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846 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH DECEMBER, 1879.

MAGISTRACY, HONGKONG,

22nd December, 1879.

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Summary of cases deserving notice decided at

the Magistracy of Hongkong, from 13th to 19th December, 1879, both days inclusive.

Larceny.

1. Ch'an A-luk, a coolie, was convicted on the 13th instant, of stealing a spar of wood, the pro-

perty of the On-shing timber shop, and sentenced

to six months' imprisonment with hard labour,

in addition to an exposure in the stocks for six hours the day previous to his release from gaol. The accused was identified as an old offender.

Larceny from the person.

2. Laú A-ki, a hawker, was, on the 15th instant, convicted and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, the first and last fourteen days to be in solitary confinement, the rest with hard labour, in addition to an exposure in the stocks

for six hours for stealing a pair of earrings with jade stone drops from the person of one Tang A-kwai.

Cutting and Wounding.

3. Ah-mat, a seaman, on board the German barque Gustav, was, on the 13th instant, convict- ed of wounding one Seemin with a knife, and sen- tenced to four months' imprisonment with hard labour.

Slaughtering cattle elsewhere than in a slaughter house.

4. Wat A-wai, a sheep dealer, was, on the 16th instant, convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $50 for slaughtering sheep in his house at Tsing-

Kái Lane. One moiety of the fine, if paid, was ordered to be given to the lessee of the slaughter house.

Carrying Deadly Weapons.

5. Chéung A-wong, a stone-cutter, was, on the 16th instant, convicted and sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour, for carrying a deadly weapon viz., a Japanese fan

dagger, in the public street without being the holder of a night pass.

Giving false evidence.

6. Léung A-kwong, a tailor, was, on the 17th instant, convicted of giving false evidence in a case in which he charged one Lai A-piú with unlawful possession, and sentenced to pay a fine of $10 or four weeks' imprisonment with hard labour.

香港巡理

府自己卯

年十一月

偷去安盛杉店

于本月初一日

陳亞六桃夫也 偷 板一塊被拿到

爲 耳環一對耳扣

日搶去鄧亞桂

也于本月初三

劉亞其小販者

曼帆船架

亞也日耳

初一日起

竊 個月並作苦工 案官判禁監六槍

至初七日

案

止所判案

於.案

情選錄於

乃舊犯也

蓋其前經繫獄

處枷號六點鐘

一日發往當衆

另監期將滿前

案

困月

奪搶爲

官

奪 官斷監禁六個

一雙被拿到案

六點鐘

往當衆處枷號

-

作苦工另發

困于幽牢餘則

月首尾十四日

案人傷刀用

傷思面被

日用刀斬

本月初一

水手也于

士打扶之

案 執解案官

個月就-

斷監禁四

被斬

例港違有口牲擅

I

苦個斷執

H

人以補稅餉

梁亞光縫衣匠

半撥歸承-

罰之銀以

銀五十所

到案官判罰

宰棉羊被拿

溪里屋內擅

初四日在清

者也干本月

屈亞惠賣羊

扇刀在街

遊行及無

案、監禁三個

夜 到案官斷 月並-

苦

犯 夜紙被執

案夜犯刃利懷身

月匠張

初也亞 日四於旺

街 本日

日本石

案告誣詞虛

告 情判罰銀十圓

語府憲廉得其

物來歷不明等

黎亞標謂其有

日爲虛詞誣告

也于本月初五:

案 不完罰欸監禁

I

四個禮拜幷-

苦工