CO129-007 - Sir John Davis - 1844 — Page 140

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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 upoo 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 Jahn Walter Holme,

Chief Justice of our said Colony at Victoria, the

day of

in the year of our Lord 1844.

For Registrar,or Clerk, exminining orattesting, and certifying same in all matters For every Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Certiorari, or any other Writ or

Process whatsoever, not otherwise charged

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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

1501

Beyond the limits of Victoria

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Appealable Matters,

Notice of Trial, ofc. Soc. 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 of Information whereof this is a true copy) at the Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Cour, 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.

1501 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 Oven 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

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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

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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 Subpæna

[50]

150]

For every Search in Office

For calling and swearing the Jury on Trial

For entering and recording verdict

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For reading every Notice or other Document exhibited in Court as evidence

For every Oath administered in Court

150) 501

For the same except in felony

And in all "jectments, 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 I per cent upon the valuation at which the game is assessed by Government

And in all actions or proceedings brought for the recovery of a specific personal Chatel, 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 Whit of Summons, each Defendant

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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 auxing every Plea, Answer, Defence, or Demurrer to Declaration, ench

Defendant

For Subpand, each Witness

For entering every cause

1501

For Calling same

[50)

For adininistering every Oath in Court or Chambers

501

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-Band, every D fendant

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.

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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) See. 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 TLAINT.

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 JURISDIC- TION, Sec. 117.

Eutry of Plaint