A.D. 1890.]
MAGISTRATES.
[No. 3.
751
Con- plaint 2 said
2 said
2 said
ssed:
1 at
1 + ('.D. (hereinafter called the defendant) was charged for that he, on the day of [state offence]; and on the hearing of the said charge, on the day of before the under-signed for J.P., Esquire,] a Magistrate of the said Colony, the Magistrate being of opinion that, though the charge was proved, the offence was in the particular case of so trifling a nature that it was inexpedient to inflict any punishment, dismissed the information, but ordered that the defendant should * for damages and * † for costs †; and pay to it was ordered that the said sums should be paid [as in order]; [Proceed as in warrant of distress on conviction for fine.]
* Where no order to pay damages, omit words between asterisks.
† Where no order to pay costs, omit words between crosses, In either case substitute "sum" for "sums."
FORM No. 46.
Warrant of Distress for Sum due under Recognizance declared
HONGKONG.
IN THE Police COURT AT
to be forfeited.
To [Insert name, etc., of Officer where the person executing is not a Constable and to each and all of the Constables of the said Colony.
C.D. was, by his recognizance entered into on the day of 1 ed, + fat being that if Ten $ the condition of the recognizance should [state condition of recognizance]; and, default having been made in compliance with the said condition, the said recognizance was, on the declared by the undersigned for J. day of Magistrate of the said Colony, to be forfeited; and the said has made default in payment of the sum due under the said Therefore you are hereby commanded to forthwith make distress of the goods of the said except the wearing apparel and P., Esquire,
# recognizance:
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 recognizance, together with the reasonable costs and 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 therefrom to the Magistrate's Clerk, in order that it may be applied according to law, and that the overplus, if any, may be rendered on demand to the said and if no such distress is found, to certify the same to the said Court, in order that further proceed-
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