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INDICTMENTS and INFORMATIONS in the SUPreme Court of HONGKONG for the Year 1902.

Showing how the cases tried in

the Superior Courts ended.

(Each prisoner tried counts as a separate case, where a large number of Prisoners have been convicted together the fact is mentioned in a note).

Jndgment for the Crown,... Judgment for the Prisoner, Prisoner found insane,

Cases which fell through for

want of prosecution or ab- sence of accused and cases

TOTAL.

Including Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several Offences.

74 22

5

3

34

5

2

1

Other Offences

against the Person.

Offences against Property.

Miscellaneous

Offences.

9

***

3

74:

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12

2

thrown out by the Grand

Jury (Attorney General),...

Cases postponed,

:

98

3

13

1

4

39

13

11

14

Registry, Supreme Court, Hongkong, 6th day of January, 1903.

J. W. NORTON-KYSHE,

Registrar.

RETURN of CRIMINAL CASES tried in the SUPREME COURT of HONGKONG during the Year 1902.

SENTENCE.

Charges Cases

Abandoned. Postponed.

Number of Cases tried.

Number of Persons tried.

1

1

CRIME.

Assault with intent to commit buggery,

Assault with intent to rob,

Assault occasioning bodily harm,

Attempting to commit an unnatural offence,

Attempted sodomy,

Bigamy,

Buggery,

Burglary,

Causing grievous bodily harm with intent to maim,

Disobeying aut order of banishment,

Embezzlement,

1

Forging a cheque,

Larceny,

1

Larceny as a servant,

13

Manslaughter,

3

Murder,

Rape,

B

Receiving stolen goods,

2

Robbery,

1

1

Robbery (from the person of a woman),

11

30 a Robbery being armed,

4

9

Robbery with violence,

Ι

Selling counterfeit silver coins,

1

Shooting with intent to murder,

Stealing from a junk or vessel,

Stealing letters,

2

Unlawful possession of forged Bank notes,

Unlawfully escaping out of prison,

Unlawfully quitting the Colony with intent to

avoid service of a Petition, &c.,........

26

8

:

Convicted.

Acquitted.

Death.

:

Death Recorded.

NA!

Hard Labour

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over One Year.

Hard Labour One

Year and under.

Solitary Confinement- Number of Persons.

Number of Persons. Privately Flogged--

No. of Cases.

No. of Persons,

No. of Cases.

No. of Persons.

1

Unlawfully wounding,

3

3

Uttering forged Bank notes,

1

Ultering forged receipt,

1

Wounding with intent to murder,

63

96

74

2223

3

61

10

32

Of 98 Persons

.96 were indicted.

Two were not indicted which are included under the heading of "Charges Abandoned,” 2

98 Fersons.

a. In one case two of the witnesses for the defence were sentenced to 3 months' hard labour each for a contempt of Court by

committing wilful and corrupt perjury.

Registry, Supreme Court, Hongkong, 6th day of January, 1903.

J. W. NORTON-KYSHE, Registrar.

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