Abstract of Cases brought under Ordinance at the Police Magistrates' Court during a period of Ten Years from 1st January, 1868, to 31st December, 1875, inclusive.

CASES HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH YEAR.

Note: The above table is reconstructed from heavily corrupted OCR output. Many cells are illegible and marked with ....

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Magistracy, Hongkong, 5th February, 1876.

C. MAY,

1st Police Magistrate.

Nationality.

• Europeans and Americans
• Chinese
• Malays and Indians

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CORONER'S INQUESTS.

TABLE A.—Return of all Coroner's Cases, 1875.

Inquest Held vs. Buried without Inquest

Verdicts

Reasons why no Inquest was held

Additional figures noted: 65, 120, 143 (purpose unclear).

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TABLE B.—Return of Inquests, 1875.

Other entries (Art, *, etc.) are illegible.

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TABLE C.—Return of Burials without Inquest, 1875.

Further breakdown (13, 22, 10, 4, 15, 44, 42, 12, 4, 16, 21, 2, 13, 27, 4, 20, 25, 4, 54, 17, 37, 10, 24) is fragmented and cannot be reliably assigned to columns.

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Hongkong, 4th February, 1876.

J. RUSSELL, Coroner.

Abstract of Cases brought under CoastzANCE at the Police Mugistrates' Court during a period of Ten Years from 1st January, 1868,

to 31st December, 1875, inclusive.

CASES HOW DISPOSED OF, AND the Number of Male and FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EAçu Ilgan.

Totul Xumber

Years.

ut Convicted and Cases.

J'unished.

Discharged.

Committed for Trial at Supreme Court.

Committed to Prison

or detained |pending Orders of

Ordered to find Security.

To keep the Peace,

to be of Good Behaviour, and

l'unished for Preferring False Charge

or giving False Testimony.

Undecided.

Total Number of DefendustA

Itis Excellency

the Governor.

to answer

any Charge.

1

M.

}

M.

F.

M.

F.

Ꭲ .

F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

1806

6.045

6,620

285

3,600

825

211

9

200

1867

5,983 7,150

735

2,398

160

142

13

57

1868

6.969

7,469 | 1,101

2.257

281

123

10

36

1809

4.731

4,413

504

1,998

186

120

9

1870

5,936

5,702

GON

2,005

261

127

12

1871 6,400 1872 1878 9,137 1874 8,079 1875

23 12:

3-4

251

36

18

144

5

G4

15

251

28

4N

19

200

23

41

330

28

49

6,143 673

2,406

311

148

28

414

16

40

9.950

11,183 999

2,426 2:4

187

23

44

271

19

8,8101,352 1,798

206

67

10

15

171

29

b.

6,636 1,135 8,055 6,719 890

1,651

269

101

31

175

21

50

1,672

281

190

29

23

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EFERERSEBAR

M.

F.

M.

A

3

709

31

9.9-6

22

10.209 1.480

32

6,908

70

14

8,352

919

32

9.211

1.017

13

14.099

1.347

35

10.938

1.673

1.436

20

8,713

1217

Magistracy, Hongkong, 5th February, 1876.

Nationality.

· Europeans and Americans,

Chinese,

Malays and Indians,..

CORONER'S INQUESTS.

TABLE A.-Return of all Coroner's Cases, 1875.

Inquest Ileld.

C. MAY,

1st Police Magistrate.

Buried without Iuquest.

Grand Total.

Men Women.| Boys. | Girls. | Total. Men. | Women. Boys. Girls. Total. | 1975. 1874.

20

:

Total.........

27

Verdicts.

Accidental Death,....

Accidentally Drowned, Felo de Se........

Manslaughter,

Natural Causes,.

Do., in Gaol,

A ARARATE-------------

Suicide, whilst temporarily Insane,

Overdose of Opium.........................

Wilful Murder,

Reason why no Inquest was held.

No suspicious Circumstances, No evidence and State of Body, Post Mortem satisfactory, Death occurred outside Juris-

diction,.

Total,.

Total,..

Mi

7

8

16

13

31

20

24

75

100

128

+

1

***

2

39

39

4

20

25

65

120

143

TABLE B.-Return of Inquestk, 1875.

Europeans

and Americans.

Chinese.

Indians and Manila-

Malays.

men.

Total.

Men.

13

Men. Woinen. Men. | Women. Boys Girls.|_Men.

3

9

1

Art

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***

3

---

1

3

3

7

20

TABLE C.— Return of Burials without Inquest, 1875.

Europeans

and Americans.

Chinese.

Indians.

Men. Women. Men. | Women. | Boys. | Girls. ¦ Men.

01

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99-

1

10

1

8

Hongkong, 4th February, 1876.

:

AI

:

Ba

14

q

Found on Shore.

Found in Ilarbour.

Total.

5

+

35

Known. Unknown. Known. Unknown.

+2

7

13

22:

10

4

15

44 42

12

4

Sa

16

21

2

13

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27

4

20

25

4

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17

37

10

24

J. RUSSELL, Coroner.