HONGKONG.
M. S. TONNOCHY, Superintendent.
RETURN shewing the NUMBER of PRISONERS in VICTORIA GAOL on the last Day of each Week of the Year 1880.
WEEKLY, 1880 EUROPEANS CHINESE OR COLOURED TOTAL WEEKLY, 1880 EUROPEANS CHINESE OR COLOURED TOTAL January Males Males. Females. Males. Females. July Males Males. Females. Males. Females. 4 29 502 14 545 4 30 487 17 534 11 38 509 15 562 11 30 500 18 548 18 36 511 14 561 18 40 527 15 582 25 31 479 20 530 25 33 489 21 543 February August 1 38 519 15 572 1 34 477 20 531 8 37 521 14 572 8 36 449 20 505 15 35 534 17 586 15 34 428 19 481 22 34 531 16 581 22 37 469 24 530 29 27 500 17 544 29 38 463 23 524 March September 7 29 495 17 541 5 43 446 17 506 14 37 511 17 565 12 44 451 21 516 21 35 507 16 558 19 41 455 19 515 28 34 527 16 577 26 40 471 18 529 April October 4 32 538 15 585 3 41 517 18 576 11 33 542 18 593 10 27 532 16 575 18 29 542 16 587 17 30 522 17 569 25 30 532 16 578 24 35 531 16 582 May 31 9 33 522 17 572 2 34 494 16 544 November 9 33 522 17 572 7 16 34 523 23 556 16 37 556 13 606 14 35 556 30 621 23 32 534 JJ 567 21 37 556 30 623 30 29 504 534 28 19 607 46 672 June December 6 34 554 13 601 5 20 553 26 599 13 35 563 599 12 19 585 19 623 20 32 534 JJ 567 19 11 20 553 26 590 27 29 578 14 621 26 759998786INNS 471 20 532 47 526 19 592 46 535 18 599 46 553 16 615 49 602 14 665 52 577 51 680 51 550 602 552 21 574 62 550 52 664 52 537 52 641 52 545 32 629 53 533 227 813 16 645 662 623 629 638 25 637 29 691 29 618 629 25 611 637M. S. TONNOCHY,
Victoria Gaol Office, Hongkong, 27th May, 1881.
Superintendent.
CLASS OF PRISONERS EUROPEAN INDIAN CHINESE TOTAL Males 2 10 1 13 Females 1 7 8 Males 3 4 5 12 Females TOTAL 5 15 13 33Victoria Gaol Office, Hongkong, 27th May, 1881.
M. S. TONNOCHY, Superintendent.
OFFENCE EUROPEAN INDIAN CHINESE TOTAL Murder 1 5 19 25 Manslaughter 2 2 Cutting and wounding, or Assault occasioning grievous bodily harm 1 5 22 28 Assault with intent to rob, or Robbery with violence 7 7 Burglary, Attempted Burglary, Breaking, entering and stealing, and having possession of house-breaking implements 1 1 2 Larceny, Larceny from Person, from Ships or Boats in Harbour or on the High Seas 5 20 792 817 Obtaining goods or money by false pretences 22 22 Unlawful possession, and Receiving stolen goods 1 9809 9810 Child stealing, Kidnapping, Abduction of females, Forcible detention, and Buying or Selling human beings N N Uttering counterfeit coin or notes 23 23 Perjury, and Preferring a false charge 7 7 Embezzlement 1 1 Piracy 00 00 Conspiracy to defraud 9 9 Committing or attempting to commit an unnatural offence 3.8 3.8 Indecent Assault 1 1 Common Assault, Assault with wounding, Fighting, Disorderly conduct, Drunkenness, Refusing to pay chair hire, Resisting Police, and Using abusive language 11 11 Misconduct as a Private or Public Servant, Refusing duty, Negligence, Desertion, Absent without leave, and Remaining behind from ships 5 5 Breach of Military and Naval Discipline 1 1 Breach of Conditional Pardon, and Returning from Deportation Extortion and attempting to Extort Gambling, or Haunting Gambling-Houses, Rogue and Vagabond, Suspicious and dangerous characters. Vagrancy and Obtaining passages surreptitiously on board ships. Aiding and abetting in a misdemeanour 13 13 Contempt of Court 71 71 Unlawful hawking or Selling goods without Licence. Uttering cries, Without Passes or Lights, Obstruction, Nuisance, Damaging property, Firing crackers, Making bonfire, Defiling stream, Indecent exposure, Trespassing, Breach of Ordinance for Harbour and Market Regulations 24 24 Using Threats 3 3 Breach of Brothel Ordinance 2235 2014 388 4637 Mendicancy 27 27 Attempting to commit suicide 71 71 Bribery 21 21 Carrying deadly weapons 684 684 Illegal pawning 2 2 Administering Drugs 10 10 On Remand, For Trial, and pending orders 11 12 23 For Debt 13 14 27 21 17 1. 18 5 20 :. Piracy 1 3 4 245 245 11 11 TOTAL 16 67 116 1 2 360 3,098 52 140 2 431 19 3,530 5 | 3 | 67 | 4| 1| 16 | 1| 2 |43 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32M. S. TONNOCHY,
Superintendent.
