1843-01-04 · 香港
1843年1月4日,英國政府以樞密院頒令,把1833年設於廣州的駐華刑事和海事法庭遷至香港;該庭管轄香港島,以及中國內地與沿岸100英里地帶,審理區內英國臣民刑事案件。
On 4 January 1843, the British government by Order in Council moved the Criminal and Admiralty Court for China, established in Canton in 1833, to Hong Kong; the court had jurisdiction over Hong Kong Island and a 100-mile zone of the Chinese mainland and coast, hearing criminal cases of British subjects in the area.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》(公元前 5000 年至 2017 年,共 6,500 多條大事)(香港地方志中心) · p.129