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No. 58.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH FEBRUARY, 1881.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Criminal Calendar of the January Sessions is published for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th February, 1881.
No.
NAME.
FREDERICK STEWART,
CRIMINAL CALENDAR-JANUARY SESSIONS, 1881.
1 Reg. v. Cheung A-yau,.... Murder.
CRIME.
DAY OF TRIAL.
VERDICT.
1st Feb.
Not guilty of murder, guilty of man- slaughter.
Guilty.
Acting Colonial Secretary.
SENTENCE.
1st February, 1881. Two years' imprisonment
with hard labour.
1st February, 1881. Three years' penal servi-
tude.
REMARKS
2 Wong A-ping,
31. Leung A-kit,
2. Wong A-cheung,.
41. Lee A-chan,. 2. Leong A-mi,
Unlawfully by force leading away 20th Jan.
a child under the age of fourteen
years with intent to deprive the father of the child of its possess-
ion.
Unlawfully by force leading away 20th Jan. Both prisoners guilty
a child under the age of fourteen
years with intent to deprive the father of the child of its possess- ion,
1. Unlawfully by force leading away a child under the age of fourteen years with intent to deprive the person having the lawful custody of the child of its possession.
2. Unlawfully by force detaining the
said child with the same intent,
1. Uttering counterfeit coin.
2. The same.
5
Mak A-i,.
3. The same.
4. The same.
5. The same.
8th Feb.
unanimously.
1st prisoner guilty on 1st count, not guilty on 2nd count, unan- imously; 2nd pris- oner guilty on 2nd count, not guilty on 1st count.
18th Jan. Guilty on all counts.
1st February, 1881. First prisoner, three years' penal servitude; second prisoner, one year's im- prisonment with hard labour.
8th February, 1881. First prisoner, three years' penal servitude; second prisoner, one year's im- prisonment with hard
labour
1st February, 1881. One year's imprisonment with hard labour on the 1st count; one year's imprisonment with hard Labour on the 3rd count, to commence after the expiration or sooner determination of the sen- tence on the Ist count; one year's imprisonment with hard labour on the 4th count, to be cotem- poraneous with the sentences on the 3rd count; one year's impris onment with hard labour on the 5th
count, to be cotemporaneous with
sentences on the 3rd and counts; six months' impris- onment with hard labour on the 2nd count, to be cotemporaneous with the sentences on the 3rd, 4th and 5th counts.
4th
tha
1st February, 1881.
with hard labour.
Obtaining money by false pretences. 18th Jan. | Guilty unanimously. Two years' imprisonment
6 Chan A-tan,
1. Unlawfully wounding with intent 20th Jan.
to do grievous bodily harm.
Not guilty.
2. Unlawfully wounding.
7
Li A-ti,
8
1. Yeung A-kwai,
1. Burglary against first four pris- 18th Jan. 1st prisoner not guil-
2. Wong A-ying,
3. Wong A-wo,
4. Chan A-sun,
5. Cheung A-kwai,
oners.
2. Receiving stolen goods against
all five prisoners.
9 Leong A-ün,
Highway robbery with violence 18th Jan.
being armed.
1. Larceny.
2. Previous summary conviction.
ty on both counts; 2nd prisoner guilty on 1st count, not guilty on 2nd count; 3rd prisoner guilty on 1st count, not guilty on 2nd count; 4th prisoner guilty on 1st count, not guilty on 2nd count; 5th prisoner guilty
on 2nd count.
Pleads guilty.
19th January, 1881. Second prisoner, three years' penal servitude; third prisoner, three years' penal servitude; fourth prisoner, three years' penal servitude; fifth prisoner, one year's imprisonment with hard labour.
1st February, 1881. One year's imprisonment
with hard labour.
1st February, 1881.
18th Jan. Pleads guilty on all Two years' imprisonment
counts.
with hard labour.
3. The same.
4. The same.
5. The same.
10
Chan A-fuk,
6. The same.
7. The same.
8. The same.
9. The same.
10. The same.
1. Burglary.
2. Previous summary conviction.
11
Chan A-luk,
3. The same.
4. The same.
5. The same.
1st February, 1881.
18th Jan. Pleads guilty on all Five years' penal servi-
counts.
121. Tsang Li Tse,
2. Cheung A-fung,
sel,
1. Unlawfully setting fire to a ves- 8th Feb. All prisoners guilty
on both counts,
3. Tsang A-sz,
2. Larceny.
W. H. R. MOSSOP,
Acting Registrar.
tude.
on
Eighteen months' impris
onment with hard la- bour
1st count; eighteen months' impris onment with hard labour on 2nd count, to be co- temporaneous with sen- tence on 1st count.
JOHN SMALE,
Chief Justice.
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