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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH FEBRUARY, 1890.

being the sum stated at the foot of this warrant to be due under the said adjudication and order, together with the reasonable costs and charges of the making and keeping of the said distress, be not paid, then to sell the said goods by you distrained, and pay the money arising therefrom to the Magistrate's clerk, in order that it may be applied according to law, and that the overplus, if any, may be ren- dered on demand to the defendant, and if no such distress can be found, to certify the same to me or to the other Magistrate, in order that further proceedings may be had according to law.

Dated.the

day of

(Signed),

A Magistrate, &c.,

Amount adjudged,

Paid,

Remaining due

Costs of issuing this warrant,

Total amount to be levied,

18

[Seal.]

Cts.

FORM XII.

Warrant of Distress on an order for the payment of any sum of money.--(Scc. 39.)

IN THE POLICE COURT AT VICTORIA IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG.

To each and all of the Constables of the said Colony.

day of

On the

it was adjudged and ordered by the undersigned (or J.P., Esquire,) a Magistrate of the said Colony that A.B. (hereinafter called the defendant) should pay to

the sum of

and the sum of

for costs (or as the case may be) on or before the

(or as ordered); and that if default should be made in payment accord- ing to the said adjudication and order, the sum due thereunder should be levied by distress and sale of the defendant's goods:

day of

And default has been made in payment according to the said ad- judication and order; therefore you are hereby commanded (proceed as in warrant of distress for fine or conviction).

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on

FORM XLII.

Warrant of Distress for costs upon a conviction where the offence is punishable by imprisonment.—(Sec. 44.)

IN THE POLICE Court AT VICTORIA IN THE COLONY

OF HONGKONG.

To each and all of the Constables of the said Colony.

A.B. of

(labourer) hereinafter called the defendant was last past duly, convicted before the undersigned (or J. P., Esquire.) a Magistrate of the said Colony, for that (stating the offence as in the conviction), and it was thereby adjudged that the defendant for his said offence should be imprisoned in Victoria Gaol in the said Colony, (and there kept to hard labour) for the space of ; and it was also thereby adjudged that the defendant should pay to the said C.D. the sum of

for his costs in that behalf; and it was thereby ordered that if the said sum of for costs should not be paid (forthwith) the same, should be levied by distress and sale of the defendants goods and chattels and it was adjudged that in default of sufficient distress in that behalf the defendant should be imprisoned in the said Gaol (and there kept to hard labour) for the space of

to commence at and from the termination of his imprisonment aforesaid, unless the said sum for costs, and all costs and charges of the said distress should be sooner paid; but the defendant having made default in the payment of the said sum of

for costs, or any part thereof. These are therefore to command you in Her Majesty's name, forthwith to make distross of the defendants goods and chattels and if within the space of days next after the making of such distress the said last-mentioned sum, together with the reasonable charges of taking and keeping the said distress, shall not be paid, that then you do sell the said goods and chattels so by you distrained, and do pay the money arising from such sale to the Magistrate's clerk that he may pay the same as by law directed, and may render the surplus (if any) on demand to the defendant, and if no such distress can be found, then that you certify the same unto me, to the end that such proceedings may be had therein as to the law doth appertain.

Dated the

(Signed),

day of

"A Magistrate, &c.

18

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[Seal.]

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