| CRIME | Number of Cases | Number of Persons | Convicted | Acquitted | Charges abandoned | Cases postponed | Death | Hard Labour over one year | Hard Labour one year and under | Fines | Privately flogged | To be detained in Victoria Gaol until His Majesty's pleasure be known |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiding and abetting robbery | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Assault with intent to rob | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Burglary | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Child stealing | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Conspiracy to defraud | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Detaining child by force | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Detaining child with intent to sell | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| Forgery | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Forgery of deed | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Disobedience of order for deportation | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Fraudulent misappropriation | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Harbouring a girl under 21 years of age | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Larceny from person | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| Manslaughter | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Murder | 17 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| Offering bribe | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Receiving stolen goods | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Robbery by two or more persons | 45 | 45 | 28 | 17 | ||||||||
| Robbery with violence | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Soliciting to shoot with intent to resist arrest | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Uttering forged banknotes | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Uttering forged request | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 65 | 101 | 79 | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Note.—Indicted: 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.
(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 | Total | 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 postponed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murder | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Manslaughter | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Attempt at Murder | 33 | 33 | ||||
| Concealment of Birth | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Abortion | 19 | 19 | ||||
| Rape | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Unnatural Crimes | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Robbery with Violence | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Other Offences against the Person | 52 | 52 | ||||
| Offences against Property | 19 | 19 | ||||
| Miscellaneous Offences | 19 | 19 | ||||
| Total | 22 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 102 | 11 |
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SUPREME COURT.
1.—Return of Criminal Cases tried in the Supreme Court of Hongkong during the year 1918.
Sentence.
Cbarges
abandoned.
Cases
postponed.
Number of Cases.
Number of Persons.
CRIME.
Death reconled,
Convicted.
Acquitted.
Death.
Hard Labour over
one year.
Hurd Labour, one
year and under,
Finest.
Privately flogged.
To be detained in Victoria Gaol until His Majesty's pleasure be known,
No. of Cases.
3
V 1 V N
1 Aiding and abetting robbery
Assault with intent to rob
3
Burglary
5
Child stealing
DI 10 ja p
1
2
5
Conspiracy to defraud
1
Detaining child by force
3
Detaining child with intent to sell.
9
$
1
2
Forgery
2
2 Forgery of deed,
¦ 1 0 0 2 2 1 1
2
I-NANN 11
2
2
1
Disobedience of order for deportation
Fraudulent misappropriation.
1 Harbouring a girl under 21 years of
age.................
1 Larceny from person...
Manslaughter..................
9 11 Munier
1 1 0 2 2 6 09 10
17
2 Offering bribe
3 Receiving stolen goods
45 Robbery by two or more persona
3 3 Robbery with violence...
1 Soliciting to shoot with intent to
resist arrest,
Cttering forged banknotes
Uttering forged request
***
FAR
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3
2
[
3
8
2
1
2
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28 17
28
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2
20
3
•
3
1
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1
65 101
79
22
00
60
*
+1
::
30
1
Note.—Indicted
Either not indicted or Nelle prosequi entered (included under
the beading of "Charges abandoned ")
102
*
No. of Persons.
No. of Cases.
--
1
+6
ด
-
2.
Indictments and Informations in the Supreme Court,
including Courts analogous to the Courts of Quarter Sessions in Eugland, i.e., District Courts, &c. (Year 1918.)
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 mon- tioned in a note.)
Total.
22
Judgment for the Crown,... 79 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 Goneral),...) Cases postponed,
1
...
102
11
Murder.
Manslaughter.
Attempt at Murder.
Concealment of Birth.
10 O
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:
:
**
:
Abortion.
Rape.
Unnatural Crimes.
Robbery with Violence.
Other Offences against the Person.
Offences against Property.
Miscellaneous Offences.
3
16
33
17
19
1
:
:
:
•
3
16
52
19
19
1
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營咁中
உகும்
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No. of Persons.
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