CO129-178 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [6-8] — Page 50

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out of the simple enforcement of the existing law of Hongkong : junk's that are employed smuggling Opium to the mainland begin their operations by violating the laws of this colony. For reasons such as are easy to understand, junks prefer to leave the harbour after night fall, and they dispense with the ordinary clearance paper or permit. In doing so they violate sections XIII and XIV of Ordinance No. 6 of 1866.

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Your Lordship will see from the enclosed papers that, by his own admission, as well as by other evidence, the master of the junk deliberately left Hongkong harbour after the legal hours had passed, and that he did so without the necessary permit. Though the Marine Magistrates (M. May and M.V. Thomsett) declined to inflict a penalty, yet, as the facts were undisputed, the XIX section of the Ordinance says: "Every master of a junk violating the provisions of sections XIII and XIV shall be imprisoned with hard labour for any period not exceeding twelve and not less than three calendar months."

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7 43 in The out of the simple enforcement of the existing law of Hongkong : junk's that are employed smuggling Opium to the mainland begin their operations by violating the laws of this colony. For reasons such as are easy to understand, junks prefer to leave the harbour after night fall, and they dispense with the ordinary clearance paper or permit. In doing so they violate sections XIII and XIV of Ordinance No. 6 of 1866. 8. Your Lordship will see from the enclosed papers that, by his own admission, as well as by other evidence, the master of the junk deliberately left Hongkong harbour after the legal hours had passed, and that he did so without the necessary permit. Though the Marine Magistrates (M. May and M.V. Thomsett) declined to inflict a penalty, yet, as the facts were undisputed, the XIX section of the Ordinance says: "Every master of a junk violating the provisions of sections XIII and XIV shall be imprisoned with hard labour for any period not exceeding twelve and not less than three calendar months."
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7 43 in The out of the simple enforcement of the existing law of Hongkong : junk's that are employed. smuggling Opium to the mainland begin their operations by violating the laws of this leolony. For reasons such easy to understand, junks prefer to leave the harbour after night fall, and they dispense with the ordinary clearance paper or permit. In doing so they violate sections Xiii and XIV of Ordinance No. 6 of 1866. 8. Your Lordship will see from the enclosed papers that, by his own admission, as well as : by other evidence, the master o the junk deliberately left Houghtong harbour after the legal hours had passed, and that he did so- without the necessary permit. Though the Marine Magistrates (M. May and MV. Thomsett) declined to inflict a penalty, yet, as the facts were undis undisputed, the XIX section of the Ordinance says: and -Every master of a junk. "violating the provisions of # sections XIII and XIV shall be imprisoned with hard labour for any period not exceeding # "twelve and not less than "three calendar months
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7

43

in

The

out of the simple enforcement of the existing law of Hongkong : junk's that are

employed. smuggling Opium to the mainland begin their operations by violating the laws of this leolony. For

reasons

such

easy

to understand, junks prefer to leave the harbour after night fall, and they dispense with the ordinary clearance paper or permit. In doing so they

violate sections Xiii and XIV of Ordinance No. 6 of 1866.

8.

Your Lordship will

see from the enclosed papers that,

by his own admission, as well as : by other evidence, the master

o

the junk deliberately left Houghtong harbour after the legal hours had passed, and that he did so- without the necessary permit. Though the Marine Magistrates

(M. May and MV. Thomsett) declined to inflict a penalty, yet, as the facts

were undis

undisputed,

the XIX section of the Ordinance

says:

and

-Every master of a junk. "violating the provisions of

#

sections XIII and XIV shall be

imprisoned with hard labour for any period not exceeding

#

"twelve and not less than "three calendar months

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