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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH FEBRUARY, 1879.
MAGISTRACY, HONGKONG,
25th February, 1879.
Summary of Cases deserving notice decided at
the Magistracy of Hongkong, from 15th to 22nd February, 1879, both days inclusive.
Larcenies.
1.-Ng A-wai, a seaman, was convicted and sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour, in addition to being publicly exposed in the stocks for four hours, for stealing an iron crow-bar on the 15th instant. The accused had been once previously convicted and punished for unlawful possession.
2.---Leung A-ling, a boatman, and Iú Yik-wo, a fishmonger, were on the 17th instant convicted of stealing divers articles of clothing from a boat in the harbour near Yau-ma-ti. Léung A-ling was sentenced to six months' imprisonment the first and last fourteen days to be in solitary con- finement and the rest with hard labour, and Iū Yik-wo was sentenced to four months' imprison- ment with hard labour. Both prisoners were ordered, in addition to the above punishments, to be exposed in the stocks in front of the Yau- ma-ti Police Station for six hours each. Léung A-ling was identified as an old offender.
3.–Liú A-pd, a coolie, was on the 20th instant convicted of stealing a writing desk containing a silver watch, two gold rings, and divers other articles, and sentenced to six months' imprison- ment with hard labour.
4.---- Wong Ki-ng, described as having no oc- cupation, was on the 17th instant convicted of stealing three candlesticks from his mother. The accused had been once previously convicted of unlawful possession. He was on this occasion sentenced to three months' imprisonment, the first and last fourteen days to be in solitary con- finement and the rest with hard labour.
5.-Tsang A-fuk, a hawker, was convicted and
sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard
labour, in addition to be exposed for six hours in the stocks at Square Street, for stealing a pair of trousers on the 19th instant.
6.-Wong A-chéung, a water coolie, was on the 21st instant convicted of stealing two iron gratings. Sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour, and in addition to be exposed for four hours in the stocks at the corner of Queen's Road and Peel Street. He was identified as an old offender.
7.-Ch'an Kam-yun, a seaman unemployed, was convicted on the 20th instant of stealing a quantity of clothing, the property of one Ch'an A-kwai and another, and sentenced to four months' imprisonment with hard labour in addi- tion to being publicly exposed in the stocks for four hours. The prisoner was identified as hav- ing been once previously convicted of unlawful possession.
8.---Lau A-pd, a coolie, was convicted on the 21st instant of stealing a box of clothing, of the value of $12, from a matshed at Tsim-sha-tsui, British Kaulung, and sentenced to six months" imprisonment with hard labour.
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