The Tribunal, or court house, in prewar Hagåtña
Just how tailaye (wicked) were people living in Guam a hundred years ago?
We have the court records to give us some indication.
In a one-month period in 1915, the following cases were tried in the Island Court :
CRIME
|
DECISION
|
PUBLIC
DISORDER – 1 case
|
1
Conviction
|
ADULTERY
- 1
|
1
Conviction
|
SWINDLING
– 1
|
1
Conviction
|
PUBLIC
INTOXICATION – 1
|
1
Conviction
|
CALUMNY
– 1
|
1
Dismissal
|
TRESPASSING
– 1
|
1
Conviction
|
THEFT
– 1 case
|
1
Conviction
|
BODILY
MISTREATMENT – 1
|
1
Dismissal
|
CRIMINAL
ATTEMPT AGAINST A PUBLIC OFFICIAL – 1
|
1
Dismissal
|
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