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SUPREME COURT.

1.—Return of CRIMINAL CASES tried in the Supreme Court of Hongkong during the year 1920.

Sentence.

Charges

C'ased

a bandonest.

postponed.

Number of Cases,

Number of Persons.

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11

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Arson

Assault

CRIME.

Assault with intent to rob

Attempting to shoot with intent

Attempting to administer poison with intent to

injure

Attempt to rob

Breaking into dwelling honse with intent

Convicted

Acquitted.

Death.

Denth recordled.

Hard Labour over

one year.

Hard Labour, one

year and under.

Privately flogged.

No, of Cases,

No. of Persons.

· No of VaseS,

Bribery

6

Child stealing

10

Disobedience of Order of Banishment

Embezzlement

Forgery

1

2

Importing counterfeit coins

7

Manslaughter...

11

Murler

1 1

Perjury

2

Receiving stolen goods......

I

2

Resisting arrest on search for arms

14

27

Robbery by two or more ......................

1

1

Sending letter demanding money with mac,

1

I

Throwing corrosive fluid with intent

1

2

Unlawful possession of arms

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Ettering forged documents.........................

Uttering forged or altere.t bink-note

1

1

Wounding with intent

69 100

Note.-Indicted

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27

2

100

Either not indicted or Nelle prosequi entered (included under

the heading of "Charges abandoned ")

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No. of Persons.

2.

Indictments and Informations in the Supreme Court,

including Courts analogous to the Courts of Quarter Sessions in England, ie., District Courts, &c. (Year 1920.)

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 lurge 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 postponeıl,

Total,

81

19

19

102

Murder.

Manslaughter.

Attempt at Murder.

Concealment of Birth.

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8

3

3

4

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8

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Abortion.

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16

3

4

5

Rape.

Unnatural Crimes.

Robbery with Violence.

Other Offences against the Person.

Offences against Property,

Miscellaneous Offences.

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