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(8.) On the 8th June at 8 a.m. 2 men entered No. 80 Queen's Road East, gagged and tied the cook (who was alone) and stole money and clothing, value $17.70. No arrest made. (9.) On the 28th June at 4 a m. 3 men entered No. 3 Tai Tam Tuk Village by the skylight,
assaulted the occupant and stole jewellery and clothing, value $9.00. No arrest made. (10.) On the 14th July at 10.30 p.m. 3 men entered a shed belonging to the Dairy Farm Com- pany at Pokfulam, gagged and bound a cow-boy and stole money and clothing, value $40 00. No arrest made. The money was not the property of the boy, and the report was doubtful. (11.) On the 28th August at 1 a.m. 2 men armed entered a house in a quarry on the hill near Shaukiwan and stole money, clothing and jewellery, value $90.00. No arrest made.
(12.) On the 10th September at 12 30 a m. 3 men entered a fisherman's hut at Sandy Bay, assaulted and gagged him and stole two fishing nets, money and rice, value $28.90. No arrest made. (13.) On the 26th October at 9 a.m. 3 men entered No. 2 Douglas Lane, gagged and tied up the
cook and stole money and clothing, value $12.10. No arrest made.
(14.) On the 18th December at 8 p.m. 4 men armed entered No. 6 Au Pui Lung (in Kowloon), assaulted the inmates and stole one pair of bangles and clothing, value $9.00. No arrest made.
7.
ROBBERIES WIth Violence.
(1.) On the 29th January at 7 p.m. a boy was assaulted and robbed of $3.60 in Queen's Road
West by a man who was arrested and convicted.
(2.) On the 4th February at 11.30 a.m. a Private of the Hongkong Regiment was met by 3 Pri- vates of the same Regiment at Blackhead's Point, Kowloon, and robbed of $20.00. No
arrest made.
(3.) On the 6th June at 11.30 p.m. a jinricksha driver was attacked and robbed of a purse contain-
ing 70 cents and a license by 3 men on the Shaukiwan Road. No arrest made.
(4.) On the 5th June at 10 a.m. a shopkeeper was robbed in Queen's Road Central of a bag con- taining $993.89 by a man who was arrested on the spot by a District Watchinan. money was recovered and the thief convicted.
(5.) On the 9th August at 9 a.m. a fisherman was assaulted and robbed of $6.00 by 2 men on
Pokfulam Road. No arrest made.
(6.) On the 24th August at 9 am, a boatwoman was robbed of a bangle (value $7.00) on the beach at To Kwa Wan by a man who engaged her boat to take him from Shaukiwan to To Kwa Wan. No arrest made.
(7.) On the 23rd September at 7.30 a.m. a farmer was stabbed and robbed of $40.00 on the Kow-
loon Road near Ma Tau Wai by 3 men. 'Three men were arrested and acquitted.
The eighth case was one of earring-snatching. No arrest made.
8.
FELONIES NOT ALREADY GIVEN.
Under this heading are comprised the following:-
Manslaughter,
Arson and attempted arson,
Drugging,
3+ 4
Embezzlement,
Forgery,.....
House-breaking,
Rape,
Shooting and Wounding,
Suicide,
Sodomy,
Indecent Assault,
4
5
25
9
98
1
6
15
2 1
9.
GAMBLING.
Since the breaking up of the Wa Lane and Cheung Hing Street establishments in June last, there has been little gambling.
On the list of recipients of bribes from the Wa Lane gambling house seized at No. 3 East Street, were found the names or numbers of 14 European Police Officers (one Chief Inspector Acting as De- puty Superintendent of Police, 6 Inspectors, one Acting Inspector, 4 Sergeants and 2 Acting Sergeants) 38 Indian Sergeants and Constables, and 76 Chinese Sergeant Interpreters, Sergeants and Constables.
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