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Summons.

Notice of Trial.

the said Colony acting under its Summary Jurisdiction, of his plaint against C. D. of in the said Colony, for a sum of being for (here state generally the cause of action) ular no annexed fully set forth. And the said A. B. hereby declares pa Lesar contains a correct, full, and true statement of his demand against D. and that the said C. D. is justly and truly indebted to him the said "A. B. and thereupon the said A. B. Kaid sum of prayeth that the said C. D. may be summoned to attend on the

at the said Supreme Court so acting as aforesaid to answer such his demand.

A. D. 184 Dated this

day of

said

day of

Witness Registrar

Summons.

A. B. Plaintiff.

Order, or Decree, in favour of Plaintiff.

A. B.. Plaintiff,

C. D. Defendant.

Hongkong It appearing to the Court that the Plaintiff hath proved his demand

costs:

to wit S (wholly or in part) it is ordered and decreed, that the said Plaintiff do recover from the said Defendant the sum of

together with and the said C. D the Defendant is hereby ordered to pay to the said A. B. the Plaintiff the said sum of

in full satisfaction of the said debt and costs (forth- with, on demand thereof, or by the following instalments; namely

as the case may be.) Dated the

day of

in the year of our Lord, 184

Debt Costs

138

Decree in favor of Plaintiff.

to wit

To

Hongkong? You are hereby summoned and required to attend the Supreme Court of Hongkong to be holden at the Court House in Wellington Terrace at ten o'clock in the forenoon of

day of

next, then and there to answer the demand of being for (here state entered against you in the said Court for the sum of cause of action and complaint). And herein fail not, or judgment will be passed, and And you will take notice, that execution issued, against you for the said sum and costs.

the

day of

if you have any debt or demand to set off against the said Plaintiff's claim you are hereby on or before required to file or deliver the same at the Registrar's office at

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 and that you are at liberty to obtain a copy of the Registrar's office at same, if you shall think proper.

Witness The Honorable John Walter Hulme,

Our Chief Justice of our said Colony at Victoria the

day of

Year of our Reign.

in the

Endorsed on the back of Summons.

The within Summons was served on the within named Defendant by delivering a

184 true copy thereof on the

day of

(Officer who served the Summons.}

Notice of Trial or Hearing to be Endorsed on Copy of Summons.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

Between A. B. Plaintiff.

and C. D. Defendant.

Hongkong The Chief Justice having appointed the

to wit f

day of

next to hear the above case I have received his instructions to require your attendance ou that day at ten o'clock in the forenoon and to bring with you any witnesses you may dcem necessary to support your claim or demand.

By order of the Chief Justice.

To

In the above case.

Registrar.

Entered

Registrar.

Form of Dismissal Sec. 118.

A. B. Plaintiff.

C. D. Defendant.

Chief Justice.

Hongkong It appearing to this Court that the Plaintiff entered his plaint and

to wit caused the above Defendant to the summoned to attend this Court for (here state the cause of action or complaint;) and the said Plaintiff having failed to prove his said plaint, it is hereby ordered and decreed by the said Court, that the plaint of the said A. B. be, and the same is hereby dismissed: And that the said Defendant do recover against the said Plaintiff the sum of

for costs: And the said A. B.

the Plaintiff is hereby ordered and directed forthwith, on demand, to pay the said C. D. the Defendant the said sum of

so awarded for his costs herein as aforesaid and on failure thereof, let execution issue to take in execution the goods, chattels, and effects of the said A. B. or his body, to satisfy the said costs.

day of

Entered

Dated the

in the year of our Lord, 18

Defendant's costs

£

Chief Justice.

Registrar.

Warrant, or Order, on Decree of Dismissal, for non-payment of Costs. Sec. 118.

Dismissal Sec, 118.

Warrant on Dia- missal Sec. 118.

I authorize and empower

and his Assistants to execute the above decree.

Dated the

the Bailiff of this Court

day of

in the year of our Lord, 18 Costs Warrant -

£

Chief Justice.

