

Solitary Confinement.

Privately flogged.

No. of Cases.

No. of Persons.

• N

1

1

2

1

1

Abduction of girl under 16 years of age Assault by two or more persons with

intent to rob

Being in possession of paper and waterial for impressing and making upon paper certain impression intended to resem- ble bank notes.....

2 Breaking into Iwelling house with intent

to commit felony

2

1

1

Bribery

Burglary

8 Conspiracy to defraud

Defilement of girl between 12 and 16

years of age

Disobedience of Order of Banishment

Felonious possession of Foreign notes

2 Forgery

2 Larceny

Larceny by Clerk or Servant.

1 Larceny from the person

2 Larceny in a dwelling house

8 Manslaughter

2

*

1

1

1

1

I

++

:-

***

I

:

NAHIN

5

2

I i 2

---

++

+++

Libel

2

6

+

+

Murder.

1

3

2

t

Pimey

2 Receiving stolen cheque

2

+

18

31

Robbery by two or more persona

22

22

21

1

1

Seditious conduct.

10

12

1

1

Throwing corrosive Build with intent to

Stealing child under 14 years of age............

11

**

do grievous butily harm

14

1

2

Unlawful possession of property stolen

abroad

2

2 Obtaining money by false pretences...............

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2

66

94

66

28

:

2

:

27

4 L

2

Note.-Indicted

04

Either not indicted or Nolle prosequi entered (included under

the bending of “ Charges abandoned ") Cases postponed

+

11

2

107

:

2

No. of Cases.

...

^

No. of Persons.