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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH MAY, 1879.

And I do hereby empower you, during the course,

and for the purposes of your said Commission,

to demand and obtain access at all times to all Papers, Records, and Documents relating to the

subject matter of the said Commission being in the custody and under the control of the several

Public Departments within this Colony. And from time to time to call before you and examine

all persons superintending or employed in or under any of the said Departments. And I do hereby charge all persons in the Public Service

to be aiding and assisting unto you herein.

Given under my Hand and under the Seal of the Colony of Hongkong at Victoria, in the said Colony, this Twenty-ninth day of April, One thousand Eight hundred and Seventy-nine.

By Command,

W. H. MARSH,

Colonial Secretary.

MAGISTRACY, HONGKONG,

5th May, 1879.

Summary of cases deserving notice decided at

the Magistracy of Hongkong, from 26th April

to 2nd May, 1879, both days inclusive.

Burglary.

1. Ch'an A-ho, a seaman, was on the 29th

ultimo convicted of breaking into the Sun-lung

shop at Yau-má-tí and stealing therefrom a silver watch, a fur jacket and $17 in silver, the pro- perty of Fán A-wong. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour.

Larcenies.

2. Peún A-fuk, a coolie, was on the 30th ultimo convicted of stealing four bamboo hats, a jacket and a waistband, the property of one Wong A- fuk. He was sentenced to six weeks' imprison- ment with hard labour.

3. Ch'an A-hong, a boarding house runner of the Un-mi Boarding-house, was on the 1st instant convicted of stealing a pair of shoes, the property of Lam A-shing, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. The accused was identified as having been previously con- victed and punished for larceny.

4. Ch'an A-hing was on the 2nd instant con- victed and sentenced to six months' imprison- ment, the first and last fourteen days being in solitary confinement, the remainder with hard labour, and in addition thereto to be publicly exposed in the stocks for six hours on the day previous to his release from gaol, for stealing a jacket and a pair of trousers. The defendant was recognised as having been three times previously convicted of larceny.

Unlawful possession.

5. Wan A-fuk, a marine hawker, was on the 26th ultimo convicted and sentenced to a fine of $20, or, in default of payment, to three months' imprisonment with hard labour, for having un-

lawful possession of 25 lbs. of copper nails and 6 lbs. of old copper.

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