RETURN OF ALL CRIMINAL CASES TRIED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG DURING THE YEAR 1937
(Each count being reckoned as a separate case)
| Crime | Number of cases | Number of persons | Cases abandoned | Convicted | Acquitted | Death | Death recorded | Acquitted of Murder but convicted of manslaughter | Imprisonment over one year | Imprisonment one year or under | Caned in addition to sentence | Bail estreated | Number of cases | Number of persons |
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| Assault occasioning bodily harm | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Acceptance of a bribe by a public servant | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Assault with intent to rob | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Attempted robbery | 30 | |||||||||||||
| Breach of a deportation order | ||||||||||||||
| Burglary and larceny | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Carnal knowledge of girl under thirteen | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Common Assault | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Fraudulent conversion of property | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Fraudulently affixing stamps | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Giving a bribe to a public servant | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Harbouring an unmarried girl | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Importing a dangerous drug | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Importing counterfeit coins | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Manslaughter | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Murder | 12 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Obtaining goods by false pretences | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Obtaining money by false pretences | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Possession of counterfeit coins | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Possession of coin moulds | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Possession of dangerous drugs | 59 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| Possession of forged banknotes | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Possessing implements for forgery | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Larceny in a dwelling house | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Receiving stolen property | 56 | |||||||||||||
| Robbery by two or more | 25 | 44 | ||||||||||||
| Robbery with violence | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Shooting with intent to murder | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Throwing corrosive fluid | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Unlawful possession of arms and ammunition | 11 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Uttering a forged banknote | 15 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Uttering a forged document | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Wounding | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Wounding with intent | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 209 | 291 | 239 |
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SUPREME COURT.
RETURN OF ALL CRIMINAL CASES TRIED IN THE Supreme CourT OF HONG KONG DURING THE YEAR 1937,
(Each count Leing reckoned as a separate case).
Number of cases.
Number of persons.
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CRIME.
Assault occasioning bodily harm
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Acceptance of a bribe by a public servant
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Sentence.
Cases
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Convicted.
Acquitted.
Death.
Death recorded.
Acquitted of Murder but convicted of manslaughter.
Imprisonment over
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Imprisonment one
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Caned in addition
to sentence.
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Number of persons.
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