| CRIME | Number of Cases | Number of Persons | Convicted | Acquitted | Death | Hard Labour over 1 year | Hard Labour 1 year and under | Privately flogged | To be detained in Victoria Gaol until His Majesty's pleasure be known | Cases postponed | Charges abandoned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assault with intent to rob | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Attempting to shoot with intent to prevent lawful apprehension of himself | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Being in possession of dies for coining | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Demanding money with menaces | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| Forgery | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||
| Disobedience of order of banishment | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Forgery of bank note | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Fraudulent misappropriation | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Kidnapping | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Knowingly having three or more pieces of counterfeit coins with intent to utter the same | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Larceny | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Manslaughter | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Misstatement in Statement of Affairs | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Murder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Obtaining money by altered instrument | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Offering bribe | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Possession of explosive substance | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Rape | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Receiving stolen goods | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Robbery by two or more persons | 38 | 38 | 36 | 2 | |||||||
| Stealing by co-owner | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Throwing corrosive fluid | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Unlawful wounding | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Uttering counterfeit coins | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Uttering a forged instrument | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 73 | 105 | 77 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 36 | 103 |
Note.—Indicted pajutosõi Y{IVPC]
Either not indicted or Nolle prosequi entered (included under the heading of "Charges abandoned")
---
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.)
| No. of Cases | No. of Persons | |
|---|---|---|
| Judgment for the Crown | 80 | 80 |
| Judgment for the prisoner | 20 | 20 |
| Prisoner found insane | 1 | 1 |
| Cases which fell through for want of prosecution or absence of evidence, and cases thrown out by the Grand Jury (Attorney General) | 2 | 2 |
| Cases postponed | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 106 | 106 |
| OFFENCE | No. of Cases | No. of Persons |
| Murder | 12 | 12 |
| Manslaughter | 4 | 4 |
| Attempt at Murder | 6 | 6 |
| Concealment of Birth | 7 | 7 |
| Abortion | 16 | 16 |
| Rape | 23 | 23 |
| Unnatural Crimes | 4 | 4 |
| Robbery with Violence | 43 | 43 |
| Other Offences against the Person | 50 | 50 |
| Offences against Property | 80 | 80 |
| Miscellaneous Offences | ? | ? |
288
(Y 2)
SUPREME COURT.
1.—Return of Criminal Cases tried in the Supreme Court of Hongkong during the
Sentence.
year 1917.
Charger
Abandoned.
Cases
postponed.
21
સ
1 GE
Number of Cuses,
Number of l'ersons.
CRIME.
Convicted.
Acquitted.
Denth.
Assault with inteur to rob
Attempting to shoot with intent to prevent
lawful apprehension of himself
2 Being in possession of lies for coining
Demanding money with menaces
4 Forgery
2404 19 00 m
16
NORII p
2
3
16 Disobedience of order of banishment
3
2
Forgery of bank note.
Fraudulent misappropriation.............
Kidnapping
Knowingly having three or more pieces of counterfeit coins with intent to utter
the same
3 Larceny..
Manslaughter
Misstatement in Statement of Affairs
2 Murder
1
Obtaining money by altered instrument Offering bribe
Possession of explosive substance Rupe
3 Receiving stolen goods
38 Robbery by two or more persons
3
36
:
:-*
3
1
Stealing by co-owner
1
Throwing corrosive fluidl
Unlawful wounding..
1
Uttering counterfeit coins
1
Ultering a forged instrument
73 105
Note.—Indictedl
*pajutosõi Y{IVPC]
T
3
+
Harl Labour over
A no
Hard Labour, une
year and under.
Privately flogged.
To be detained in Victoria | Gaol until His Majesty's pleasure be known.
No. of Cases,
15
2
A
:
20
I
77
K
36
103
Either not indicted or Nolle proscyni entered (included ander
the heading of "Charges abandoned "*)
106
+2
No. of PersoUIN,
2.-Indictments and Informations in the Supreme Court,
including Courts analogous to the Courts of Quarter Sessions in Eugland, ie,
District Courts, &c. (Year 1917.)
Including Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several offences.
Showing how the cases
tried in the Superior Courts ended.
:
(Each prisoner tried counts, us a separate case; where a large number of prison- ers have been convicted together, the fact is men- tioned in a note.)
Total.
Judgment for the Crown,.. 80 Judgment for the prisoner, 20
Prisoner found insane,
Cases which fell through for want of proscention or absence of agensei,” and eases thrown out by the Grand Jupys (Attorney Gonoral),...) Cases postponed,
1
106
วง
2
Murder.
N
:
Manslaughter.
Attempt at Murder.
Concealment of Birth.
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Abortion.
ཀཱཝཱ
12
43
23
4
6
7
Rapc.
Unnatural Crimes:
Robbery with Violence.
Other Offences against the Person.
Offences against Property.
? | Miscellaneous (fences.
tra
:
J
Ы
*..
16
50%
80
No. of Cases.
:
:
**
No, of Persons.
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