Subpæna.

To

Subpæna.

Hongkong You, and each of you, are hereby commanded that, all excuses being laid

to wit aside, you, and 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 Wellington Terrace, 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 Plaintiff, complaint, now pending and undetermined between

and

herein fail not at your peril.

Defendant, then and there to be heard and tried.

And

Witness The Honorable John Walter Hulme,

Our Chief Justice of our said Colony at Victoria

the

day of

Year of our Reign.

in the

To Mr.

to wit

Precept to Bailiff. Sec. 123.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

Between

A. B. Plaintiff. C. D. Defendant.

Bailiff, and his Assistants.

Hongkong You are hereby commanded to levy of the goods, chattels, and effects of in the Colony of Hongkong

damages and costs;

of

which

for

of

the sum of lately recovered against and if you shall not find any goods, chattels, or effects belonging to the said Defendant whereof to levy, then you are hereby commanded to take and arrest the body of the said Defendant and him safely to lodge in the custody of one of her Majesty's Gaols within ten days from the date hereof to satisfy the said

Precept to Bailiff

Sec. 123.

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ASI Summons. Notice of Trial. the said Colony acting under its Summary Jurisdiction, of his plaint against C. D. of in the said Colony, for a sum of being for (here state generally the cause of action) ular no annexed fully set forth. And the said A. B. hereby declares pa Lesar contains a correct, full, and true statement of his demand against D. and that the said C. D. is justly and truly indebted to him the said "A. B. and thereupon the said A. B. Kaid sum of prayeth that the said C. D. may be summoned to attend on the at the said Supreme Court so acting as aforesaid to answer such his demand. A. D. 184 Dated this day of said day of Witness Registrar Summons. A. B. Plaintiff. Order, or Decree, in favour of Plaintiff. A. B.. Plaintiff, C. D. Defendant. Hongkong It appearing to the Court that the Plaintiff hath proved his demand costs: to wit S (wholly or in part) it is ordered and decreed, that the said Plaintiff do recover from the said Defendant the sum of together with and the said C. D the Defendant is hereby ordered to pay to the said A. B. the Plaintiff the said sum of in full satisfaction of the said debt and costs (forth- with, on demand thereof, or by the following instalments; namely as the case may be.) Dated the day of in the year of our Lord, 184 Debt Costs 138 Decree in favor of Plaintiff. to wit To Hongkong? You are hereby summoned and required to attend the Supreme Court of Hongkong to be holden at the Court House in Wellington Terrace at ten o'clock in the forenoon of day of next, then and there to answer the demand of being for (here state entered against you in the said Court for the sum of cause of action and complaint). And herein fail not, or judgment will be passed, and And you will take notice, that execution issued, against you for the said sum and costs. the day of if you have any debt or demand to set off against the said Plaintiff's claim you are hereby on or before required to file or deliver the same at the Registrar's office at 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 and that you are at liberty to obtain a copy of the Registrar's office at same, if you shall think proper. Witness The Honorable John Walter Hulme, Our Chief Justice of our said Colony at Victoria the day of Year of our Reign. in the Endorsed on the back of Summons. The within Summons was served on the within named Defendant by delivering a 184 true copy thereof on the day of (Officer who served the Summons.