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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JUNE, 1879.

SUPREME COURT,

Hongkong, 16th June, 1879.

Summary of cases tried at the Supreme Court

at the Criminal Sessions held in May, 1879.

1. Wong A-sing, of San-on, aged 26 years,

coolie, was found guilty of stealing a jacket and an umbrella from the room of Shin-t'ong, shroff to the China Fire Insurance Co. As there were five previous convictions proved against this prisoner, he was sentenced to three years' penal servitude.

2. Léung A-p'úi, of Canton, aged 25 years, hawker, pleaded guilty to stealing from Li A- kam a foot rule and a pencil. As there were two previous convictions proved against this pri- soner, he was sentenced to two years' imprison- ment with hard labour.

3. C'han A-i, of Shun-tak, widow, aged 65 years, pleaded guilty to unlawfully detaining a woman named Léung A-yung and sending her out of the Colony for the purposes of prostitu- The prisoner was sentenced to two years' tion. imprisonment with hard labour.

4. Sò A-siu and Ch'an A-i were found guilty of detaining a boy under the age of 13 years with intent to sell the said child and deprive the mo- ther of its possession. The prisoners took the child to a druggist at Yau-má-tí and sold him for $28. It appered on the trial, however, that the prisoners had been employed by another wo- man to sell the child and that they only received a small brokerage on the amount from her. The Jury recommended the prisoners to mercy, as they were not the principal actors in the matter, and they were each sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment with hard labour.

5. Lung Chung-fuk, of San-úi, 25 years old, shoemaker, pleaded guilty to stealing a quantity of broken silver to the value of 30 cents on board the steam ship Ichang, on the 4th May. As there were two previous convictions against this prisoner, he was sentenced to two years' imprison- ment with hard labour..

6. Ch'an A-sing, of Tung-kún, 22 years of age, coolie, was found guilty of stealing from the per- son of one Chang Kan-lán the sum of $100. As this was this prisoner's first known offence, he was only sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour.

錄案

內訊

案情選

錄於後

次前 故經工 也犯

斷

英衙

衙門於

房偷善堂衫

保險公司辦

英五月

拿領

斷罰作三年

被拿解案官

罪查三

房保在人

五伊年官持 辦燭因

年禁故犯該不訊尺竊販 罪犯諱時及李爲 王斷二 並直筆金

次經查認堂

兼作苦工

工憐員

閱

故現斷監 監禁二年

十六歲小

349

挑

因小人

察使司

在中華火燭

人十六歲因 香港桉 桃夫黄星新安 梁培羊城人 寡婦陳二順 蘇阿笑陳亞二私留十 德人年經

六旬有五

斷為遣女認堂 罰妓他梁 該故出亞 工年犯現

容

直五經順

月斷犯故 監待賠

林懇審

露大

蓋

圓

店

東

往離為

油查

奇

使

他婦囑託只獲酬金

露蓋蘇陳二犯實受

大圓堂訊時眞情畢

店東主獲值二十八

離查該犯携此小孩

往油蔴地鬻與某藥

三歲以下之小孩以

母

小私

子

孩

苦卹金受畢八藥孩分以

罰監禁䒷工

二年

碎

犯十約

次前枚値

四日在宜昌

龍

於也

閏堂五 三訊

五福

苦故經义仙某 工現定查士銀

時

十認匠人

挑

八禁罪犯此大根 二夫 案圓銀

陳 斷次乃查 鄭二年星 十監犯該得百蘭歲方東

八閱月

MAGISTRACY, HONGKONG,

16th June, 1879.

Summary of cases deserving notice decided at the Magistracy of Hongkong, from 7th to 13th

June, 1879, both days inclusive.

Larcenies.

1. Liú Kún-fát, a coolic, was convicted and

sentenced to two months' imprisonment with

hard labour, for stealing a purse containing 30

cents in silver, the property of one Ip A-shing, on the 11th instant.

府香

府自已卯

香港巡理

廖官發挑

偷去葉亞

月廿二日

夫也於本

年四月十

八日起至

廿四日止

案奪搶爲

所審案情

苦個斷拿銀個勝 工月監

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兩官被洋-

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選錄于左