| Crime | Charges | Cases abandoned | Cases postponed | Number of Cases | Number of Persons | Convicted (Cases) | Convicted (Persons) | Acquitted (Cases) | Acquitted (Persons) | Death | Death recorded | Hard Labour over one year | Hard Labour one year and under | Privately flogged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance of a bribe by a public servant | ||||||||||||||
| Assault by two or more with intent to rob | ||||||||||||||
| Attempted murder | ||||||||||||||
| Being accessory before the fact to a robbery | ||||||||||||||
| Breach of Order for deportation | ||||||||||||||
| Bribery of a Public Servant | ||||||||||||||
| Child stealing | ||||||||||||||
| Conspiracy to commit an offence | ||||||||||||||
| Demanding with menaces | ||||||||||||||
| Larceny | ||||||||||||||
| Larceny from the person | ||||||||||||||
| Malicious wounding | ||||||||||||||
| Manslaughter | ||||||||||||||
| Murder | ||||||||||||||
| Piracy | ||||||||||||||
| Possession of property stolen outside the Colony | ||||||||||||||
| Receiving stolen goods | ||||||||||||||
| Robbery by two or more | ||||||||||||||
| Uttering a forged banknote | ||||||||||||||
| Unlawful possession of arms and ammunition | ||||||||||||||
| Uttering forged documents | ||||||||||||||
| Wounding with intent | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 28 | 46 | 61 | 75 | 157 | 137 |
Note.—Indicted: 5, 2, ... Either not indicted or Nolle prosequi entered (included under the heading of "Charges abandoned"). Cases postponed: 20, 157, 1, 34, 6, 6, 1.
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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.)
| Total | Murder | Manslaughter | Attempt at Murder | Concealment of Birth | Abortion | Rape | Unnatural Crimes | Robbery with Violence | Other Offences against the Person | Offences against Property | Miscellaneous Offences | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judgment for the Crown | 137 | |||||||||||
| Judgment for the prisoner | ||||||||||||
| Prisoner found insane | ||||||||||||
| Cases which fell through for want of prosecution or absence of evidence, and cases thrown out by the Grand Jury (No true bills) | ||||||||||||
| Cases postponed | 20 | 6 | 164 | |||||||||
| Sub-totals / Details | 32 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 65 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 71 |
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SUPREME COURT.
1.—Returs of CRIMINAL CASES tried in the Supreme Court of Hongkong during the year 1924.
Sentence.
Charges
Cases
abandonel,
postponed.
Number of Cases,
Number of Persons.
CRIME,
But wi
3
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Convicted.
Acquitted.
Death.
Death recorded.
Hard Labour over
one year
Hard Labour, one year and under.
Privately flogged.
No, of Cases,
No. of PersoUN.
No. of Cases,
No, of PersoNS.
1
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3
Acceptance of a bribe by a publice servant. Assault by two or more with intent to rob
I Attempted murder
Being accessory before the fact to a robbery Breach of Onder for deportation
Bribery of a Public Servant
5
5
I
2
Chill stealing
•
5 Conspiracy to commit an offence:
1
نا
Demanding with mennees
Larceny
2 Larceny from the person
+ Malicious woumling..
3
Manslaughter'....................................
Munder .............................. Piracy
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Possession of property stolen ontside the Colony
Receiving stolen goods...
Robbery by two or more
1 Uttering a forged banknote
28
46
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61
Unlawful possession of arms and ammunition...
75
Ettering forged documents
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3
Wooding with intent.
157
137
Nite.—Indicted
5
2
Н
+4
1
50
124
Either not indicted or Nalle prosegui entered (included under
the heading of "t'harges abandoned "') Cases postponed...........
+
20
157
1
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34
6
6
1
2.—Indictments and Informations in the Supreme Court,
including Courts analogous to the Courts of Quarter Sessions in Eugland, ¿e., District Courts, &c. (Year 1924.)
Ineluding Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several offences.
Showing how the eases
tried in the Superion Courts ended.
(Each prisoner tried counts msi separate ease; where a længe mumber of prison- ers have been convicted together, the fart is men- tioned in a jote.)
Total.
Judgment for the C'rown.......... 137
Judgment for the prisoner,
Prisoner found insane, ..........
Crowes which full through Jor】 woat of properation or absence of negusel, aud enwgs thrown out by the-
Grand Jury (Mlorney tieneruts..
Caser postponel,
20
6
164
Murder.
Manslaughter.
Attempt at Murder.
Concealment of Birth.
:
Abortion.
Rape.
Unnatural Crimes.
Robbery with Violence,,
Other Offences against the Person.
Offences against Property,
Miscellaneous Offences.
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65
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