| Crime | Number of Persons |
|---|---|
| Accusing of Crime with Intent to extort | |
| Murder, Assault | |
| Assault, and inflicting grievous Bodily Harm | |
| Attempting to commit Buggery | |
| Being armed, with Intent to commit Burglary | |
| Being in a Dwelling-house, with Intent to commit a Felony therein | |
| Being in a Dwelling-house at Night, with Intent to commit a Felony therein | |
| Breaking and entering, and stealing in a Dwelling-house, and receiving stolen Goods | |
| Burglary and Larceny | 1 |
| Cutting, and Wounding with Intent to do grievous Bodily Harm | |
| Detaining Child with Intent to sell her | |
| Escape | 1 |
| Forcible Detention of a Child with Intent to deprive the Mother of the possession of such child | |
| Having possession of Counterfeit Coin | |
| Highway Robbery with Wounding | 3 |
| Larceny | 3 |
| Larceny and Assault | 112 |
| Larceny in a Boat | 114 |
| Larceny in a Dwelling-house | 84 |
| Manslaughter | 10 |
| Murder | |
| Perjury | |
| Piracy | |
| Piracy and Murder | |
| Piracy with Wounding | |
| Receiving Stolen Goods | 1 |
| Robbery from the Person | 1 |
| Robbery with Violence, being armed | 2 |
| Robbery with Wounding | |
| Shooting with Intent to commit Piracy | |
| Unlawfully Wounding | |
| Uttering Counterfeit Coin | |
| Uttering a forged Order for delivery of Goods | |
| Wilfully giving False Information under Ordinance 7 of 1872, Section 18 | 1 |
| Outcome | Number of Persons | Number of Cases |
|---|---|---|
| Convicted | 65 | |
| Acquitted | 23 | |
| Death | 7 | |
| Death Recorded | 20 | |
| Penal Servitude | 21 | |
| Hard Labor over One Year | 10 | |
| Hard Labor One Year and under | 7 | |
| Publicly Flogged | 11 | |
| Solitary Confinement | 45 | |
| Postponed | 88 | |
| Abandoned |
Notes:
W. H. ALEXANDER,
Registrar.
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| Court | Number of Cases | Amount of Debt and Damages Claimed ($) | Judgment: Plaintiff | Judgment: Defendant | Nonsuit | Struck Out | Total Cases | Total Debt and Damages ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supreme Court: Summary Jurisdiction | 625 | 48,504.78 | 548 | 41 | 30 | 2 | ||
| Supreme Court: Original | 14 | 118,003.27 | ||||||
| Supreme Court: Chancery | 8 | 57,836.23 | ||||||
| Supreme Court: Bankruptcy | 74 | 619,565.89 | ||||||
| Supreme Court: Probate | ||||||||
| Supreme Court: Appeals | 1 | 5,500.00 | ||||||
| Vice-Admiralty Court |
| Court | Number of Cases | Amount of Debt and Damages Claimed ($) | Settled without Trial | Judgment: Plaintiff | Judgment: Defendant | Nonsuit | Struck Out | Petitioners Discharged | Petitioners Granted | Appeals: Appellant | Appeals: Respondent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supreme Court: Summary Jurisdiction | 1,016 | 69,049.01 | 299,992.08 | 330 | 18 | 544 | 39 | 30 | 41 | 4 | 1 |
| Supreme Court: Original | 44 | ||||||||||
| Supreme Court: Chancery | |||||||||||
| Supreme Court: Bankruptcy | 74 | 121,707.43 | 19,505.80 | 34 | 9 | ||||||
| Supreme Court: Probate | |||||||||||
| Supreme Court: Appeals | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Vice-Admiralty Court | 4 | 25,000.00 |
| Category | Cases | Debt and Damages ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Cases Tried (Total) | 732 | 850,100.17 |
| Actions Commenced (Total) | 1,150 | 1,155,012.01 |
| Remaining in Dependence | 17 | 20 |
Footnotes:
W. H. ALEXANDER,
Registrar.
