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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH MARCH, 1895.
4. Twenty-nine cases of robbery with violence appear in the returns. They comprise 9 highway robberies, 9 gang robberies, 9 street robberies, and 2 robberies which cannot be classed under those three heads.
The following is a brief summary of these cases:
Highway Robberies.
1. On the 10th of January a man was attacked by four men on the road between Shau-ki-wan
and Stanley and robbed of money and clothing to the value of $3.00.
2. On the 15th of March an English maid on the Kennedy Road was robbed by two men of
her watch and chain.
3. On the 12th of May a man was robbed by a man on the Aberdeen and Stanley Road of
money and clothing; value $2.60.
4. On the 13th of May a man was robbed by another on the Rifle Range, Kowloon, of a bundle
of clothing; value $6.00.
5. On the 1st of June three men robbed a Chinese woman on the Shau-ki-wan Road of $72.00. One of the robbers was arrested by the woman's jinricksha coolie, convicted and sentenced to 12 months' hard labour.
6. On the 18th of June one of the other two men was arrested by the Police, convicted and sentenced to 12 months' hard labour. These two cases are really therefore one and the same robbery.
7. On the 18th of June a man was robbed by two men on the Pokfulam Road of a watch and
a piece of cloth; total value $4.00.
8. On the 22nd of October two cattle dealers were robbed of $46.00 on the Kowloon Road
by five men one of whom was armed with a sword.
9. On the 19th of November a gardener from Tai Tam Tuk was attacked and robbed on the Stanley and Aberdeen Road by three men one of whom was armed with a sword. One of the robbers was subsequently arrested and committed for trial. The case was referred back to the Magistrate and the prisoner was finally discharged. All of the above robberies took place during the hours of daylight.
Gang Robberies.
1. At 12.30 A.M. on the 12th of January six men, some of whom were armed with knives,
entered a matshed at Tsat Tsz Mui and stole clothing to the value of $16.00.
2. On the 26th of January at 9.30 P.M. two men entered No. 12, Cheung Sau Lane, gagged the only occupant a boy of 14 years---and stole a box containing clothing valued at $74.00.
3. On the 23rd of March at 1.30 A.M. six men, some of whom were armed with swords, entered a matshed at Wong Chuk Hang near Aberdeen tied up and gagged the occupants and stole property to the value of $4.00.
4. On the 8th of September four men, one of whom was armed with a revolver and another
with a sword, entered No. 35, Nullah Lane, and stole clothing valued at $13.00.
5. At 8.30 P.M. on the 10th of September four men, one armed with a revolver and one with a sword, entered No. 102, Queen's Road West, tied up the occupants and stole clothing to the value of $13.00.
6. At 10 A.M. on the 11th of September three men entered a matshed at Deep Water Bay
tied up the occupants and stole property to the value of $5.00.
7. On the 5th of October at 7 P.M. seven men, armed with revolvers, entered No. 12, Jervois Street, tied up the occupants and stole clothing, jewellery and money to the value of $740.00. This was the night of the severe typhoon.
8. At noon on the 24th of October three men entered No. 5, Tang Loi Lane, during the absence of the master of the shop, threw pepper in the eyes of the only person on the premises a tailor-and stole $425.00.
9. On the 12th of November at 7.30 P.M. six men, armed with revolvers, entered No. 10,
Winglok Street, tied up the occupants and stole $1,800.00.
The robbery at No. 156, Winglok Street, occurred on the 22nd of November, but as all the prisoners were first indicted for murder the case is recorded as one of murder in the statistics.
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