CO129-254 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1892 [1-4] — Page 577

Number of Cases tried.

Number of Persons tried,

COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the NUMBER of OFFENCES, APPREHENSIONS, CONVICTIONS and ACQUITTALS for the lust Four Years.

The Number of Convictions in the Superior Courts--

1. For Offences against the Person,....

2. For Offences against Property,

3. For other Offences,

The Number of Persons Acquitted—

2. In the Superior Courts................

Registry Supreme Court, Hongkong, 31st December, 1891.

1888.

1889.

1890. 1891.

12

18

13

13

57

40

22

9

30

6

8

#

47

41

20

20

9

EDW. J. ACKROYD,

Registrar.

RETURN of CRIMINAL CASES tried in the SUPREME COURT of HONGKONG during the Year 1891.

CRIMES.

2

I

1

Assaulting and occasioning actual bodily harm,

Attempt to bribe an luspector of Police, Burglary,...

Embezzlement by a clerk,

Feloniously and with menaces demanding a certain

valuable security........

Feloniously wounding with intent to do grievous

bodily harm,.-.

Feloniously and maliciously causing to be taken a

certain poison,

Larceny and previous convictions,

1

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8

30

35

2

Larceny,...

2

Larceny by a servants,

Manslaughter,.

2

Murder,

2

Piracy,

Beturning from deportation,

9

Robbery with violence,

Unnatural offence,..................

Unlawfully bringing into this Colony certain woman

for the purpose of prostitution....

Of 37 Persons only

$7

SENTENCE.

Convicted,

Acquitted.

Death.

Death Recorded.

-212

:

*

- mal wi

over one Year.

Hard Labour one

Year and under.

Solitary Confinement-- Number of T'ersons.

Number of Persons.

Privately Flogged.

No. of Cases.

No. of Persons.

No. of Cases.

No. of PersoDS,

CHARGES

CASES

ARAN-

Post-

DONED.

FORED.

Hard Labour

9

20

6

2 were not indicted which are included under the heading of "Charges Abandoned,"... 2

Registry Supreme Court, Hongkong, 31st December, 1891.

128

:

:

..35 were tried.

37 Persons.

9

:

:

E

2 2

EDW. J. ACKROYD,

Registrar.

411

141

14

182

2.060

186

0,358

...

ABSTRACT of CASES under COGNIZANCE of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURT during the Year 1891.

CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER or MALE AND FRAME: PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD.

Discharged.

Committed

for Trial at

the Supreme

Conri.

Committed

to Prison, or

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DT.

Governer.

nf 11. E, the

penting Ordersį

Detained

Ordered to find Security.*

To keep

the

Pence.

F

M. F.

To be

of good

Behn-

viour.

To

BDSwer

ABD

My Charge.

false Charge

preferring

punished for

Witnesses

Papa Jo

Testimony,

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Number

Total

10

WRITS ISSUED BY THE POLICE Magistrates DURING THE YEAR 1891,

Prisoners,

Summons

for

Warrants.

Defendants.

for

Witnesses.

Notices

of

Re-hearing,

Árrest.

Distress.

Search,

Fer

Σαμαράς

House.

Gambling

Magis-

trates'

Orders.

TOTAL

NUMBER

Gran

LUNDNA

Aug 20

TOTAL

DURING THE

YEAR 1891.

Punished.

pun

Convicted

TOTAL

1OTAL NUMBER:

NUMBER

CASES,

PRISON-

ERS.

M..

F.

25

2

1 P

M. P.

149

TOTAL MALES AND FEMALES,.

M.

215,693 689

............16,382

• Consisting of Offenders not sentenced to Imprisonment.

3,597

16,382

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