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REPORTS EXHIBITING THE PAST AND PRESENT

HONG KONG.

Bael. 14 in No. 15.

Enclosure 14 in No. 15.

Karvus of the Number of Cases Tried before the Honourable J. W. HULME, and Actions commenced in the Supreme and Vice-Admiralty Courts of HONG KONG, during the Year endling the 31st December 1819.

CASKS TRIED BEFORE THIK HONOURABLE J. W. IIULME, IN 1849.

COURT.

Number

of

Judgment.

Total.

Amount of Debt and Damages claimei.

Cases.

Plaintiff.

Defendant. Nonsuit. | Canos, į Debt and Damages.

Supreme Court am

Dullar

Duliars,

Common Law

3

6,902.50

None

I

Chancery.

Summary

Insolvency ·

Appeals.

3

9,161.95

l

2

Noss

་

·

147

9,137-07

18

19

10

Bearings 3

1

Vien-Adiniralty Court,

12

Debts in Schedule 10,190-23 1,833-03

389,137.06

Insolventa discharged 2

11

Remanded

Noss

One

1

Nose

None

:::::

•

426,843.26

ACTIONS COMMENCED IN 1849.

COURT.

Number

of

Amount of Debt and Damages claimed.

Cases.

Settled

without

Trini.

Judgment.

Remaining

Total

Plaintif

Defendant.

Nunauit. }dependence, Cases. ¦ Debt and Damages.

Dollars.

Supreme Court -

Common Law.

ક

Chancery

·

**

4

Summary

199

+

Debts in Schedule

1

Dollars,

39

#11,825-62

43,118.31 None 11,203.34 52

8,136-751

None

1

Nona

118

2

19

Nuns

10

t

Nove

None

Puitioners discharged, 2

Petition refused, 1

None

1

Insolvency

In the Case of the re-

2,034.00]

manded Prisoner

Ecclesiastical Metales -

Appeals Vice-Admiralty Court.

AG

Anvats per appraisement 11,911-6}

2

16,600+25

1

28

408,714-29 '

11

· +

(Signed)

W. H. ALEXander, Clark of the Court. (True copy.) W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary,

None

1

None None

Nons }

317

613,868-37

(Signed)

ROBT. DUNDAS Cay, Registrar.

No. of Cres,

Enclosure 15 in No. 15.

REMARKS.

Abstract of Causes under Cognizance at the Chief Magistrate's Office, Hoxo Kona, during the Year 1849, with the Mode of Disposal. Civil Cason how disponad af,

Criminal Causes how disposed of

Total

Number of Defendants.

Convicted

and

Discharged Released without

OFE

Deported.

Punished. Punishment. Security,

Committed

Bailed.

Undecided.

70 297

M. F.

19 1,743

M.

$20

29

H. F. M. F. 53

6.7 43

M.

r.

M.

383

17

21

*:

STATE OF HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.

108

138

*

.:

This Return includes almost the whole of the cases enumerated in the following Return for the Court of Prity Sessions, as very few use brought slirectly before that Court.

The civil cases decided were 293 elaimė for police rate (cognisable by

tise chief magistrate alone), and six claims fue wages, usuler Ordin nance 6 of 1847, now repealed,

The criminal cases decided up to March, when the Court of Potty Sex- sions was established, were 61 larcenies and receiving stolen goods, 25 aemulta, 3 demanding money with menaces, 2 passing counterfeit enin, 15 vagrancy; the rest were mainly breaches of police ordinances. Ia March the summary jurisdiction over small feloules, which had existed for 18 months previously, was taken away by the Petty Se siona Ordinance, so that the cases subsequently decided were simply assaults, breaches of police ordinances, and offenem cognizable by a single magisteste under English Acts of Parliament,

The committals and bailments include thow to the Supreme and Admiralty Courta, as well na to the Court of Petty Sossions. |Deportation by a single magistrate out of Sessions was awarded only ander Section 13 of the Registration Ordinance (7 of 1846), in default of security to appear and answer for a marqucted offence. The de faulter is simply ordered to leave the colony, and not return.

Abstract of Causes under Cognizance at the Court of Petty Sewiona, Hong Kong (established 1st of March), during the Year 1849, with the Młode of Disposal.

*

**

14

021

*

24

921

(True copy.)

W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.

291

17

130

? 15

..

The civil causes were claims for debt or damages not exceeding 50 dollars, with one or two cases of estreated recognizances. The criminal cases were, larceny and receiving stolen goods 267, :agrancy 62, sammults 40, riotous assemblage 4, obtaining property by false pretences 3, uttering counterfeit coin 2, malicious injorim 2, demanding money with menaces 2, corabination among workmen 2, extortion 1 ; the retuninder were offences against police ordinances. All were decided under the provision of Ordinance 1 of 1949, for the punishment of perty Selocime and recovery of small debts. The mode of proceeding is generally by mammansone takım out before a singla magistrate; and in criminal cases the depositions are taken down at length as in committals for the Supreme Court; normequently, nearly the whole of the cases are included in the above Return for the Chief Magistrate's Odice,

The Court of Pulty Semione has power under the ordinance to rewit serious or difficult cases for decision at the Supreme Court; hence the nolumu fær opmsmolttala,

Deportation is awarded under section 14 of the Ordinance for the Bemorni of Vagrants. A large number of shown deportant were mendicnuts who had crumed from the mainland to bag. The deporta- tion consists in transmicting the persons to be deparved so the Chlam magistrate on the opposite side of the harbour (which to Chinom territory), with a request that they may be forwarded to their place of muttimet.

(Signed)

C. B. HILLIER, Chief Magistrate.

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