152 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH FEBRUARY, 1890.
FORM XLVIII.
Warrant of Distress for sum due by a principal in pursuance of a forfeited security for payment of a sum adjudged by a .
conviction.-[Sec. 53 (3).]
IN THE POLICE COURT AT VICTORIA IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG.
day of
To each and all of the Constables of the said Colony. A.B. (hereinafter called the defendant) was on the
convicted before the undersigned (or J.P., Esquire,) a Magistrate of the said Colony, sitting at
for that he (state offence), and it was adjudged by the conviction of the said Magistrate that the defendant should pay (as in conviction):
And it was thereby ordered that the defendant should be at liberty to give to the satisfaction of a Magistrate of the said Colony (or as in the conviction) security with
suret for the payment of
the said sum at the time and in the manner by the said conviction directed:
And the defendant and
and
his sureties (or surety), undertook that the defendant would pay the said sum at the time and in the manner so directed, and severally acknowledged themselves (or himself) bound to forfeit and pay to the sum of in case the defendant failed to make payment as so directed:
And it appears to me that the sum of
due, by the defend- ant in pursuance of the said undertaking has not been paid and has been forfeited:
And notice of the said forfeiture has been duly served on the de- fendant:
Therefore you are hereby commanded (proceed as in warrant of distress on conviction for fine, substituting for the words "being the sum stated at the foot of this warrant to be under the said adjudi- cation and order," the words "being the sum stated at the foot of this warrant to be dug in pursuance of the said undertaking," and stating the amount at the foot as "amount due in pursuance of undertaking.")
FORM XLIX.
Constable's return to a warrant of distress.-(Sec. 41.)
1, W.T. a Constable of the said Colony do hereby certify to J.P., Esquire, a Magistrate of the said Colony that by virtue of this warrant I have made diligent search for the goods and chattels of the within- mentioned defendant and that I can find no sufficient goods or chattels of the defendant whereon to levy the sums within mentioned.
Witness my hand, this
day of
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FORM L.
Account of costs and charges incurred in respect of the execution
of a warrant of distress.—[Sec. 47 (0).]
In the matter of an information (or a complaint) by
I
of
the constable charged with the execution .of the warrant of distress upon the goods of dated the
day of
hereby declare that the following is a true account of the costs and charges incurred in respect of the execution of the said warrant.
$ cts.
Total,
FORM LI.
Warrant of Commitment in the first instance,—(Sec. 43.)
IN THE POLICE COURT AT VICTORIA IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG.
To each and all of the Constables of the said Colony and to the Superintendent of the Victoria Gaol, Hongkong, aforesaid.
A.B. late of
(labourer), (hereinafter called the defend- ant) was on this day duly convicted before the undersigned, a Ma- gistrate of the said Colony, for that (stating the offence as in the conviction); and it was thereby adjudged that the defendant for his said offence should forfeit and pay the sum of
, (&c., as in the conviction), and should pay to the said C.D. the sum of for costs; and it was thereby adjudged, that if the said several sums should not be paid (forthwith), the defendant should be imprisoned in the said Gaol, (and there kept to hard labour) for the space of
unless the said several sums should be sooner paid; and whereas the time in and by the said conviction appointed for the payment of the said several sums hath clapsed, but the de- fendant hath not paid the same or any part thereof, but therein hath made default: These are therefore to command you the said Con- stables to take the defendant and him safely to convey to the Gaol aforesaid, and there to deliver him to the said Superintendent together with this precept: and you the said Superintendent are hereby commanded to receive the defendant into your custody in the said Gaol there to imprison him (and keep him to hard labour) for the space of
unless the said several sums amounting to the further sum of
shall be sooner paid; and for your so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant.
Dated the
day of
(Signed),
:
18
(Seal.]
A Magistrate, &c.