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| Crime | Number of Cases | Number of Persons |
|---|---|---|
| Assault with intent to rob | 1 | 1 |
| Attempting to administer poison with malicious intent | 1 | 1 |
| Burglary | 2 | — |
| Conspiracy | 1 | — |
| Demanding money with menaces | 1 | — |
| Detaining child unlawfully | 2 | 2 |
| Disobedience of order of banishment | 1 | 1 |
| Embezzlement | 2 | 8 |
| Forgery | 7 | 9 |
| Kidnapping | 3 | 2 |
| Larceny | — | — |
| Larceny by servant | 6 | 7 |
| Manslaughter | 2 | 5 |
| Murder | 2 | 1 |
| Offering bribe | 2 | 2 |
| Receiving bribe | 3 | — |
| Receiving stolen goods | 17 | 27 |
| Robbery by two or more persons | 2 | 2 |
| Seditious publication | 1 | — |
| Stealing from a dwelling house | — | — |
| Throwing corrosive fluid | 2 | 2 |
| Uttering a forged endorsement | 1 | — |
| Wounding | 64 | 87 |
Note: Indicted 71, 22.
| Outcome | Number of Cases | Number of Persons |
|---|---|---|
| Acquitted | 65 | 4(a) |
| Death | 22 | 1(a) |
| Death recorded | 3 | 2(a) |
| Hard Labour over one year | 62 | — |
| Hard Labour, one year and under | 1 | — |
| Privately Prosecuted | 21 | — |
| Bound over to come up to sentence when called upon | — | — |
| Total | 91 | 87 |
(a) Nolle prosequi entered. Either not indicted or Nolle prosequi entered (included under the heading of "Charges abandoned").
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Including Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several offences.
Showing how the cases tried in the Superior Courts ended.
(Each prisoner tried counts as a separate case; where a large number of prisoners have been convicted together, the fact is mentioned in a note.)
| Offence | Judgment for the Crown | Judgment for the Prisoner | Prisoner Found Insane | Cases Fell Through (Want of Prosecution / Absence of Accused / Thrown Out by Grand Jury) | Cases Postponed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murder | 2 | 3 | *24 | — | — | — |
| Manslaughter | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Attempt at Murder | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Concealment of Birth | 5 | — | — | — | — | 212 |
| Abortion | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rape | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Unnatural Crimes | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robbery with Violence | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Offences against the Person | 13 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 9 | — |
| Offences against Property | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Miscellaneous Offences | 18 | 45 | — | — | — | 17 |
| Total | 91 | 65 | 22 | — | — | — |
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SUPREME COURT.
1.—Return of CRIMINAL CASES tried in the Supreme Court of Hongkong during the year 1916.
Sentence,
Charges
abandoned.
Санев
postponed.
Number of Cases.
Number of Persons.
CRIME.
1
Assault with intent to rob
1 Attempting to administer poison with
malicious intent
Convicted.
2
Burglary
Conspiracy
1
Demanding money with menaces
1
2
Detaining child unlawfully
2
+
4
Disobedience of order of banishment
1
1
Embezzlement
2
8
Forgery
7 9
Kidnapping
3
+
2
Larceny
Larceny by servant ......................................
6 7
Manslaughter
2 | 5
Murder.
21 3
Offering bribe
2
2
3
Receiving bribe.
Receiving stolen goods
17
27
Robbery by two or more persous
2
2
Seditious publication
1
Stealing from a dwelling house
Throwing corrosive fluidi
2
2
Cttering a forged indorsement
1
Wounding
64
87
Note-Indicted
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Acquitted.
Denth.
Death recurled.
Hard Labour over
one year.
Hard Labour, one
year and uuder.
Privately Rogged.
Bound over to come up to
sentence when called upon.
No. of CaseR
65 | 22
3
62
S
1
21
P
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No. of Persons.
4(a)
1(a)
2(a)
-
No. of Cases.
No. of Perrons.
**
...
A
9
21
1
4
7
A
•
Either not indicted or Nelle prosequi entered (included under
the heading of " Charges abandoned ")
87
7
94
(a) Nolle prosequi entered.
Including Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several offences.
Showing how the cases
tried in the Superior Courts ended.
(Each prisoner tried counts as a separate case; where a large number of prison- ers have been convicted together, the fact is men- tioned in a note.)
Judgment for the Crown,... Judgment for the prisoner,
Prisoner found insane,
Cases which fell through for want of prosecution or absence of accused, and cases thrown out by the Grand Jury (Attorney General),... Cases postpouod,
91
Total.
65
22
:
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2
Murder.
3
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Manslaughter.
Attempt at Murder.
Concealment of Birth.
5
212
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Abortion.
Rape.
Ununtural Crimes.
Robbery with Violenco.
Other Offences against the Person.
Offences against Property.
Miscellaneous Offences,
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13
35
12
1
9
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1
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18
45
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