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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH SEPTEMBER,1879.

Léung A-hò of Shun-tak, shopman, aged

thirty years, was found guilty of having know-

ingly taken into his custody certain anchors pre-

viously by pirates feloniously taken from a junk

called the “Kam-ii-hing.”

The prisoner was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with

hard labour. In sentencing this prisoner, the Chief Justice said he wished all shopkeepers and others to take note of the peculiarly stringent

nature of Ordinance No. 1 of 1868, under section 6, of which the prisoner had been convicted. Under that Ordinance, all receivers of property piratically taken are liable to be declared felons and punished as such, unless they are able to produce the seller of the property or to shew that the property came to them without ground to suspect that it had been dishonestly come by.

Li Pak-wong of San-on, stone-cutter, aged forty-two years, was found guilty of the murder of Tsang A-sám at Hung-höm, British Kaulung, on the 4th day of July, 1879. The prisoner was sentenced to be hanged. This sentence was carried out, and Li Pak-wong was hung accard- ingly on the 2nd day of September, 1879.

W. H. MossOP, Acting Deputy Registrar.

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MAGISTRACY, HONGKONG,

22nd September, 1879.

Summary of cases deserving notice decided at

the Magistracy of Hongkong, from 13th to 19th

instant, both days inclusive.

Using abusive language.

1. William Keller, manager of the East Point Distillery, was, on the 13th instant, convicted and fined £5, in default, fourteen days' imprison-

ment for using abusive language to one Margaret Kyle, wife of John Kyle.

Assault.

2. The above named William Keller, was further convicted and fined $30, in default, twenty-one days' imprisonment for assaulting one George Allen. He was in addition ordered to pay $5 as amends to the said George Allen, and to find security in $200, also to enter into his personal recognizance in $500 for his good behaviour for the ensuing twelve months.

Larcenies.

3. Ch'an A-chung, a coolie, was, on the 15th instant, convicted of stealing $6, the property of one Lo A-fong, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, the first and last fourteen days of which to be in solitary confinement, and the rest with hard labour, in addition to an exposure in the stocks for six hours on the days previous to his release from Gaol.

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