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SUPREME COURT.

1.—Return of CRIMINAL CASES tried in the Supreme Court of Hongkong during the year 1916.

Sentence,

Charges

abandoned.

Санев

postponed.

Number of Cases.

Number of Persons.

CRIME.

1

Assault with intent to rob

1 Attempting to administer poison with

malicious intent

Convicted.

2

Burglary

Conspiracy

1

Demanding money with menaces

1

2

Detaining child unlawfully

2

+

4

Disobedience of order of banishment

1

1

Embezzlement

2

8

Forgery

7 9

Kidnapping

3

+

2

Larceny

Larceny by servant ......................................

6 7

Manslaughter

2 | 5

Murder.

21 3

Offering bribe

2

2

3

Receiving bribe.

Receiving stolen goods

17

27

Robbery by two or more persous

2

2

Seditious publication

1

Stealing from a dwelling house

Throwing corrosive fluidi

2

2

Cttering a forged indorsement

1

Wounding

64

87

Note-Indicted

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Acquitted.

Denth.

Death recurled.

Hard Labour over

one year.

Hard Labour, one

year and uuder.

Privately Rogged.

Bound over to come up to

sentence when called upon.

No. of CaseR

65 | 22

3

62

S

1

21

P

***

***

No. of Persons.

4(a)

1(a)

2(a)

-

No. of Cases.

No. of Perrons.

**

...

A

9

21

1

4

7

A

Either not indicted or Nelle prosequi entered (included under

the heading of "* Charges abandoned "*)

87

7

94

(a) Nolle prosequi entered.

2. Indictments and Informations in the Supreme Court, including Courts analogous to the Courts of Quarter Sessious in England, Le., District Courts, &c. (Year 1916.)

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 prison- ers have been convicted together, the fact is men- tioned in a note.)

Judgment for the Crown,... Judgment for the prisoner,

Prisoner found insane,

Cases which fell through for want of prosecution or absence of accused, and cases thrown out by the Grand Jury (Attorney General),... Cases postpouod,

91

Total.

65

22

:

t-

2

Murder.

3

* 24

:.

--

Manslaughter.

Attempt at Murder.

Concealment of Birth.

5

212

:

:

:

Abortion.

Rape.

Ununtural Crimes.

Robbery with Violenco.

Other Offences against the Person.

Offences against Property.

Miscellaneous Offences,

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:

13

35

12

1

9

:

1

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:

:

18

45

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17

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