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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1872.

PART IV.

General Provisions.

XII. Any Person accused of an Offence punishable on Summary Power to Conviction under this Ordinance may be remanded from Time to remand. Time by the Magistrate before whom he is brought for the Purpose of enabling Evidence to be obtained against him, or for any other just Cause.

Criminal's

XIII. The Forms set forth in the Third Schedule to "The Habitual Forms in "The Criminals Act, 1869," (Imperial) or Forms as near thereto as Habitual Circumstances admit, may be used in all Matters to which such Forms refer, and when used shall be deemed to be valid and sufficient in Law.

Act, 1869."

Metals.

XIV. Any Dealer in Old Metals as defined in the "Old Metal Penalty ou Dealers Act, 1861," (Imperial) who shall either personally or by Dealers in Old any Servant or Agent, purchase, receive, or bargain for Lead, whether new or old, in any Quantity at One Time of less Weight than One hundred and Twelve Pounds, or who shall personally, or by any Servant or Agent, purchase, receive, or bargain for Copper, whether new or old, in any Quantity at One Time of less Weight than Fifty-six Pounds, shall be liable to a Penalty of Twenty-five Dollars to be recovered in the same Manner as Penalties incurred under the said recited Act are therein directed to be recovered.

XV. Nothing in this Act contained or appearing shall be held Power to to affect the Power conferred upon the Governor in Council by Ordinance No. 9 of 1857, Sec. 7, and Ordinance No. 4 of 1871.

SCHEDULE.

Any Felony not punishable with Death also, or the Offence of Uttering False or Counterfeit Coin, or of Possessing Counterfeit Gold or Silver Coin, or the Offence of obtaining Goods or Money by False Pretences, or the Offence of Conspiracy to defraud, or Misdemeanor under the Forty-sixth Section of Ordi- mance No. 7 of 1865.

To

1.

a Constable of Hongkong,

and to the Superintendent of the Victoria Gaol. Whereas A. B. was on this Day duly convicted before me the undersigned, one of the Stipendiary Magistrates for the Colony of Hongkong, having been brought before me by C. D., a Constable, under the Provisions of "The Habitual Criminals Ordinance, 1872,” and charged upon the Oath of the said C. D., taken before me in the Presence and Hearing of the said A. B., of being a Rogue and Vagabond within the Intent and Meaning of the Statutes made in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled "An Act for the Punish- "ment of Idle and Disorderly Persons and Rogues and Vagabonds in that Part "of Great Britain called England," and "The Habitual Criminals Ordinance, 1872" before mentioned (that is to say,) for that the said A. B. on the Day of and

in the Year of Our Lord, One thousand Eight hundred in Colony of Hongkong, [here set out the Circumstances under which the Magistrate was of opinion that the said A. B. might reasonably be suspected to huve intended to commit a Felony] contrary to the said Statute and Ordinance. And it was thereby adjudged that the said A. B., for the said Offence, should be imprisoned at the Victoria Gaol, and there kept to Hard Labor for the Space of

These are therefore to command you, the said Constable, to take the said A. B. and him safely to convey to the Gaol aforesaid, and there to deliver him to the Superintendent thereof, together with this Precept; and I do command you, the said Superintendent of the Gaol, there to imprison him and keep him to Hard Labor for the Space of

Given under my Hand at

of Eight hundred and

this

Day

in the Year of Our Lord, One thousand

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a Constable of Hongkong, and to the Superintendent of the Victoria" Gaol. Whereas A. B. has been this Day brought before us the undersigned, Stipen- diary Magistrates for the Colony of Hongkong, under the Provisions of "The Habitual Criminals Ordinance, 1872," and it has been duly proved upon Oath before us that the said A.B. has been Three Times convicted of Felony: And whereas he is charged before us upon the Oath of C. D., a Constable, for that the said A. B. on the

Day of

at Hongkong, was found by the said C. D. in

under such Circumstances as to give Rise to Suspicion that he was about to commit or to aid in the Commission "of a Crime punishable on summary Conviction or Indictment, or was waiting "for an Opportunity to commit or aid in the Commission of a Crime punishable "on Indictment or Summary Conviction" or ["was found by

"in or upon any Dwelling House or any Building or Yard or Premises, being Parcel of or attached to such Dwelling House, or in or upon any Shop, "Ware-house, Counting-house, or other Place of Business, or in any Garden, "Pleasure Ground, or Nursery Ground, without being able satisfactorily to account for his being found on such Premises"]"contrary to the Statute;" Now we, the said Magistrates, do, in pursuance of the above recited Ordinance, convict the said A. B. of the said Offence, and adjudge that the said A. B., for the said Offence, shall be imprisoned in the Gaol at Victoria aforesaid and there kept to Hard Labor for the Space of

These are therefore to command you, the said Constable, to take the said A. B. and him safely to convey to the Gaol aforesaid, and there to deliver him to the Superintendent thereof, together with this Precept; and we do command you, the said Superintendent of the Gaol, to receive the said A. B. into your Custody in the said Gaol, there to imprison him and keep him to Hard Labor for the Space of

Given under our Hands at

Day of

Eight hundred and

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this

in the Year of Our Lord One thousand

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