RETURN showing the CLASSIFICATION of OFFENCES for which PRISONERS were committed to VICTORIA GAOL, from the respective COURTS of the COLONY, during the Year 1880.
CLASS
OF
PRISONERS.
:
5
2
9
SAY
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:.
119
6
71
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24
3
:
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Murder.
Manslaughter.
Cutting and wounding, or Assault occasioning grievous
bodily harm.
Assault with intent to rob, or Robbery with violence.
Burglary, Attempted Burglary, Breaking, entering and stealing, and having
possession of house-breaking implements.
Larceny, Larceny from a house, from Person, from Ships
or Boats in Harbour or on the High Seas.
Obtaining goods or money by false pretences.
Unlawful possession, and Receiving stolen goods.
Child stealing, Kidnapping, Abduction of females, Forci- ble detention, and Buying or Selling human beings.
Uttering counterfeit coin or notes.
Perjury, and Preferring a false charge.
Embezzlement.
Piracy.
Conspiracy to defraud.
Committing or attempting to commit an unnatural offence.
Indecent Assault.
Common Assault, Assault with wounding, Fighting, Disorderly conduct, Drunkenness, Refusing to pay chair hire, Resisting Police, and Using abusive language.
Misconduct as a Private or Public Servant, Rafusing duty, Negligence, Deser-
tion, Absent without leave, and Remaining behind from ships.
Breach of Military and Naval Discipline.
Breach of Conditional Pardon, and Returning from De-
portation.
Extortion and attempting to Extort.
Gambling, or Haunting Gambling-Houses, Rogue and Vagabond, Suspicious and dangerous characters. Vagrancy and Obtaining passages aurreptitiously on board ships. Alding and abetting in a misdemeanour.
Contempt of Court.
Unlawful hawking or Selling goods without Licence. Uttering_cries, Without Passes or Lights, Obstraction, Nuisance, Damaging proparty, Firing crackers, Making bonfire. Defiling stream, Indecent exposure, Trespassing, Breach of Ordinance for Ilarbour and Market Regulations.
Using Threats.
Breach of Brothel Ordinance.
Mendicancy.
Attempting to commit suicide.
Bribery.
Carrying deadly weapons.
Illegal pawning.
Administering Drugs.
On Remand, For Trial, and pending orders.
For Debt.
EUROPEAN, .....................
INDIAN,
Males,................
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{ Females, ... ...
(Males,......... | Females,...
( Males, ................
CHINESE,
| Females, ... ***
TOTAL,...........................
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5
:
1
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:
...
:..
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2
...
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11
5
...
1
...
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...
7
5
19
792
792
22
202
1 18
5 | 20
20
201
**P
***
10
2
***
10
1 5
3
245
:
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11
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...
1
12
12
1
2
3
++
4
:
:.
...
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19
809
23
213
38
2❘ 23
5 20
14
388
27
71
2
1
5
6
7
8
00
Ø
10 11 12 13 14
15
16
17
18
19
20 21
Victoria Gaol Office, Hongkong, 27th May, 1881.
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14
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603
23
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:
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1 16
1
67 3 1
5 ... 67 3
3
:
I
2
5
3
67
4
684
22
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TOTAL.
:
...
...
3
...
...
2621
271
2)
2|360|17|| 3,098)
140)
52
1
... ... ... ...
2 431 19
116 12
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
M. S. TONNOCHY,
Superintendent.
3,530
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH JUNE, 1881.
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