386

Number of Cases,

(Y)

SUPREME COURT,

1.—RETURN OF CRIMINAL CASEs tried in the Supreme Court of Hong Kong during the year 1927.

Sentence.

Charges abandoned.

Cases postponed.

Number of Persons.

CRIME.

1

4

I

。,

8

1

1

I

140

1

+

Accessory after the fact

Assault by two or more with

intent to rub

Attempt to comit an offence

Being found by night with imlpe-

ments of house breaking

Breach of a deportation order Bribery of a public servant Burd, Main, disfigure etc.

Common assault

10 Conspiracy to comit an offence

Demanding money on forget

Convicted.

Acquitted.

Death.

Death recorded.

Imprisonment over

one your.

| Imprisonment one

year or under.

Privately Huggel.

No. of Cases,

1

A

+

8

1

instruments

1

1

2

Failure to report under Preven- tion of Crimes Ord, 1887 Forcibly taking a person for

1

:

2

TANSOIN

2 Forcibly detaining a person for

Tansom

Forgery of a document

1 | Housebreaking and larceny

1

1

1

3 Kidnapping

10

10 Larceny

5

5

Mauslaughter

7

8

Mur·ler

:=

+

Obtaining money by false pre

Lences

11 Offering bribe to public servant 19 Piracy with violence

7 Piracy

I

Procuring delivery of money on

forged instrument

18 Receiving stolen gools........

52 | Robbery by two or more.... Robbery with violence

3

2

1

2 Stealing

H

Unlawful possession of armis

Unlawful possession in Colony of

property stolen abroml

3 Cttering forged document

3

112

199

2

7

42

5

:

::

+

15

15

5

*

+

સ

::

1

1

2

1

2

2

+

3

H

9

1

:

e

1

1

No. of PersoUB.

“Baav,) 30 DN

No. of Persons.

1

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H

14

5

***

1

3

מד :

3

112

47

17

17

87

8

12

21

39

:

Rail Forfeited.

1

---

***

:

:

HI

1. Indictments and Informations in the Supreme Court,

including Courts analogous to the Courts of Quarter Sessions in England, i.e., District Courts, &c. (Year 1927.)

Including Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several offences.

Showing how the cases

tried in the Superior Courts ended.

(Each prisoner tried contuts as a separate ease; where a large number of prison- ers have been convicted together, the fact is meu- tioned in a note.)

Total,

Murder.

Manslaughter.

Piracy.

Judgment for the Crown,... 112

2

1

15

Judgment for the prisoner,

47

6

3

1

Prisoner found insane,

Cases which fell through for want of prosecution or absence of accusel. umi cases thrown out by the

39

1

7

Grand Jury

(Attorney

General),.

Cases postponed, Bail Forfeited

...

199

3C

Concealment of Birth.

⠀⠀

:

8

5

26

+

:

Abortion.

:

-

...

:

-

1

Rape.

Unnatural Crimes.

Robbery by two or

more.

Other Offences against the Person.

Offences against Property.

Miscellaneous Offences.

-

:

42

11

5

2

:

:

30

26

Ch

5

3 IN

FR

52

18

15

75