THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH FEBRUARY,1879.
MAGISTRACY, HONGKONG,
17th February, 1879.
Summary of Cases deserving notice decided at
the Magistracy of Hongkong, from 8th to 14th
February, 1879, both days inclusive.
Larceny from the person.
1.-Chung A-ngan, a cook, was sentenced to six
months' imprisonment, the first and last fourteen
days of which to be in solitary confinement and
the rest with hard labour, for stealing a pair of
silver bangles from the person of a little girl in the street on the 19th January last.
Larcenies.
2.-Wong A-tak, a night soil coolie, was sen- tenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour for stealing a table knife, the property of the Military Department, on the 10th instant.
3.–Chéan A-fat, a coolie, was convicted on the 9th instant of stealing part of an iron pipe the property of the Government and sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour, in addition to being publicly exposed in the stocks for three hours. The accused was identified as
having been previously convicted and punished for a similar offence.
4.-Yeung A-I, a tinsmith, was convicted on the 11th instant of stealing a pair of silk leggings
from the "Mi-Ch'eung" second hand clothes shop at Jervois street and sentenced to six months' im- prisonment with hard labour and six hours ex- posure in the stocks in front of the shop.
5.-Ch'an A-chin, a boatman, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment, the first and last four- teen days of which being in solitary confinement and the rest with hard labour, in addition to being publicly exposed in the stocks for three hours on the day previous to his release from Gaol, for stealing a piece of wood on the 11th instant. The accused was recognised as having been twice previously convicted and punished for unlawful possession of property.
6.-Man A-yau, a coolie, was convicted on the 13th instant and sentenced to six months' in- prisonment with hard labour and four hours' ex- posure in the stocks in Hollywood Road, for
stealing two pieces of lead piping the property of Mr. Belilios. The accused was identified as an old offender.
Breach of the Night Passes Ordinance.
7.-Leung A-hòp, a rice pounder, was con- victed and fined $7 or twenty- one days' impri- sonment with hard labour, for being at large in the public street on the night of the 10th instant without a pass.
A. SETH, First Clerk, Magistracy.
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錄案止十日月九百
於情所四起初年七千
左選判日至八
案斷監禁
67
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-
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黄德者
月初九日
也爲于本
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也爲于本月
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舊之
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一天
路日英挑
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夜十本也春梁
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