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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH MAY, 1890.
RETURN of CRIMINAL CASES that have been brought under the CoGNIZANCE of the SUPREME COURT,
during the last Ten Years.
Charges Abandoned.
Postponed.
Number
Number
YEAR.
of Cases.
of Convicted. Acquitted. Persons.
No. of Cases.
No. of Persons.
No. of Cases.
No. of Persons.
1880,
91
160
120
1881,
105
154
111
(c.) 1882,
124
187
124
(d.) 1883,
91
126
70
1884,
68
101
65
Total,..
479
728
490
157
1885,
91
147
103
(e.) 1886,
75
107
59
(f.) 1887,
94
155
82
1888,
101
186
99
(g.) 1889,
92
143
64
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34
6
1
4
15
21
26
14
28d
20
8
16
44
75
16
20
16
36
17
47
28
22 27 26 40
24
37
Total,.
453
738
107
166
101
152
1
نا
Average of 1st }
Period,
954
145%
98
31
81
15
1
Average of 2nd Į
903
1478
813
33!
201
30%
11
Period....
(c.) In one case the recognizance estreated, this case is included in the total, but not in any other of the above headings. (4.) In one case the recognizance estreated, and one prisoner committed suicide in the Gaol.
(e.) In one case the recognizance estreated.
(f) In three cases the recognizances were estreated.
(g.) In one case the recognizance estreated, this case is included in the total, but not in any other of the above headings.
Registry Supreme Court, Hongkong, 7th January, 1890.
EDW. J. ACKROYD,
Registrar.
INDICTMENTS and INFORMATIONS in the SUPREME COURT of HONGKONG, for the Year 1889.
Including Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several offences.
Showing how the cases tried in the
Superior Courts ended.
(Each prisoner tried, counted as a separate case; where a large number of Prisoners have been convicted together, the fact is mentioned in a note.)
Total.
Murder.
Judgment for the Crown,
64
10
Judgment for the Prisoner,..
41
Prisoner found Insaue,
Cases which fell through for
want of prosecution or absence
of accused, and cases thrown out by the Grand Jury (Attor- ney General),
38
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Cases postponed,.............
:
Manslaughter.
Attempt at murder.
Concealment of Birth.
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Abortion.
:
Rape.
Unnatural Crimes.
Robbery with violence.
Other offences against the Person.
Offences against Property.
Miscellaneous offences.
12
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7
40
6
16
3
4
11
10a
11
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:
143
7
I
I
24
22
66
20
a. In one case 6 men were convicted. In one case Defendant did not appear his recognizance was estreated.
Registry Supreme Court, Hongkong, 7th January, 1890.
EDw. J. ACKROYD,
Registrar.
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