CO129-063 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [4-7] — Page 373

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In the cause in

1 True copy.

SUMMONS FOR WITNESS.

AT THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE'S OFFICE, VICTORIA, IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG.

13948 R. at the Compet of John to. Jirey is Plainting, and

the acting

[The penalty for desobe 100 Dollars, and tendance

dience to this Summons is

any be enforced by Warrant

of Apprehension)

[If practicable, the Copy

must be served on the Party

personally but if this he

nyracticable, it insy he left

at his last usus!

Place of

Master of the American Ship Spitfire"

James Keenan Esquire so

William Vandyk

Constables of the said Colony!

Whereas information was laid before

Defendant.

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a Constable of the said Colony, and to all other

Charles May

Esquire

One of HER MAJESTY'S JUSTICES OF THE PEACE in and for said Colony, for that the suid

Defendant on

did

30th

oth may

"unlawfully

plaintiff

last pastar

Victoria

assault and beat the

and it hath been made to appear to me that

Jeorge Joseph Merry Capon

sisiher - Storekeeper of tictoria

Clerk.

are Witness in this matter and likely to give material evidence therein; these

are therefore to require you to summon the said Witnessed (delivering to them a copy the Second hereof) to be and appear at the Office aforesaid on Tuesday

1857, at

Jen

o'clock in thé

fore

day of e

noon, before such JUSTICE OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE for the said Colony as may then be there, to testify what they shall know concerning the matter of the said information.

the

Given under my Hand and Seal this

Fürst

day of

of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Fiftyseven

Jom Vandyk

1 of line

in the Year

June Sig, C. May. Actresst. Magistrate.

Constable of the said Colony, do hereby certify that on I duly summoned the within

3 oftech h. m

at

true

in

following, that

of this Summbus on them to him, ton

and in the past named Withess and served for lilier by giving

conspicuous part of the put-

ide of such Abode and the

reason why the persoan

Service could not be made,

is to say on gev

But the post Henry Crayven by leaving it at his house with

Mr. Dr Silver.

(Sig?) W. Vandyk Constable.