ORDINANCE No. 9 OF 1845 . 143
Supreme Court- Summary Jurisdiction.
entered against you in the said Court for the sum of being for (here state
cause ofaction and complaint) ; and herein fail not, or judgment will be passed and execution issued
against you for the said sum and costs. And you will take notice that if you have any debt or demand
to set off against the said plaintiff's claim, you are hereby required to file or deliver the same at the
Registrar's Office at on or before the day of or
you will be precluded from giving evidence thereof on the trial or hearing. And you will further take
notice, that a plaint containing the particulars of the plaintiff's demand against you has been filed in
the Registrar's Office at and that you are at liberty to obtain a copy of the same,
if you shall think proper.
Witness The Honorable John Walter Hulme,
Our Chief Justice of our said Colony at Victoria,
the day of
in the Year of our Reign.
Endorsed on the Back of Summons.
The within summons was served on the within named defendant by delivering a true copy thereof
on the day of 184
(Officer who served the Summons.)
Notice of Trial or Hearing.
SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
Between A. B., Plaintiff.
and C. D., Defendant.
agkong The Chief Justice having appointed the day of
Notice oftrial.
next to hear the above case, I have received his instructions to require your attendance on that day at
ten o'clock in the forenoon, and to bring with you any witnesses you may deem necessary to support
your claim or demand.
By Order of the Chief Justice,
Registrar.
To
In the above case.
Subpæna.
To
Hongkong
gkong You, and each of you, are hereby commanded that, all excuses being laid aside, you, and Subpana.
each of you, be and appear in your own proper person before the Supreme Court of Hongkong, to be
holden at the Court House in on the day of
at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to testify all and singular what you, or either of you , know in a certain
cause or matter of complaint now pending and undetermined between
plaintiff, and defendant, then and there to be heard and tried. And herein fail
not at your peril.
Witness The Honorable John Walter Hulme,
Our Chief Justice of our said Colony at Victoria,
the day of
in the Year of our Reign.