RETURN OF CRIMINAL CASES that have been tried in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, during the Year 1876.
CRIMES CHARGES Number of Persons Convicted Acquitted Death Penal Servitude Hard Labour over One Year Hard Labour One Year and under and fined; $20 Publicly flogged Solitary Confinement Abandoning a Child whereby its Life was endangered 1 1 1 Accusing of Crime with Intent to extort Money 1 1 1 Allowing a Prisoner to escape 1 1 1 Assault and wounding ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Attempting to commit a Burglary 1 1 1 Attempting to drown, Assault and wounding, and Robbery in a Boat 1 1 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Breaking and entering a Godown with Intent to commit a Felony 3 3 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Total 55 100 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...RETURN of the NUMBER of CASES tried and ACTIONS commenced in the Supreme and Vice-Admiralty Courts of Hongkong, during the Year ending 31st December, 1876.
Court Number of Cases Amount of Debt and Damages claimed and Amounts to be administered Plaintiff Defendant Nonsuit, Struck out Judgment Total Supreme Court: Summary Jurisdiction 650 $53,496.08 ... ... ... ... ... Supreme Court: Original Jurisdiction 579 $54,920.87 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Vice-Admiralty Court 1 $755 ... ... ... ... ...F. S. HUFFAM,
Acting Registrar.
ABSTRACT OF CASES UNDER COGNIZANCE OF THE POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURT, DURING THE YEAR 1876.
CASES HOW DISPOSED OF NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS Ordered to find Security ... ... ... TOTAL 10,426WRITS ISSUED BY THE POLICE MAGISTRATES, DURING THE YEAR 1876.
Warrants NUMBER ... ... TOTAL 2,787| Number of Gases.
Number of Persons.
RETURN OF CRIMINAL. Casus that have been tried in the Supreme Court of Hongkong, during the Year 1876.
CHARGES
CRIMES.
1
Abandoning a Child whereby its Life was endangered,
Acensing of Crime with Intent to extort Money,
Allowing a Prisoner to escape,
Assault and wounding.............
Attempting to comadt & Burglary,
Attempting to drown, Assault and wounding, and Robbery in a Bost,
1 Hreach of Conditional Pardon,
3
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Breaking and entering a Godown with Intent to commit a Felony,
Breaking and entering and stealing in a Dwelling-house,
Burglary,
Burglary and Larceny,
Burglary and Larceny, and receiving stolen Goods,
Child Stealing,
Counterfeiting Coin,
2
1
...
***
1/1
Cutting and Wounding with Intent to do grievous Bodily Harm...
Cutting and Wounding with Intent to Murder,
Embezzlement,
Forcibly detaining a Woman for the Purpose of Prostitution,
Indecent Assumit,
Highway Hobbery,
5
Larceny....
Laresny in a Bost in the Harbour,
5
Larceny in a Dwelling-house,
17
Larcony on board Ship in the Harbour,
A
Manslaughter,
។
R
12
1
1 Murder,
Obtaining Goods by false Pretences, ...
Obtaining Money by false Pretencea,
Piracy and receiving Goods piratically stolen.....
Rape, and riding and abetting to comimir Rape,
Returning from Deportation,
Riot, and Assault and Wounding,
2 Robbery and Assault,
Robbery from the Person with Violence,
KIT
4 Robbery in a Boat in the Harbour, being armed,
Shooting with Potent to Murder,
2Uttoring a forged Order for delivery of Goods,...
55 100
Convicted,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Acquitted.
Death.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Death Recorded.
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Penal Servitude.
Hard Labour over
One Year.
Hard Labour One
------⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Year and under.
and fined; $20
Publicly flogged. No. of Persons. Confinement.
Solitary
No. of Persons.
No. of Cases.
No. of PereaNS.
No. of Cases.
Nu, of Persons.
POSTPONER
ABANDONED.
76 24
33
24
16
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RETURN of the NUMBER of CASES tried and ACTIONS commenced in the Supreme and Vice-Admiralty Courts of Hongkong, during the Year ending 31st December, 1876.
Cases tried in 1876.
F. S. HUFFAM1,
Acting Registrar.
Amount of Debt
Number
Court.
of
and Dainages
Judgment.
Total.
claimed and Amounta
Cases.
to be administered.
Plointiff.
Defendant.
Nonsuit,
Struck out. Cases.
Debt and Damages.
Supreme Court:--
Summary Jurisdiction,
a 650
$53,496.08
Original Jurisdiction,...
ታ ទ
54,920.87
579 7
97 2
34
55
Chancery,
Bankruptcy,
C 4
87,110.16
Petitioners
{discharged 4
Probate,
ď po
552,805.87
Positions
Granbed90
Appeals,
Respondent 1
Vice-Admiralty Court,
1
PALLAR
755
$698,332.98
Actions commenced in 1876,
Amount of Dent
Num-
Court.
ber of
Cases.
and Damages claimed, and Amounts to be administered.
Settled without Trial.
Judgment.
Remaining!
Total.
in Depend-
Plaintiff.
Defendant.
Nonsuit. Stenek out.
euce.
Cases. Debt & Damages
Supreme Court:-
Summary Jurisdiction, 1,032
Original Jurisdiction...
36
$08,759.05 310 258,077.73
15
567 5
37 1
31
54
24
J 16
Chancery,
Bankruptcy,
e û
Probate,
90
75,676.52 552,805.87
Petitioners Etscharged 2
5 Petitions
granted
390
Appeals,
3
Respondent 1
Vico-Admiralty Court,
5
28,000.00
1,172
$1,013,313.19
a. Fifteen of these Cases were peading on 31st December, 1875.
b. Three of these Cases were pending on 31st December, 1875.
e. Two of these Cases were pending on 31st December, 1875.
d. The amount given in these Cases is the Sworn Value of the several Estates in which Probate or Letters of Administration were granted during the year.
e. The amount given in these Cases is the amount of Liabilities set forth in the Bankrupts Schedules.
f. One of these Cases was heard and was pending for judgment on 31st December, 1875,
F. S. HUFFAM,
Acting Registrar-
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10105
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88
7
27
1
7 | 20
9,402| 1,024) 2,532
76
53
Torat. MALES AND FEMALES,........................... -
..10,426
ABSTRACT OF CASES UNDER COGNIZANCE OF THE POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURT, DURING THE YEAR 1876.
CASES HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONBES UNDER GACH HEAD.
Ordered to find Secarity.*
WRITS 1SSUED BY THE POLICE MAGISTRATES, DURING THE YEAR 1876.
Warrents.
раргари
*AWOL
OSTNI IRKIM
ad
301 paystun
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JOALSIT'S
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pood jo
34 01
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dax L
*BILIDAD
pued
huT
JO *1924 0J
*pino
awaiding ou
* FELL 103
pengawe
F.
M. F. M.
F.
30.
7.
M.
H.
9.103
10,420 7,315 683 1,744 000
118
11
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*paqstand
μετα
petu
TOTAL
TOTAL
NUMBER
OF
CASES.
NUMBER
-OSIN
NERS.
F. M.
* Consisting of Offenders not sentenced to Imprisonment.
6
F.
50
2,787
161
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