Magistrates.
day of
Colony, for that [etc., as in the order] and on the
19
at
the said parties having appeared before me, [or the said J.P., Esquire, or as it may be in the order] upon consideration of the matter of the said complaint, it was adjudged that the defendant should [etc., as in the order]; and that if, upon a copy of the minute of that order being served on the defendant either personally or by leaving the same for him at his last or most usual place of abode he should refuse or neglect to obey the same, the defendant for such his disobedience should be imprisoned in a prison in the said Colony; [and there kept to hard labour] for the space of
unless the said order should be sooner obeyed; and also that the defendant should pay to the said A.B. the sum of
for his costs in that behalf; and it was ordered that if the said sum for costs should not be paid [forthwith], the same should be levied by distress and sale of the defendant's goods and chattels; and it was adjudged that in default of sufficient distress in that behalf the defendant should be imprisoned in a prison [and there kept to hard labour] for the space of
to
commence at and from the termination of his imprisonment afore-said unless the said sum for costs, and all costs and charges of the said distress, should be sooner paid; and whereas after the making of the said order a copy of the minute thereof was duly served on the defendant, but he did not then pay, nor has he paid, the said sum of
for costs but therein has made default: These are, therefore, to command you, in His Majesty's name, that you forthwith make distress of the defendant's goods and chattels, and if, within the space of
days next after the making of such distress, the said last-mentioned sum together with the reasonable charges of taking and keeping the said distress shall not be paid, that then you sell the said goods and chattels so by you distrained, and pay the money arising from such sale to the magistrates' clerk, that he may pay the same as by law directed, and may render the overplus, if any, on demand, to the defendant, and, if no such distress can be found, then that you 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.
FORM 44.
[s. 69.]
Warrant of distress for costs on an order for dismissal of an information or complaint.
HONG KONG.
IN THE MAGISTRATE'S Court at
To [insert name, etc., of officer where the person executing is not a police officer] and to each and all of the police officers of the said Colony.
On the
day of
19
information was laid
[or complaint was made] before the undersigned [or J.P., Esquire,] a magistrate of the said Colony, for that [etc., as in the order of dismissal]; and afterwards, on the
day of
19, both parties having appeared before me [or the said J.P., Esquire,] and the case having been duly heard and considered, and the said information [or complaint] not having been proved, it was therefore dismissed; and it was adjudged that the said A.B. should
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