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SUPREME COURT.

1.—Reruns of CRIMINAL CASEs tried in the Supreme Court of Hongkong during the year 1923.

Sentence.

Charges

Cases

abandoneil.

postponed.

Number of Cases.

Number of l'ersons.

CRIME.

Convicted.

Acquitted.

Denth.

Death recorded,

Hard Labour over

-anai Duo

Hard Labour, one

year and under,

Privately Bloggel.

No, of Cases,

No. of Persons.

No. of Cases.

1

1 Aiding and abetting an indecent assault on a

male person

+

7

1

1

1

Armed with intent to break and enter a

dwelling house

Assault occasioning bobily harm

Assault with intent to rol

Attempted buggery

1 | Attempting to shoot with intent

2

3

Breach of Order for deportation

Bribery of a Public Servant

3 | Child stealing

L

C'omnion assault

2 Conspiracy to imtimidate

2 Vemanding with menaces

Embezzlement

1

7

3

2

ASAKARUNAMULE

2

3

2

1

2

Forgery of valuable securities Intimidation

2 Larceny by clerk or servant

#

1

1

1

1

G

6

G

S

1 Making counterfeit coins..

Manslaughter.............

Murder

$ Piracy

Possession coining dies

PAKKET Dan

:

1

3

2

1

1

31

31

13

I

1

Rape...

1

3

Receiving stolen child

A

2

Receiving stolen goods..

1

I

Receipt or poesession of property stolen abroad

35

Robbery by two or more

Robbery with violence.

1

Sending a letter demanding with menaces

1

1

Stealing in a dwelling house

**

4

Stealing from a vessel

1

Throwing corrosive fluid with intent

60

81

2 Unlawful possession of implements for forgery,

7

Wounding with intent....

Unlawful possession of arms and ammunition... 69

2 Ettering forged documents

= 10 15 3

140

203

12

12:

2

4

1

1

1

6

3

6

167

36

+

187

26

30

6

...

Notr.-Indicted

203

Either not indicted or Nolle prossyni entered (inclailed under

the beading of "Charges abandoned")

6

200

2.

In one case the imprisonment is without bard labour,

§ In one case a fine has been imposed and paid.

Indictments and Informations in the Supreme Court,

including Courts analogous to the Courts of Quarter Sessions in England, i.e., District Courts, &c. (Year 1923.)

Including Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several offences,

Showing how the cases

tried in the Superior Courts endent.

(Euch prisoner tried counts as a separate ouse; where n large number of prison- ers have been convicted together, the fact is meu- tioned in a note.)

Total,

36

Judgment for the Crown,..., 167 Judgment for the prisoner, Prisoner found insane,

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

Casos post-pouel,

Murder.

:

H

Manslaughter.

Attempt at Murder.

Concealment of Birth,

209

9

Abortion.

Rape.

Unnatural Crimes.

Rabbery with Violence.]

Other Offences against The Person.

Offences against Property.

Miscellaneous Offences.

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1

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:

1

29

24

99

49

93

10

16

61 100

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No. of Persons,