137
cents.
ferred or, to be preferred, filed, or to be filed, against him, (her, or them) by our Attorney-General in our behalf (or when the Prosecution is at the instance of a private party or private parties describing the Prosecutor or Prosecutors as in the Indictment or Information) and not to depart until he (she, or they) be discharged in due course of law—and Serve upon the said Defendant (or upon each of the said Defendants) copy of the said Indictment or Information, and the notice of Trial indorsed on the same, or annexed thereto, and return on that day to the Registrar of the Court this writ, with whatsoever you have done thereupon.
Witness The Honorable John Walter Hulme,
Chief Justice of our said Colony at Victoria, the
day of
in the year of our Lord 1844.
For Registrar, or Clerk, examining or attesting, and certifying same in all matters For every Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Certiorari, or any other Writ or
Process whatsoever, not otherwise charged
a
For every Attachment for Contempt in the presence of the Court or otherwise,
or disobedience of Order or Rule of Court—For all Interrogatories and Answers filed thereto in pursuance thereof, per folio For every Commission to examine or swear Witnesses, each Witness For every Search in the Registrar's Office
150
For every Rule or Order of Court
150
For every Receipt granted by the Registrar when demanded
For every attendance by the Registrar, or other person appointed by the Court, within the limits of Victoria, to administer Oaths, or transact other business, exclusive of expenses
150
Beyond the limits of Victoria
Appealable Matters,
Notice of Trial, &c. Sec. 94.
C. D.
SCHEDULE (No. 9.) Sec. 94.
Notice of Trial of Indictment or Information.
Take notice that you will be tried on this Indictment (or Information or on the Indictment or Information whereof this is a true copy) at the Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court, to be holden at Victoria, in and for the Colony of Hongkong, on the
day of
SCHEDULE (N°. 10.) Sec. 112.
FEES.
For filing and entering every Petition for leave to appeal
For every Certificate of Appeal allowed
Ecclesiastical Matters.
150
5
For filing and entering petition for Probate or Letters of Administration Swearing Petitioner to the Truth of Petition
For every caveat filed
For granting Probate or Letters of Administration
5
For filing and entering Bond by Administrator
For every Certificate by the Registrar, or other officer, of Accounts and Inventories being filed, where the sum realized shall exceed 100 Dollars And for every 100 Dollars above the first 100 Dollars—
Swearing party to Truth of Account or Inventory
For every exemplification of Will per folio
For affixing the Seal of the Court to any Process, during Court hours
After Court hours
CROWN FEES to be taken and received by the Registrar when the Court sits as a Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol DELIVERY. For preparing any Bench Warrant, and every other process issuing out of the
Court of Oyer and Terminer
For every Venire, taking every recognizance, or discharging, or respiting the same, recording the appearance, plea, or acquittal of every Defendant, for every Bail, and justification of Bail, and for every order of the Court, and copy thereof, in case of felony
2
1
cents.
Fees, Sec. 112.
For filing and entering Plaint, or Statement of cause of action For filing and entering Declaration where the amount claimed shall not exceed
100 Dollars
2
And for every 100 Dollars after the first 100 Dollars
For the same except in Felony
For Copies of Indictments, or other papers when ordered or required, per folio For every Subpœna
[50]
150]
For every Search in Office
For calling and swearing the Jury on Trial
For entering and recording verdict
1
For reading every Notice or other Document exhibited in Court as evidence
For every Oath administered in Court
150) 50
For the same except in felony
And in all ejectments, and in all Actions and proceedings where the thing sought to be recovered shall consist of lands or houses or both, the charge on filing and entering declaration shall be 1 per cent upon the valuation at which the same is assessed by Government
And in all actions or proceedings brought for the recovery of a specific personal Chattel, or for damages done thereto, or for conversion of the same, the charge for filing and entering declaration shall be 1 per cent on the value of the Chattel, and 1 per cent on the damage laid in the Declaration Writ of Summons, each Defendant
·
Registrar's Certificate of Declaration being filed
For filing every Affidavit of Debt where the sum sworn to is under or amounts
10 100 Dollars
Filing every Affidavit of Debt where the sum sworn to exceeds 100 Dollars
for every 100 Dollars—
For Judge's order for a Capias
For Capias in pursuance in every case—
For Filing and Entering every Appearance
For filing every Plea, Answer, Defence, or Demurrer to Declaration, each
Defendant
For Subpœna, each Witness
For entering every cause
150
For Calling same
[50)
For administering every Oath in Court or Chambers
50
For reading every exhibit, document, or paper produced in evidence, unless the
Court or Judge shall at the time direct a larger sum to be paid
150
For every Judgment or Decree pronounced by the Court or Judge, where the
amount recovered does not exceed 100 Dollars
And for every 100 Dollars above the first 100 Dollars
For every Prisoner discharged by Proclamation, or acquitted of felony—
For every Prisoner convicted of felony
For the same except in felony
Sheriff's Fees.
For service of every Writ of Summons, Summons, Subpoena, Citation, or Order
For serving every Writ of Capias and other Bailable Process
For discharging every Defendant at the desire of the Plaintiff.
For releasing Property seized under Writ of Sequestration, or Fieri Facias by
the desire of the Plaintiff
For drawing and taking each Bail-Bond, every Defendant
When any Summons, Writ or Process of any kind shall be executed, or act done, for which a fee is authorized to be taken as above, the Deputy duly appointed who shall execute such process, or do such act, shall be entitled to one half the fee or fees which the Sheriff may claim under this table
Poundage.
*
Five per cent to be charged on the first Five hundred Dollars, and two and a half
per cent upon every One hundred Dollars above Five hundred Dollars
SCHEDULE (N°. 11) Sec. 117.
Forms relating to the Summary Jurisdiction of the Court.
For entering every Judgment or Decree—
For taxing Costs where the Bill does not exceed 100 Dollars
And for every 100 Dollars above the first 100 Dollars—
For all Writs of Execution
For every copy of Declaration, Bill, Petition, Plea, Answer, Demurrer, or any other document, paper, or proceeding in Court, not otherwise charged, in all matters, per folio
ENTRY OF PLAINT.
Colony of Hongkong A. B. of
to wit
in the Colony of Hongkong hereby requires entry to be made in the Supreme Court of
Forms relating to SUMMARY JURISDICTION, Sec. 117.
Entry of Plaint