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No. 48.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST MARCH, 1866.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Returns, connected with the business of the Superior and Subordinate Courts of this Colony for the Year 1865, are published for general information.
Number of Cases.
Number of Persons.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st March, 1866.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
RETURN of CRIMINAL CASES that have been tried in the SUPREME Court of HONGKONG, during the Year 1865.
CRIME.
3 Accusing of an indictable offence with intent to extort money,
1
1 1
Assault,
1
1
Assault and False Imprisonment,
1
3 Assault and Wounding.
2
...
Assault and Wonuding with intent to murder,...
Assault with intent to rob
Attempting to commit Burglary,
Attempting to drown,
Being found by night armed, and conspiring to commit felony,
Buggery,
Burglariously entering a Dwelling-bouse with intent to commit felony, Burglary,
Karglary and Child Stealing,
Burglary and Wounding, and receiving Stolen Goods,...
2| Burglary with Wounding,
1 Cattle Stealing, ...
& Child Stealing,
10 Cutting and Wording with intent to do grievous bodily harm,
2 Demanding money with Menaces,
5 Embezzlement, ...
3 Escape,
1
1 Escape and Larceny,...
1
1 Extortion....
1
1 False Imprisonment,
1
5 Forcible detention,...
1 Having possession of a forged Bank Note,
4 Highway Robbery.... ...
4
1 Highway Robbery being armed,
4
8 Highway Robbery with Violence,...
14
22 Larceny,
1
1 Highway Robbery with Wounding,...
1 Kidnapping,
2 Larceny and administering a Stupifying Drug,...
13
17 Larceny in a Dwelling-house,
1
1 Larceny in a Dwelling-house with Menaces,
1
1 Larceny in a Dwelling-house with Wounding,
1 13 Larceny in a Ship and forcible detention,
Larceny in a Ware-house....
18 Larceny on board Ship in the Harbour,
2
6
4
5 Murder,
Manslaughter,
Matiny,
***
3 Obtaining Goods by false pretences,
---
1
1 Obtaining Money by false pretences,
4
6 Perjury,
9
23 Piracy....
15 Piracy and endangering Life,
2
15 Piracy and Murder,
2
10 Piracy with Violence,
...
6 Receiving Stolen Goods,
8 Robbery from the Person,
10
15 Robbery with Violence,
...
2
2 Robbery with Wounding,
1 Shooting with intent to Murder,
1
1 Soliciting and attempting Subornation of Perjury,
3
4 Subornation of Perjury,
3
4 Uttering Counterfeit Coin,
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3
13
3
12
6
5
13
2
14 3
10
2
Convicted.
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1
5
17
6
3
2 13
2
12 3 12
19
3
3
8
13
2
3
4
1
200 84
13
11 47
33 96
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220
300
150
7
975
12
1,306
1
75
4,956
14 23
1
3
:
10
2
2
3
...
:
150
6
2
d...
800
510
300
a...
450
b...
150
20
:
Death.
Death Recorded.
Penal Servitude.
Hard labour over
one year.
Hard labour one
year and under.
Number
jo
Persons.
Number
10
Strokes.
Number
ust
Cases.
Number
of
Persons.
Number
of
Cases.
Number
of
Persons.
REMARKS.
Publicly
flogged.
Charges
abandoned.
Postponed.
N. R. MASSON, Acting Registrar.
a. The prisoner in this case was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment, being 6 months for Burglary, and 6 months for Child Stealing, and to be thrice
publicly flogged in the first 6 months, the same in the last 6 months.
b. One prisoner was convicted of receiving,-one prisoner died before the trial.
c. Convicted on another charge.
d. Prosecutor did not appear.
e.f.g. Convicted on other charges.
h. i. Failure of evidence. One prisoner, on bail, did not surrender.
j. Four of these prisoners were convicted of Manslaughter.
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