} Notice of Trial or Hearing to be Endorsed on Copy of Summons. SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. Between A. B. Plaintiff. and C. D. Defendant. Hongkong The Chief Justice having appointed the to wit f day of next to hear the above case I have received his instructions to require your attendance ou that day at ten o'clock in the forenoon and to bring with you any witnesses you may dcem necessary to support your claim or demand. By order of the Chief Justice. To In the above case. Registrar. Entered Registrar. Form of Dismissal Sec. 118. A. B. Plaintiff. C. D. Defendant. Chief Justice. Hongkong It appearing to this Court that the Plaintiff entered his plaint and to wit caused the above Defendant to the summoned to attend this Court for (here state the cause of action or complaint;) and the said Plaintiff having failed to prove his said plaint, it is hereby ordered and decreed by the said Court, that the plaint of the said A. B. be, and the same is hereby dismissed: And that the said Defendant do recover against the said Plaintiff the sum of for costs: And the said A. B. the Plaintiff is hereby ordered and directed forthwith, on demand, to pay the said C. D. the Defendant the said sum of so awarded for his costs herein as aforesaid and on failure thereof, let execution issue to take in execution the goods, chattels, and effects of the said A. B. or his body, to satisfy the said costs. day of Entered Dated the in the year of our Lord, 18 Defendant's costs £ Chief Justice. Registrar. Warrant, or Order, on Decree of Dismissal, for non-payment of Costs. Sec. 118. Dismissal Sec, 118. Warrant on Dia- missal Sec. 118. I authorize and empower and his Assistants to execute the above decree. Dated the the Bailiff of this Court day of in the year of our Lord, 18 Costs Warrant - £ Chief Justice. Subpæna. To Subpæna. Hongkong You, and each of you, are hereby commanded that, all excuses being laid to wit aside, you, and 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 Wellington Terrace, 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 Plaintiff, complaint, now pending and undetermined between and herein fail not at your peril. Defendant, then and there to be heard and tried. And Witness The Honorable John Walter Hulme, Our Chief Justice of our said Colony at Victoria the day of Year of our Reign. in the To Mr. to wit Precept to Bailiff. Sec. 123. SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. Between A. B. Plaintiff. C. D. Defendant. Bailiff, and his Assistants. Hongkong You are hereby commanded to levy of the goods, chattels, and effects of in the Colony of Hongkong damages and costs; of which for of the sum of lately recovered against and if you shall not find any goods, chattels, or effects belonging to the said Defendant whereof to levy, then you are hereby commanded to take and arrest the body of the said Defendant and him safely to lodge in the custody of one of her Majesty's Gaols within ten days from the date hereof to satisfy the said Precept to Bailiff Sec. 123.
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ASI Summons. Notice of Trial. the said Colony acting under its Summary Jurisdiction, of his plaint against C. D. of in the said Colony, for a sum of being for (here stale generally the cause of action) ular no annexed fully set forth. And the said A. B. hereby declares pa Lesar contains a correct, full, and true statement of his demand against D. and that the said C. D. is justly and truly indebted to him the said "A. B. and thereupon the said A. B. Kaid sum of prayeth that the said C. D. may be summoned to attend on the at the said Supreme Court so acting as aforesaid to answer such his demand. A. D. 184 Dated this day of said day of Witness Registrar Summons. A. B. Plaintiff. Order, or Decree, in favour of Plaintiff. A. B.. Plaintiff, C. D. Defendant. Hongkong It appearing to the Court that the Plaintiff hath proved his demand costs: to wit S (wholly or in part) it is ordered and decreed, that the said Plaintiff do recover from the said Defendant the sum of together with and the said C. D the Defendant is hereby ordered to pay to the said A. B. the Plaintiff the said sum of in full satisfaction of the said debt and costs (forth- with, on demand thereof, or by the following instalments; namely as the case may be.) Dated the day of in the year of our Lord, 184 Debt Costs 138 Decree in favor of Plaintiff. to wit Το Hongkong? You are hereby summoned and required to attend the Supreme Court of Hongkong to