7. I have delayed sending in this Report in the expectation of receiving, long ere this, copies of the Annual Reports of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Convict Prisons, so that I could have remodelled my Return of profitable labour somewhat after the Returns supplied to Her Majesty's Government at home and laid before Parliament. These Reports have, however, not yet arrived, nor have the "Regulations for the Conduct of Convict Prisons," applied for at the same time. I have been more anxious to receive the latter than the former, as I wish to see introduced, as early as possible, into this gaol some satisfactory and self-working system for the remission of sentences, and the remuneration of industrious prisoners for their work.
8. I had the honour of laying a draft of such rules before His Excellency as far back as the commencement of 1879, but, in consequence of the impossibility of carrying them out except in a gaol modelled on the separate system, they were laid on one side to await the approval of the plans of the new gaol. Since then a new Prison Act has been introduced in England, and new regulations framed · under it. This Act and its regulations I have applied for, and am anxious to obtain, so as to establish a new system of remission of sentences and remuneration of prisoners.
9. The want of means of extending assistance to deserving prisoners who seem repentant of their first fall and wish to lead a better life, if assisted at the outset, has, in the absence of any "Prisoners' Aid Society," been much felt by me. I had either to assist them myself or send them away empty,
soon to return again.
10. On Christmas Day 1879, however, I received a handsome donation from a resident of long standing in the Colony, who requested that the money be devoted to the aid of discharged prisoners. I have carried out his wishes, and, I may say, with the best results, as very few of those who have been assisted have returned to gaol a second time; but as the majority of those assisted have immediately left the Colony to try their fortunes elsewhere, I have been unable, according to the wish of the charitable donor, to give him any subsequent history of the recipients of his bounty. This fund is now exhausted, and I do not think we should look any longer to outside aid to reinstate it, but should establish a system of remuneration from the profits of their labour, which would serve as an incentive to the prisoners to good conduct and industry while in gaol.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
The Honourable Dr. F. STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary, `
'
HONGKONG.
M. S. TONNOCHY, Superintendent.
RETURN shewing the NUMBER of PRISONERS in VICTORIA GAOL on the last Day of each Week of the Year 1880.
WEEKLY, 1880.
EURO-
PEANS.
CHINESE OR COLOURED.
EURO-
TOTAL.
WEEKLY, 1880.
PEANS.
CHINESE OR COLOURED,
TOTAL.
Males,
Males. Females.
Males.
Males. Females.
