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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 9, 1932.
the sum of money for the non-payment whereof he was so committed, together with all costs due and payable by him in respect thereof, and may in respect of that order be forthwith discharged out of your custody.
Dated this
[L. S.]
day of
(Signed.)
19
Magistrate.
HONG KONG.
Between
(Address
Description)
(Address
Description)
FORM No. 68.
Distress warrant.
IN THE POLICE COURT AT
and
[s. 61.]
Plaintiff,
Defendant.
To each and all of the constables of the said Colony.
day of
1
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On the
19 it was adjudged and ordered by the undersigned, [or J.P., Esquire,] a magistrate of the said Colony, that the defendant [or plaintiff] should pay to the plaintiff [or defendant]
for debt [or damages] and for costs, amounting together to the sum of ordered that the said sum should be paid on the
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and it was day of
19 [or as in the judgment], and that, if default should be made in payment according to the said adjudication and order, the sum due thereunder should be levied by distress and sale of the defendant's [or plaintiff's] goods; and default has been made Therefore in payment according to the said adjudication and order: you are hereby commanded forthwith to make distress of the goods of the said defendant [or plaintiff], except the wearing apparel and bedding of him and his family, and, to the value of twenty-five dollars, the tools and implements of his trade, and if, within the space of * days next after the making of such distress, the sum of
being the sum stated at the foot of this warrant to be due under the said adjudication and order, together with the reasonable charges of the making and keeping of the said distress, be not paid, then to sell the said goods by you distrained, and pay the money arising thereby to the magistrates' clerk, in order that it may be applied according to law, and that the overplus, if any, may be rendered on demand to the defendant [or plaintiff]; and, if no such distress can be found, to certify the same to the said court, in order that further proceedings may be had according to law.
Dated this
[L.S.]
day of
(Signed.)
19
?
Magistrate.
Amount adjudged,
Paid,
Remaining due,
Costs of issuing this warrant,
Total amount to be levied,
*N.B. The goods are not to be sold until after the end of five clear days next following the day on which they were seized, unless the defendant otherwise consents or unless the goods are perishable.