RETURN of CRIMINAL CASES that have been tried in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, during the Year 1874.
CHARGES
Number of Persons.
CRIMES.
Accusing of Crime with Intent to extort. Mmey, Assault,
Assault, and inflicting grievous Bodily Harm........ Attempting to commit Buggery,
+
Being armed, with Intent to commit Burglary,
Being in a Dwelling-house, with Intent to commit a Felony therein, Being in a Dwelling-honse at Night, with Intent to communit a Felony therein, Breaking and entering, and stealing in a Dwelling-Louse, and receiving
stolen Goods,
1 | Borglary and Larceny,
Colting, and Wounding with Intent to do grievous Bodily Harm, Detaining Child with Intent to sell her,"
1 Escape,
Forcible Detention of a Child with Intent to deprive the Mother of the
session of such bild,
Having ponsession u. Counterfeit Coin,
Highway Robbery with Wounding,
3 Larceny,
112 Larceny and Assault,
114 Larceny in a Bost,
84 Larceny in a Dwelling-house,
1
10 Manslaughter,
Hurder, **
Perjury,
Piracy,
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Piracy and Murder,
Piracy with Wounding,
1 Receiving Stolen Goods,
1 Bobbery from the Person,
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2 Robbery with Violence, being armed,
Robbery with Wounding,
+
Shooting with Intent to commit Piracy,
Unlawfully Wounding,
Uttering Counterfeit Coin,
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Uitering a forged Order for delivery of Goods....
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Convicted,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Acquitted.
Death,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Death Recorded.
l'enal Servitude.
Hard Labor over
One Year.
Hard Labor the
Year and under.
Publicly flogged,
Solitary Confinement, No. of Feranns.
No. of Persona,
No. of Cases.
No. of l'ersons.
No. of Caises.
No. of Persons.
L'OSTPONID.
ABANDONED.
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Wilfully giving Falso Information under Ordinance 7 of 1872, Section 18,
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45 88
W. II. ALEXANDER,
Registrar.
RETURN of the NUMBER of CASES tried and ACTION8 commenced in the Supreme and Vice-Admiralty Courts of Hongkong, during the Year ending 31st December, 1874.
Cascs tried in 1874.
Court.
Number of Cases.
Amount of Debt and Damages claimed,
Judgment.
Total.
Plaintiff.
Defendant.
Nonsuit.
Struck out.
Cases,
Debt and Damages,
Bepreme Court:-
Bummary Jurisd¤...............
Original do.,
Chancery,
Bankruptcy,
Prokate,
Apponis,
• 625
b 14
8 48,504.78 118,003,27
548
41
30 2
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57,836.23
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declared.
• 74
619,565.89
(Perks ins 74
Appellaut 1 Respondent1
5,500.00
1
Tio-Admiralty Court,
Actions cupimenced in 1874.
Judgment.
Num-Amount of Debt
Court.
ber of Cases.
and Damages claimed.
Settled without Trial,
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Plaintiff. Defendant,
Nousuit.
Struck out.
Supreme Court:-
Hammary Jurisda.,-1,016
Origianl do.,
44
$ 69,049.01 299,992.08
330 18
544
39
30
41
4
1
1
Quincery,
Hankruptcy,
Probate,
74
A 121,707,43 019,505.80
Petitioners
discharged,
grated.
34
9
) 74
Appeals,
Appellunt 1 Respondent 1
1
Vice-Admiralty Court,
25,000.00
4
732
$850,100,17
n
Remaining
in Depen- dence.
Total.
| Cases. ! Debt and Dawages.
17 20
3
1,150
$1,155,012.01
The amount given in these Cases is the Sworn Value of the several Estates in which Probate or Letters of Administration were granted during the Year f. Que of these Cases was from the Police Court, and the other from the Summary Jurisdiction.
In this Case, the Adjudication was auuulled,
A. The amount given in these Caves is the amount of Liabilities set forth in the Baukrupts' Schedules.
W. II. ALEXANDER,
Registrar.
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