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TABLE C.
COMPARATIVE RETURN of OFFENCES coming under notice of POLICE, during the Years 1875, 1876, and 1877.
SERIOUS.
Number of Cases.
Number of Persons.
Convicted.
Discharged.
1875 1876 1877 1875 1876 1877 1875 1876
1877
Murder,
3*
4
5+ 4+
1
2
1
.
Robbery with Violence from the Person,
Burglary or Larceny from a Dwelling House at Night,
Assault with Intent to rob,...
Kidnapping and Abduction or detention of Chinese
Women and Female Children,
Piracy,
13
24
107
90
3
1
63
55
5
5
Unlawful Possession,
Larcenies,.....
251 239 309
Felonies not already given,.....
938 1,059 1,437
13
8
ཡ ིིདྡྷིཀྑཱུ
21
79
1
73
9
32
ཡུ ྂ ལཐg |
6
17
4
4
2
Assault, Gambling,
23
12
7
7
Miscellaneous,
2
Drunkenness,
Nuisances,
31
35
35
32
36
No Pass or Light,
9
7
4
230
291
82
59
105
597 671 818
178
180
192
0
2
26
10
4
Total,.
1,395 1,4851,966
949
9741,196
324
295
841
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Total........
MINOR.
Number of Cases.
Number of Persons.
Convicted.
Discharged.
1875 1876 1877 1875 1876 1877 1875 1876 1877
8411,270 1,298 1,282
269
267
281
42
26 146
299 275
No analysis of Convictions and Discharges.
796 786 255 159 282 489 323 497 |1,505 2,438 2,073 1,864 2,889 |2,012 334
549 523 464 317 306 611 664 849 1,151
4,086 5,061 5,422 3,623 4,5103,791 645 592 702
* One Case also given under Piracy.
Increase 481 Cases, or 32.39 per cent.
+ Two Prisoners convicted, but received a free pardon, and sentence of one prisoner was commuted to Penal Servitude for Life.
Two Prisoners were convicted of Manslaughter.
Two Cases also reported under Burglary, and one under Robbery with Violence from Person.
Total Cases-7,388.
Increase-842 Cases, or 12.86 per cent,
Central Police Barracks, Hongkong, 15th February, 1878,
Increase-361 Cases, or 7.13 per cent.
C. V. CREAGH,
Acting Captain Superintendent of Police.
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