be holden at the Court House in Wellington Terrace at ten o'clock in the forenoon of day of next, then and there to answer the demand of being for (here state entered against you in the said Court for the sum of cause of action and complaint). And herein fail not, or judgment will be passed, and And you will take notice, that execution issued, against you for the said sum and costs. the day of if you have any debt or demand to set off against the said Plaintiff's claim you are hereby on or before required to file or deliver the same at the Registrar's office at 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 and that you are at liberty to obtain a copy of the Registrar's office at same, if you shall think proper. Witness The Honorable John Walter Hulme, Our Chief Justice of our said Colony at Victoria the day of Year of our Reign. in the Endorsed on the back of Summons. The within Summons was served on the within named Defendant by delivering a 184 true copy thereof on the day of (Officer who served the Summons.} Notice of Trial or Hearing to be Endorsed on Copy of Summons. SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. Between A. B. Plaintiff. and C. D. Defendant. Hongkong The Chief Justice having appointed the to wit f day of next to hear the above case I have received his instructions to require your attendance ou that day at ten o'clock in the forenoon and to bring with you any witnesses you may dcem necessary to support your claim or demand. By order of the Chief Justice. To In the above case. Registrar. Entered Registrar. Form of Dismissal Sec. 118. A. B. Plaintiff. C. D. Defendant. Chief Justice. Hongkong It appearing to this Court that the Plaintiff entered his plaint and to wit caused the above Defendant to the summoned to attend this Court for (here state the cause of action or complaint;) and the said Plaintiff having failed to prove his said plaint, it is hereby ordered and decreed by the said Court, that the plaint of the said A. B. be, and the same is hereby dismissed: And that the said Defendant do recover against the said Plaintiff the sum of for costs: And the said A. B. the Plaintiff is hereby ordered and directed forthwith, on demand, to pay the said C. D. the Defendant the said sum of so awarded for his costs herein as aforesaid and on failure thereof, let execution issue to take in execution the goods, chattels, and effects of the said A. B. or his body, to satisfy the said costs. day of Entered Dated the in the year of our Lord, 18 Defendant's costs £ Chief Justice. Registrar. Warrant, or Order, on Decree of Dismissal, for non-payment of Costs. Sec. 118. Dismissal Sec, 118. Warrant on Dia- missal Sec. 118. I authorize and empower and his Assistants to execute the above decree. Dated the the Bailiff of this Court day of in the year of our Lord, 18 Costs Warrant - £ Chief Justice. Subpæna. To Subpæna. Hongkong You, and each of you, are hereby commanded that, all excuses being laid to wit aside, you, and 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 Wellington Terrace, 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 Plaintiff, complaint, now pending and undetermined between and herein fail not at your peril. Defendant, then and there to be heard and tried. And Witness The Honorable John Walter Hulme, Our Chief Justice of our said Colony at Victoria the day of Year of our Reign. in the To Mr. to wit Precept to Bailiff. Sec. 123. SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. Between A. B. Plaintiff. C. D. Defendant. Bailiff, and his Assistants. Hongkong You are hereby commanded to levy of the goods, chattels, and effects of in the Colony of Hongkong damages and costs; of which for of the sum of lately recovered against and if you shall not find any goods, chattels, or effects belonging to the said Defendant whereof to levy, then you are hereby commanded to take and arrest the body of the said Defendant and him safely to lodge in the custody of one of her Majesty's Gaols within ten days from the date hereof to satisfy the said Precept to Bailiff Sec. 123.
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ASI