January
4
29
502
14
545
July
4
30
487
17
534
11
38
509
15
562
11
"}
30
500
18
548
"
18
36
511
14
561
18
>
31
479
20
530
25
40
527
15
582
25
33
489
21
543
→
February
1
38
519
15
572
August
1
34
477
20
531
8
37
521
14
572
8
36
449
20
505
མ ཨཱ སྶ
15
35
534
17
586
15
34
428
19
481
J
22
34
531
16
581
22
37
469
24
530
"
29
وو
27
500
17
544
29
38
463
23
524
"
March
7
29
495
17
541
September 5 43
446
17
506
14
37
511
57
17
565
12
44
451
21
516
21
35
507
16
558
55
19
41
455
19
515
28
"
34
527
16
577
26
40
471
18
529
*
April
4
32
538
15
585
October
3
41
11
33
517
J
16
566
10
27
18
29
542
18
55
589
17
"1
25
30
532
"
16
578
24
May
2
34
494
16
544
31
9
33
522
17
"1
572
November 7
16
34
523
"3
23
J
37
556
30
35
531
June
6
34
554
13
35
563
"
20
32
534
JJ
27
29
504
"
E222222
21
578
14
*
615
21
J
20
586
28
19
607
December 5
620
12
""
19
585
19
11
20
553
26
759998786INNS
471
20
532
47
526
19
592
46
535
18
599
46
553
16
615
49
602
14
665
52
577
51
550
552
21
546
62
550
52
537
52
545
32
53
533
227*****
16
645
623
629
638
25
637
29
618
629
25
611
"
MS. TONNOCHY,
Victoria Gaol Office, Hongkong, 27th May, 1881.
Superintendent.
Page 9016 aged
16 aged
CLASS
OF
PRISONERS.
EUROPEAN, .....................
INDIAN,
CHINESE.
Males,
Females,...
( Males..................
( Males, ................
| Females, ... ***
***
Females, ... ...
TOTAL,
2
10
:..
1| 12 | 7
19
3
4
5
Victoria Gaol Office, Hongkong, 27th May, 1881.
16 bed
*
Murder.
Manslaughter.
Cutting and wounding, or Assault occasioning grievous
bodily harm.
Assault with intent to rob, or Robbery with violence.
Burglary, Attempted Burglary, Breaking, entering and stealing, and having
possession of house-breaking implements.
from Person, from Ships
Seas.
Larceny, Larceny from
or Boats in Harbour
a house, or on the High
Obtaining goods or money by false pretences.
Unlawful possession, and Receiving stolen goods.
Child stealing, Kidnapping, Abduction of females, Forci- ble detention, and Buying or Selling human beings.
Uttering counterfeit coin or notes."
Perjury, and Preferring a false charge.
Embezzlement.
5
2
*
1
5
19
792
22
9809
N
23
7
1
00
9
3.8
RETURN showing the CLASSIFICATION of OFFENCES for which PRISONERS were committed to VICTORIA GAOL, from the respective CoURTS of the COLONY, during the Year 1880.
6
1
:
1
+
:
21
17
1. 18
S
5 20
:.
Piracy.
:
1
3
245
:
11
Conspiracy to defraud.
Committing or attempting to commit an unnatural offence.
Indecent Assault.
Common Assault, Assault with wounding, Fighting, Disorderly conduct, Drunkenness, Refusing to pay chair hire, Resisting Folice, and Using abusive language.
Misconduct as a Private or Public Servant, Refusing duty, Negligence, Deser-
tion, Absent without leave, and Remaining behind from ships.
Breach of Military and Naval Discipline.
Breach of Conditional Pardon, and Returning from De-
portation.
Extortion and attempting to Extort.
Gambling, or Haunting Gambling-Houses, Rogue and Vagabond, Suspicious and dangerous characters. Vagrancy and Obtaining passages surreptitiously on board ships. Aiding and abetting in a misdemeanour.
Contempt of Court.
Unlawful hawking or Selling goods without Licence. Uttering cries, Without Passes or Lights, Obstruction, Nuisance, Damaging property, Firing crackers, Making bonfire, Defiling stream, Indecent exposure, Trespassing, Breach of Ordinance for Harbour and Market Regulations.
Using Threats.
Breach of Brothel Ordinance.
Mendicancy.
Attempting to commit suicide.
Bribery.
Carrying deadly weapons.
Illegal pawning.
Administering Drugs.
On Remand, For Trial, and pending orders.
For Debt.
1
119
2
9
11
5
1
***
13
71
24
3
2235 2014
388
27
71 21
684
2
10
11 12
13 14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
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:
645
-809
5
14
23
3...
1
3 116 1 2 360 17 3,098
52
140 |
2 431 19
3,530
5 | 3 | 67 | 4| 1| 16 | 1| 2 |43
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
M. S. TONNOCHY,
Superintendent.
16 Bed
3
:
1
2621
21
27)
TOTAL..
16 aged
16 sed
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