420
Number of Crises.
(Y)
SUPREME COURT,
1.—Return of Criminal Cases tried in the Supreme Court of Hong Kong during the
Sentence.
year
Number of Persons.
CRIME.
1
t
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
8
1
3
8
1
1
2
I
1
↓
2
2
I
10
I
1
Accessory before the fact
Aiding and wketting
Assault by two or more with intent to rob. Burglary and larceny......
By force taking away persons
Child stealing
Common assault
Conspiracy to commit an offence punish-
able by iaw
Forgery
Fraudulent misappropriation of property... Fraudulent preparation of postal documents, Indecent assault
Larceny of mail bags and contents......... Manslaughter
11 Murder...
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Obtaining money on a forged document
2
2
Offering bribe to a public servant
10
Convicted.
Acquitted.
Death.
3
1929.
Unses
abandoned,
Death recorder.
Imprisonment over one year.
Imprisonment one
year or under.
Fined,
Privately Blogged.
No. of CaseE.
G
IPL
2
No. of Persons.
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7
4
+
1
1
with intent
2
2
Rape
10
10
Receiving stolen goods
ནྡྷཧྨམྦ
period Robbery
1 | Piracy
12 | Possession of arms andfor ammunition
H
Possession of forged bank und,or currency
notes or coin.
Possession of plates etc. contrary to For-
gery Ordinance, 1922.
Principal in the second degree to wounding
1 Returning to the Colony during deportation
1
47 | Robbery by two or more
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6
:
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+4
曲
1
2
2
-:
Shop breaking and larceny
33
13
33
18
1
5
Uttering forged document
Wounding with intent to maim or disable...
7
90
140
$239
3
71
3
1
19
16
19
I
2.—Indictments and Informations in the Supreme Court, including Courts analogous to the Courts of Quarter Sessions in England, ie., District Courts, &c. (Year 1929.)
Including Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several offences.
Showing how the cases tried in
the Superior Courts ended.
Judgment for the Crown,... Judgment for the prisoner, Cases which fell through for want of prosecution of abacuce of accused, an cases thrown out by the Grand Jury (Attorney General)....
Total.
82
39
19
1
140
11
Murder.
IA
LA
:
Manslaughter.
Piracy.
Concealment of Birth.
Abortion.
1
1
:.
:
:
:
Rape.
Unnatural Crimes.
Robbery by two or
niore.
Other Offences against the Person.
Miscellaneous Offences.
33
9
34
1
13
10
13
-
17
2
47
14
64
LI
44
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Found insane.