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Supreme and Vico Admiralty Courts of Hongkong, during the Year ending 31st December, 1868. Raruax of the Numven of Cases tried before the Honorable the Chief Justice, and Actions commenced in the

Cases tried before the Houerable the Chief Justice în 1868.

JUDGEEST.

Toral

COUNT.:

NUMBER

Amount or Dzar

AND DAMA-

OF CASES

OES CLAINED

Plaintiff. Defendant. Nonsuit.

Casca Debt and Damages.

Bankruptcy,

Chancery,....

Supreme Court, ---

Common Law, -...

Vice-Admiralty Court, .......

Appeals,...------

COURT.

of Cases. NUMBER

E :: P

419,711.33 $37,351.43

3

Appellant Respondent

56,060.09

15

CLAIMED. DAMAGES DENT AND AMOUNT OF

detione commenced in 1866.

WITHOUT SETTLED

TRIAL.

JUDGMENT.

| Non-

| Plaintiff. Defendant. “suit.

EXCE. DEPEND ING IN RENAIX-

Probate, Bankruptcy, ..... Chancery,................ Supreme Court,

Commen lax..............

117 $1,020,530.01e

142,635.859 499.778.720

Appeals, ......................

Vice-Admiralty Court

97

121,447.944

1:

11

3

$513,152.90

Total..

Debt and

Cases

Damnges.

23o $2,620,387.52

Appellant Respondent

41

Ar

2.

*JV

A

F. AC

259 7

30

10

BI

€

10,90 700

1,704

200

1#

102

101

189

Total Number of Prisonere,

*** 11,709

ABSTRACT of Caunga under Cognizaner at the Polics Magistrates' Court during the Year 1868.

Caters how disPOSED OF, ARD Tax Number or Maru and Female Prisonkun undan xacu ligaD.

Ordered to And security

Warts turp av Magistratka dumiso tux Yaar 1866.

Bummonsce

for

Defendants.

Bummonaca

for

Witnessrn.

and

Notice of

Judgment

Helwarlag.

WARRANTI

TOTAL

Dimitra.

Arrest Search.

Six of these cases were Petitions for Bounty.

The sum bere given is from the valuations made by the Appraisers of Court.

Four of these cases were in dependence on 31st December, 1865.

One of these cases was in dependence on 31st December, 1865. Three of these cases were in dependence on $1st December, 1865.

e Judgment was signed in Twenty of these cases, representing a sum of 2542,611.82.

The sum here given is the amount of liabilities entered in the Bankrupts' Schedules.

Two of these cases were from the Police Coart, and one from the Summary Jurisdiction Court,

exclusive of the above trials.

During the Year there were 104 Sittings in Court and in Chambers, upon notices of motion and Judge's Summonses,

from the hat January to the 31st December, 1886. RETURN of the NGMBEB of Cases tried, and Actions commenced, in the Court of Summary Jurisdiction,

Acting Registrar. N. R. MASSON,

AMOUNT OF

NO. OF CASES. Dent and DA-

MAGES CLAIMED.

TRIAL. WITHOUT SETTLED

Plaintiff.

JUDGMENT. Defendant. | Nonavit,

DEPENDENCE. REMAININO IN

REMARKS.

1,132*

1,204.94 879,832.46

245

605

13

289

*4 of these

1,140

74,096.70

cember, 1865. on 31st De-

Dependence

Cases were in

Clerk of Court. HENRY J. DOLMES,

Hongkong, 26th January, 1887.

JOHN C. WHYTE,

Polios MagistraIL.

Abdaction of Femalen,

Accusing of Crime with intent to Extort, ... Administering Draga,,

Alding and Abetting in Larceny,

Amanita ***

---

Assaults accompanied with Damage of Property,

Anunulia at a plataus Asse:oblage,

Asanoits with intent in Rob,

Altempts to commit Felony,

144

་་་

+

Attempting to sell Children, or having Chlidren with intent to sell, Attemjálug to sell Military Property,

Attainja ta Murder by Drowning,

144

***

Hlaing at large la the street at night without Night F'asa, ... Breach of thiness l'assengers' Act 1885,

Breach of Prison,

Breach of Reongnianure,

Hrencheu of Hulkling Ordinance.

