386
Number of Cases,
(Y)
SUPREME COURT,
1.—RETURN OF CRIMINAL CASEs tried in the Supreme Court of Hong Kong during the year 1927.
Sentence.
Charges abandoned.
Cases postponed.
Number of Persons.
CRIME.
1
4
I
。,
8
1
1
I
140
1
+
Accessory after the fact
Assault by two or more with
intent to rub
Attempt to comit an offence
Being found by night with imlpe-
ments of house breaking
Breach of a deportation order Bribery of a public servant Burd, Main, disfigure etc.
Common assault
10 Conspiracy to comit an offence
Demanding money on forget
Convicted.
Acquitted.
Death.
Death recorded.
Imprisonment over
one your.
| Imprisonment one
year or under.
Privately Huggel.
No. of Cases,
1
A
+
8
1
instruments
1
1
2
Failure to report under Preven- tion of Crimes Ord, 1887 Forcibly taking a person for
1
:
2
TANSOIN
2 Forcibly detaining a person for
Tansom
Forgery of a document
1 | Housebreaking and larceny
1
1
1
3 Kidnapping
10
10 Larceny
5
5
Mauslaughter
7
8
Mur·ler
:=
+
Obtaining money by false pre
Lences
11 Offering bribe to public servant 19 Piracy with violence
7 Piracy
I
Procuring delivery of money on
forged instrument
18 Receiving stolen gools........
52 | Robbery by two or more.... Robbery with violence
3
2
1
2 Stealing
H
Unlawful possession of armis
Unlawful possession in Colony of
property stolen abroml
3 Cttering forged document
3
112
199
2
7
42
5
:
::
+
15
15
5
*
+
સ
::
1
1
2
1
2
2
+
3
H
9
1
:
e
1
1
No. of PersoUB.
“Baav,) 30 DN
No. of Persons.
1
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H
14
5
***
1
3
מד :
3
112
47
17
17
87
8
12
21
39
:
Rail Forfeited.
1
---
***
:
:
HI
2. Indictments and Informations in the Supreme Court,
including Courts analogous to the Courts of Quarter Sessions in England, i.e., District Courts, &c. (Year 1927.)
Including Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several offences.
Showing how the cases
tried in the Superior Courts ended.
(Each prisoner tried contuts as a separate ease; where a large number of prison- ers have been convicted together, the fact is meu- tioned in a note.)
Total,
Murder.
Manslaughter.
Piracy.
Judgment for the Crown,... 112
2
1
15
Judgment for the prisoner,
47
6
3
1
Prisoner found insane,
Cases which fell through for want of prosecution or absence of accusel. umi cases thrown out by the
39
1
7
Grand Jury
(Attorney
General),.
Cases postponed, Bail Forfeited
...
199
3C
Concealment of Birth.
⠀⠀
:
8
5
26
+
:
Abortion.
:
-
...
:
-
1
Rape.
Unnatural Crimes.
Robbery by two or
more.
Other Offences against the Person.
Offences against Property.
Miscellaneous Offences.
-
:
42
11
5
2
:
:
30
26
Ch
5
3 IN
FR
52
18
15
75