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610 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND OCTOBER, 1879.

No.207.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Notice is hereby given that, His Excellency

the Governor has been pleased to direct the dis-

missal of Police Constable No. 676, MAHN SINGH,

from the Police Force, for releasing from custody

an European who had been given into his charge

by a Chinaman, and for wilfully making a false

statement.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office,

W. H. MARSH,

Hongkong, 20th October, 1879.

Colonial Secretary.

MAGISTRACY, HONGKONG,

20th October, 1879.

Summary of cases deserving notice decided at the Magistracy of Hongkong, from the 11th to 17th October, 1879, both days inclusive.

Larcenies.

1. Wong A-kwai, a boatman, was convicted of stealing seven pieces of clothing value $4, on the 13th instant, the property of a boatwoman named Ú A-hò, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour.

2. Ho A-sú, a hawker, was, on the 13th inst., convicted of stealing some fruit, the property of Wong A-fát, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment, the first and last fourteen days to be in solitary confinement, and the rest with bard.labour.

3. Au Yéurg-tak, a house coolie, was, on the 14th instant, convicted and sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour, for

stealing six bags of oats value $18, the property

of William Keswick and others.

Larceny from the person.

4. Li A-sau, a farmer, was convicted on the 16th instant, of stealing one passage ticket from

the person of one Ch'an A-kwai, and sentenced

to two months' imprisonment with hard labour,

and was ordered to pay $10 as amends to the

said Ch'an A-kwai, or one month's further im- prisonment with hard labour.

Rogue and Vagabond.

5. Ma A-ts'éung, a coolie, was, on the 13th instant, convicted of being a rogue and vagabond, in that he was found in a house No. 294, Queen's Road West, for an unlawful purpose, and sen- tenced to six months' imprisonment, the first and last fourteen days to be in solitary confine-

ment, and the rest with hard labour.

Assault.

6. Fung A-yuk, a carpenter, was, on the 15th instant, convicted of assaulting one Ho A-man with an iron bar, and sentenced to twenty-one days' imprisonment with hard labour. He was ordered to pay $5 amends to the said Ho A-man, or fourteen days' further imprisonment with hard labour, in addition to an exposure in the stocks for six hours.

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