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15
Enclosure 13 in No.
of disposal.
14
REPORTS EXHIBITING THE PAST AND
PRESENT
ABSTRACT of CAUSES under cognizance at the Chief Magistrate's Office Hong Kong, during the Year 1850, with the mode
•
STATE OF HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
Enclosure 15 in No.
+
RETURN of the Number of Cases Tried before the Honourable J. W. Hulme, and Actions commenced in the Supreme and Vice-Admiralty Courts of Hong Kong, during the year ending the 31st December, 1850.
A
Number of
Civil Causes,
Causes.
how disposed of.
Criminal Causes, how disposed of.
Total.
Civil.
Criminal.
Decree for Plaintiff.
Decree for Defendant
or Claim withdrawn.
Summoned to Petty Sessions.
Committed
Undecided.
Total Convicted Discharged Released Number of and without Defendants. Punished. Punishment Security.
or bailed for Trial at the
Committed pending de- livery by the Governor,
Undecided.
un
Deported,
Supreme
Court and
To the Chinese
Petty Sessions, Authorities-
To the Consul of France.
Supreme Court-
Common Law
Chancery
1,731 556 1,175 64
126 359
19 66 465
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
7 1,692
M.
F.
M.
F.
M. F.
M. F.
M.
F
Summary
1 None. 123*
Dollars.
4496-62
Cases tried before the Honourable J. W. Hulme in 1850.
JUDGMENT.
TOTAL
COURT.
Number of Cases,
Amount of Debt and Damages claimed.
Plaintiff.
Defendant. Nonsuit. Cases.
Debt and Damages.
Dollars.
None. 17792-19
None.
None. None. None.
I None.
85
32
5
Insolvency
Hearings
674 29
50
6
47
1
380
10
10
49
17
1
Appeals
5+
2
Debts in
Schedule
Vice-Admiralty Court
18
12260.00 68597.56
6328-88 Insolvents
Discharged
} >
None.
None.
2
None.
None.
17
}
None. 149
109475.25
The Civil Causes summarily decided by the Magistrates consisted of--
Claims for Police Rates
Recovery of deserted leasehold premises
Fees on Opium Licenses, &c.
སྐྲ-*
192
1
4
197
Actions commenced in 1850.
Assaults and Batteries.
Keeping Public Gambling Houses
False Balances and Weights
Breaches of Spirit Licenses
The Criminal Causes summarily decided consisted of-
Unlawful possession of goods, malicious injuries, obstruction of wharves and thoroughfares, keeping public brothels, illegal assemblage with intent to injure property, furious driving, &c. &c..
Rogues and Vagabonds, plying boats and hawking without License. Misconduct as Police Constables
Resisting Police
Drunkenness and disorderly conduct
COURT.
Number of Cases.
Amount of Debt and Damages claimed.
Settled without Trial.
JUDGMENT,
Plaintiff.
Remaining Defendant., Nonsuit. dependence. Cases, Debt
TOTAL.
ia
Unlawful combination among workmen
Exercising without License the calling of Pawnbroker, Auctioneer,
Retailer of Opium or Spirits
Add Committals for Trial, Summonses for Defendants in cases of)
Debt, Damage, &c.
164
86
40
25
214
157
4
1
2
13
Supreme Court
Common Law
251
Chancery
None.
Summary
154
[Debts in
Insolvency
4
Dollars. 69900.31 None. 21843-82
4274.88
19 None. 31
None.
None.
and Damages.
Dollars.
None.
1
5
None.
None.
None.
2
85
32
5
1
Petitioners
Schedule
Assets per
Discharged 4
None.
None.
None.
Ecclesiastical
27
ment
Appeals
2
Vice-Admiralty Court
14
None.
|
707
827
Total
(True Copy,)
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
1,731
(Signed)
C. B. HILLIER,
Chief Magistrate.
Appraise-19228-47 None.
12260-00 None. 66824-55
* One of these cases was referred to the Registrar to report on and is still undecided.
+ One of these was a remanded case of 1849.
In eight of these cases the defendant was arrested on a capias issued from the common law side, and they were subsequently brought into
the summary jurisdiction. The debt and damages in the said cases amount to 1640 22 dollars.
One of these was commenced in 1849.
(Signed) W. H. ALEXANDER, Deputy-Register.
(True Copy,)
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
(Signed)
ROBERT DUNDAS CAY, Registrar.
2 None.
None.
None.
1
Nune.
3& 226 194332-03
Enclosure 14 in No.
ABSTRACT of Causes under Cognizance at the Court of Petty Sessions, Hong Kong, during the Year 1850, with the Mode of Disposal.
No. of Causes.
Civil Causes, how disposed of.
Criminal Causes, how disposed of
Total.
Civil.
Criminal.
Defendant.
Plaintiff.
Decree for
Decree for
Nousuited.
Undecided.
Withdrawn.
Referred to Su-
preme Court.
Total Number
Convicted and of Defendants. Punished.
Discharged without Punishment. Security.
Released
Committed
on
Deported.
or
Bailed.
M. F.
M.
F. M. F.
M. F.
M.
F.
M.
F.
575
359 216 208
41
71
2 34
4
315
3
182 ?
64
30
33
6
(True Copy.)
Combination amongst Workmen
Assaults aud Batteries.
Vagrancy
CRIMINAL-
Larceny
Classification of Offences.
Robbery and Housebreaking
Embezzlement
Extortion
1
Receiving Stolen Property
Obtaining Money by false pretences
Demanding Money with menaces
Uttering counterfeit Coin
Riotous assemblage
Assaults with intent to Rob
Returning to the Colony after having been deported
146
4
8
Cutting and destroying Trees
1
Desertion from Vessels in Harbour
1
Tuta!
216
(Signed)
C. B. HILLIER, Chief Magistrate.
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
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