THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH APRIL, 1881.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 154.
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Notice is hereby given, that His Excellency the Governor in Council, under and in pursuance of Ordinance No. 14 of 1862, entitled An Ordinance for granting Patents for Inventions within this Colony, has granted Letters Patent, bearing date the 27th Day of April, 1881, unto LOUIS MEKARSKI, of Paris, in the Republic of France, Architect, for securing to him the exclusive right of using within the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, an Invention, for which Her Majesty's Letters Patent have been obtained in England, for "An Improved Mode of and Apparatus for utilizing compressed air for obtaining Motive Power," for the residue of the term of Fourteen Years from the 8th Day of October, 1875, subject to certain conditions in the said Patent specified.
By His Excellency's Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th April, 1881.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 155.
The following Criminal Calendar of the April Sessions is published for general information. By His Excellency's Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th April, 1881.
CRIMINAL CALENDAR-APRIL SESSIONS, 1881.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
No.
NAME.
CRIME.
DAY OF TRIAL.
VERDICT.
1. Highway robbery with violence 19th Apr.
(being armed).
1
Wan A-kwai,
2. Previous conviction (summary).
3.
Do.
(do.)
4.
Do.
(do.)
5.
Do.
(do.)
2
Li A-kam,.........
3
Lau A-chau,
4
1. Leung A-kam,.......
1. Unlawfully and by force detain- 19th Apr.
ing within this Colony a cer-
tain female named Li A-ho,
for the purpose of emigration.
2. Unlawfully and by force detain- ing within this Colony a cer- tain female named Wong- Kwan-Tai, for the pupose of emigration.
3. Unlawfully and by force detain- ing within this Colony a cer- tain female named Cheung A-wan for the purpose of emi- gration.
1. Larceny on board ship in the 19th Apr.
harbour of Victoria in this Colony.
2. Previous conviction (summary).
3.
4.
Do. Do.
(felony). (do.)
1. Unlawfully and by force detain- 20th Apr.
ing against her will a girl
named Ki A-mi, with intent to
cause her the said Ki A-mi to be carnally known.
2. Unlawfully purchasing the said Ki A-mi for the purpose of prostitution.
Robbery with violence.
19th April. Guilty on 1st count; pleads guilty on counts Nos. 2, 3, 4 & 5.
19th April. Guilty on all counts.
2+
19th April.
SENTENCE.
23rd April.
Two years' imprisonment with
hard labour.
23rd April.
Two years' imprisonment with hard labour on 1st count; two years' imprisonment with hard labour on 2nd count, to be cotempora- neous with sentence on 1st count; two years' impris. onment with hard labour on 3rd count, to be cotem- poraneous with sentence on 1st count and 2nd count.
23rd April.
Guilty on 1st count; Five years' penal servitude.
pleads guilty on
counts Nos. 2, 3
& 4.
20th April. 1st prisoner guilty on 1st count; 2nd prisoner guilty on 2nd count.
2. Chan Yau Mui, .
5
Lin A-fuk,
19th Apr.
19th April. Guilty.
6
Chau A-fu,
Burglary.
19th Apr.
19th April. Guilty.
7 Kwok A-shing,
Murder.
21st Apr.
21st April. Not guilty.
23rd April.
Leung A-kam,- Four years'
penal servitude.
Chan Yau Mui,-Two years'
imprisonment.
23rd April.
Six calendar months' impris-
onment with hard labour.
23rd April.
Nine calendar months' impris-
onment with hard labour.
REMARKS.
C. F. A. SANGSTER,
Acting Registrar.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 156.
FRANCIS SNOWDEN,
Acting Chief Justice.
The following Annual Report from the Postmaster General is published for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th April, 1881.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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