CO129-178 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [6-8] — Page 444

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months deportation; and this appearing to have been unanimously approved, the Governor signed a twelve months deportation warrant. Accordingly the prisoner was deported. Should he be found in the Colony within the period specified in his sentence of banishment, he would be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour and liable to twelve months imprisonment with hard labour. Such was the result of Chan Chong's being tried in open Court and not convicted.

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In the case of another prisoner, Chung a Tang, the deportation paper states that he was charged on the 21st of November 1876 with having on the preceding day stolen three jackets and a pair of trousers; "but there being no evidence" the Acting Magistrate proceeds to say "to substantiate the charge, the prisoner was called upon to give security, and failing to give the security, Mr Stewart recommended him to be dealt with under the Deportation Law; and he was accordingly sentenced to twelve months banishment, and deported on the 1st of December 1876.

In these cases there had been no previous convictions against

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439 months deportation; and this appearing to have been unanimously approved, the Governor signed a twelve months deportation warrant. Accordingly the prisoner was deported. Should he be found in the Colony within the period specified in his sentence of banishment, he would be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour and liable to twelve months imprisonment with hard labour. Such was the result of Chan Chong's being tried in open Court and not convicted. 10. In the case of another prisoner, Chung a Tang, the deportation paper states that he was charged on the 21st of November 1876 with having on the preceding day stolen three jackets and a pair of trousers; "but there being no evidence" the Acting Magistrate proceeds to say "to substantiate the charge, the prisoner was called upon to give security, and failing to give the security, Mr Stewart recommended him to be dealt with under the Deportation Law; and he was accordingly sentenced to twelve months banishment, and deported on the 1st of December 1876. In these cases there had been no previous convictions against

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439

months deportation; and this

appearing

to have been unanimously

approved, the Governor signed a

twelve months deportation warrant.

accordingly

Mas

The prisoner deported. Should he be found in the Colony within the period specified in his sentence of -_ banishment, he would be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour and.__ liable to twelve months imprisonment

with hard labour. Such was the result of Chan

Chong's being

tried in open Court and not-

convicted.

10.

In the case of another

prisoner bhung a Tang, the deportation

Copy th

charged or

paper states that he was the 21 st of November 1876 with

having

on the preceding day stolen three jackets and a pair of trowsers;

"but there being no evidense" the Acting Magistrate proceeds to say "to substantiate the charge, the___

prisoner.

r was

called

upon

to give

"security re., and failing to give the security.

Mr Stewart recommended

him to be dealt with under the Deportation Law; and he was.. accordingly sentenced to twelve months banishment, and deported on the 1st of December 1876.

In these cases there had

11.

been

convictions

against

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