Summons.

Notice of Trial.

the said Colony acting under its Summary Jurisdiction, of his plaint against C. D. of in the said Colony, for a sum of being for (here stale generally the cause of action) ular no annexed fully set forth. And the said A. B. hereby declares pa Lesar contains a correct, full, and true statement of his demand against D. and that the said C. D. is justly and truly indebted to him the said "A. B. and thereupon the said A. B. Kaid sum of prayeth that the said C. D. may be summoned to attend on the

at the said Supreme Court so acting as aforesaid to answer such his demand.

A. D. 184 Dated this

day of

said

day of

Witness Registrar

Summons.

A. B. Plaintiff.

Order, or Decree, in favour of Plaintiff.

A. B.. Plaintiff,

C. D. Defendant.

Hongkong It appearing to the Court that the Plaintiff hath proved his demand

costs:

to wit S (wholly or in part) it is ordered and decreed, that the said Plaintiff do recover from the said Defendant the sum of

together with and the said C. D the Defendant is hereby ordered to pay to the said A. B. the Plaintiff the said sum of

in full satisfaction of the said debt and costs (forth- with, on demand thereof, or by the following instalments; namely

as the case may be.) Dated the

day of

in the year of our Lord, 184

Debt Costs

138

Decree in favor of Plaintiff.

to wit

Το

Hongkong? You are hereby summoned and required to attend the Supreme Court of Hongkong to be holden at the Court House in Wellington Terrace at ten o'clock in the forenoon of

day of

next, then and there to answer the demand of being for (here state entered against you in the said Court for the sum of cause of action and complaint). And herein fail not, or judgment will be passed, and And you will take notice, that execution issued, against you for the said sum and costs.

the

day of

if you have any debt or demand to set off against the said Plaintiff's claim you are hereby on or before required to file or deliver the same at the Registrar's office at

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 and that you are at liberty to obtain a copy of the Registrar's office at same, if you shall think proper.

Witness The Honorable John Walter Hulme,

Our Chief Justice of our said Colony at Victoria the

day of

Year of our Reign.

in the

Endorsed on the back of Summons.

The within Summons was served on the within named Defendant by delivering a

184 true copy thereof on the

day of

(Officer who served the Summons.}

Notice of Trial or Hearing to be Endorsed on Copy of Summons.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

Between A. B. Plaintiff.

and C. D. Defendant.

Hongkong The Chief Justice having appointed the

to wit f

day of

next to hear the above case I have received his instructions to require your attendance ou that day at ten o'clock in the forenoon and to bring with you any witnesses you may dcem necessary to support your claim or demand.

By order of the Chief Justice.

To

In the above case.

Registrar.

Entered

Registrar.

Form of Dismissal Sec. 118.

A. B. Plaintiff.

C. D. Defendant.

Chief Justice.

Hongkong It appearing to this Court that the Plaintiff entered his plaint and

to wit caused the above Defendant to the summoned to attend this Court for (here state the cause of action or complaint;) and the said Plaintiff having failed to prove his said plaint, it is hereby ordered and decreed by the said Court, that the plaint of the said A. B. be, and the same is hereby dismissed: And that the said Defendant do recover against the said Plaintiff the sum of

for costs: And the said A. B.

the Plaintiff is hereby ordered and directed forthwith, on demand, to pay the said C. D. the Defendant the said sum of

so awarded for his costs herein as aforesaid and on failure thereof, let execution issue to take in execution the goods, chattels, and effects of the said A. B. or his body, to satisfy the said costs.

day of

Entered

Dated the

in the year of our Lord, 18

Defendant's costs

£

Chief Justice.

Registrar.

Warrant, or Order, on Decree of Dismissal, for non-payment of Costs. Sec. 118.

Dismissal Sec, 118.

Warrant on Dia- missal Sec. 118.

I authorize and empower

and his Assistants to execute the above decree.

Dated the

the Bailiff of this Court

day of

in the year of our Lord, 18 Costs Warrant -

£

Chief Justice.

Subpæna.

To

Subpæna.

Hongkong You, and each of you, are hereby commanded that, all excuses being laid

to wit aside, you, and 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 Wellington Terrace, 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 Plaintiff, complaint, now pending and undetermined between

and

herein fail not at your peril.

Defendant, then and there to be heard and tried.

And

Witness The Honorable John Walter Hulme,

Our Chief Justice of our said Colony at Victoria

the

day of

Year of our Reign.

in the

To Mr.

to wit

Precept to Bailiff. Sec. 123.

SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

Between

A. B. Plaintiff. C. D. Defendant.

Bailiff, and his Assistants.

Hongkong You are hereby commanded to levy of the goods, chattels, and effects of in the Colony of Hongkong

damages and costs;

of

which

for

of

the sum of lately recovered against and if you shall not find any goods, chattels, or effects belonging to the said Defendant whereof to levy, then you are hereby commanded to take and arrest the body of the said Defendant and him safely to lodge in the custody of one of her Majesty's Gaols within ten days from the date hereof to satisfy the said

Precept to Bailiff

Sec. 123.

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