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Enclosure 5.
HONGKONG.
SUPREME COURT RETURNS FOR 1897.
3.40.
Per No. 10
98
1- 29 MAR 98
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government,
No. 28.
SUPREME COURT, HONGKONG, 10th February, 1898.
SIR,I have the honour to forward to you herewith the return of Criminal cases in the Supreme Court for 1897.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
J. W. NORTON K
Registrar.
The Honourable
COLONIAL SECRETARY,
$o.,
&c.
RETURN of CRIMINAL CASES that have been brought under the COGNIZANCE of the SUPREME Co:
during the last Ten Years.
Charges Abandoned.
Pool; ou
Number
Number
of
YEAR.
Cases.
of Convicted. Acquitted. | L'ersous.
No. of Cases.
No. of Persons.
C&
1888,
101
186
(g) 1889,
92
143
1890,
59
80
1891,
32
37
1892,
30
44
Total.
314
490
250
1893,
43
67
1894,
36
44
1895,
26
39
1896,
64
60
(/) 1897,
52
67
Total,
221
267
148
888888889
99
26
134
33
23
+ 1 |
47
28
40
41
24
20
9
17
4
ཨཱསྶསྶལཁ
65
105
16
17
9
26
HAGDA
4
8
6
5
6
11
86
30
38
Average of 1stį
Period, ....
624
98
50
201
13
21
Average of 2nd
Period,.... 1
44/
583
284
17
G
7. In one case the recognizance estreated; this case is included in the total, but not in any other of the abov ♬ In one case the recognizance estreated.
Registry, Supreme Court, Hongkong, 10th day of February, 1898.
J. W
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