Breaches of Cargo Bont Onlkdance............ Iirenciion of «ixil's Ondinaten,

Brenchies of Market's Ordinanc®, *** Besuches of Pant Disco Ordinace, Hesachen of Registration Ordinance,

TH

MU

M14

144

446

10%

164

134

26

**

244

+

ALE

442

MAY

013

144

THE CASES CONSISTED OF

Brought forward,

Allowing unmetaled ferocious Dogs to be at large,

Ostruction iɗ Wharven, &o. by Bonte....

THE

*** 8,026

Obstruction of Public Ways by Hawkers, &c, and by playing at Gaines of clinney, ***

Cutting and destroying Trees,

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Cominct exirulated to provoke a breach of the Peses,

3

114

***

Disorderly behaviour, and disorderly behaviour accompanied by

stringe of Property...

Defiling StreaTIME,

art

Dischanging Fire Anna, ***

Firing off Crackers and waking Banfires, ...

701

Furkain Driving, Ulding, &c.,

2

€

***

He

10

42

114

185

Plying Bouts without License; Mendicaney; Unilcenced Hawking, ko...) Bromelina of Ordinances,

ant

100

東心

D

For Registration of Pubille Brothels, ... Regulation of Weights and Measures,

of Vehielea and Chulcs,

Fain of Propared Opium,

Suppression of Public Gambling.......... Reall of apdritutons and ferinanted Liquors, Bronches of Pawnbroker's Ordinance, Jireaches of Bankruptcy Ordinance,

• Bronchon of Onilnation 14 of 1845, via- Malsanoon,

112

Dainags of Property, `--

Cruelty to Acimals.

咖

MI

450

106

M3

Carried forward,

Indent Expossiro of Person,

Wontonly throwing Stones,

Misemduet as Dementia Servants, &c.,

Bulwful Piasemalon of Property, Burglary

641

Child

L'onfederati

with Pirates,

Conspiracy to Katort, ........

***

Conspiracy to necuso of Crime, m

+14

424

Crimes azil Offences oumanitted in Chinese Territory and against the Lawa of Chiun

Cutting and Wounding with intent to do Grievous Bodily Harm, dad,..

Demanding Money with Manners,

Desertion femen II, Mi's Army and Navy,

Iktention of Paumen's Elfovia,

Embosalemrat,

Kacaping from Coatody of Foilos,

$41

*1

ры

Exercising the calling of Pawnbroker without License,

Extortion by Color of Office,

111

Forgery, and Uttering Forged Documenta, &c,

444

+

114

70

Forcible Detentat,

Yates imprisonment,

***

#11

A

4

Found on Bhors without Ticket of Leave,

.....2,818

Carried forward,.......

R91

Brought forward, ma

... 4,841

Found at Night with Arme or lionsslysaking Implements, with intent to commit Felony,

Found in Houses at night with intent to steal thervin,

Harboring Pirates,

Harboring Bargura,

+41

Harbarius Vodice when on Duty,

Highway Robbery,

Intimblating Workmen,

Kidumpling..

*

***

-

+14

1.1

244

Kerping Milliard Tables without a Liernne,...

Keeping Boarding Houses without a filosoe, MI

Larusmies, common,

Larveulen from l'erson,

Lite

Malicio • Prosecution and Fales Testimon

Malleionaly Feiting Flen so u Waro-lpenos with intent se

Misconduct us Puller Constables,

A

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H

на

211

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Murder.

Murder. 199

Manalaughter,

Offences relating to Coin,

་་་

Fermoating Pall,

ful ulior Constables,

Property by False Pretenses,

18

TER'S ***

TH

Olenere relating to Workmon,

Piracy with Murder,...

Receiving Stolen i'roperty,

***

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Howlving Bribe as Police Constable,

Refusing to render all to Pullen, --

Heseuring Frisoners feats Custody of Police, Hobbery,

Hagues, and Vagabonds, #a, ...

Moring Gunpowder to the Dingar af Manors, mos Trvapen on Urown Lands, Unnatural Offenses,

***

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10

**

6.943

אי

M.

M. F M.

6,048

4,02 8x38,800

225 214

JY

900

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