Sessional_Paper_1887-1888 — Page 208

VERDICTS.

TABLE B.-RETURN OF INQUESTS, 1887.

European and American.

Portuguese.

Japanese.

Jew.

Men.

4

+ ::

Wo-

men.

Men. Boys.

1

:

:

:

:

Accidental death,

Death by misadventure, Death by hanging,

Deceased met with his death in knock- ing against something in the confu- sion caused by the dispersal of the crowd by the two Constables, P.C. 211 and P.C. 283, ....

Deceased came to his death from the effect of a blow received from the shaft of a jinricksha running against his right side and being drawn at the time by the witness described as the prisoner, but that there is no sufficient evidence to show whether or not the prisoner was to blame in regard to the collision between the deceased and the jinricksha, Deceased met with his death owing to

the fall on him of certain cargo, but that there is not sufficient evidence to show whether any person was guilty of culpable negligence or not, Deceased met their deaths by reason of the explosion of a cartridge in course of firing a salute on board H. M. S. Mutine and the explosion was occa- sioned by the concussion in closing the breech and the ignition of the tube owing to its non-removal. The jury declined to attach any particu- lar blame to any individual for its non-extraction,

Felo de Se,

Do. in Gaol,.........

Found dead from injuries received from a fall from the window of his room,

Found drowned,

Murder,.

Manslaughter,

Natural causes in Gaol,

Opium poisoning, but that how the Opium was administered there is not

sufficient evidence to show,....................... Suicide while in an unsound state of

Chinese.

Total.

Wo-

Men.

Boys. Girls.

men.

42

1816

5

8

5

65

2

::

2

1

Suicide under the effect of an attack of

fever,.....

1

Total,......

9

:

:

⠀

1

1

:

:

A

1

7

2

-

1

1

11

1

3

1

7

1257

:

:

1

:

1

1

:

:

5

1

1

1

Ι

Ι

72

10

13

7

115

:

TABLE C-RETURN OF BURIALS WITHOUT INQUEST, 1887.

European and American.

Chinese.

Very much

Found on Land. Found in Harbour,

Reason why no Inquest

was held,

Men. Boys.. Men. Women. Boys. Girls.

Portuguese.

de-

composed; Total.

sex not ascertain- able.

Known.

Un- known.

Known.

Un- known,

No jurisdiction,

I

10.

H

2

2

:

No suspicious circumstances,

3

1

45

9

24

39

1

122

31

三鹤

53

29

No evidence and/or decomposed

state of Body,

F

2

48

31

18

111

1

$1

68

Post Mortem Satisfactory,

3

1

10

10.

3

2

1

Total,..

7

2

60

11

73

73

1

18

245

38

97

12

98

Coroner's Office, Hongkong 13th January, 1888.

H. E. WODEHOUSE,

Coroner.