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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH FEBRUARY, 1865. 55
XIV. Whosoever shall attempt to administer to or shall attempt to cause to be Attempting to ad- administered to or to be taken by any Person any Poison or other destructive Thing, or shooting, or attempt- shoot at any Person, or shall, by drawing a Trigger or in any other manner, at ing to shoot or drown, to discharge any kind of loaded Arms at any Person, or shall attempt to drown, &c., with intent to te, or strangle any Person, with intent, in any of the Cases aforesaid, to commit' Marshall, whether any bodily Injury be effected or not, be guilty of Felony, and,
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victed threof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal vital for Life or for any Term not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for rn not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Star Confinement.
murder.
Murder.
XV. Whosoever shall, by any means other than those specified in any of the pre- By any other means celing Sections of this Ordinance, attempt to commit Murder, shall be guilty of Felony, attempting to commit a. iwing convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in Pal Servitude for Life or for any Term not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.
Letters threatening to Murder.
threatening to mur-
der.
XVI. Whosoever shall maliciously send, deliver, or utter, or directly or indirectly Sending Letters ause to be received, knowing the contents thereof, any Letter or Writing threatening to or murder any Person, shall be guilty of Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall Hable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for any Term not coding Ten Years and not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term hot exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement, and, if a Male under the Age of Sixteen Years, with or without Whipping.
Acts causing or tending to cause Danger to Life or bodily Harm.
endeavouring to save
XVII. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously prevent or impede any Person, Impeding a Person 1-ing on board of or having quitted any Ship or Vessel, which shall be in distress, or endeavour ship wrecked, stranded, or cast on Shore, in his endeavour to save his Life, or shall unlaw- wreck. tally and maliciously prevent or impede any Person in his endeavour to save the Life ofany
such Person as in this Section first aforesaid, shall be guilty of Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Ser- vitude for Life or for any Term not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without
tury Confinement.
ing or striking with
XVIII. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously by any means whatsoever Shooting or attempt mound or cause any grievous bodily Harm to any Person, or shoot at any Person, or, by ing to shoot or wound- cewing a Trigger or in any other Manner, attempt to discharge any kind of loaded intent to do grievous Aras at any Person, or shall attempt to cut at or to strike any Person with intent, in bodily farm.
the Cases aforesaid, to main, disfigure, or disable any Person, or to do some other vous bodily Harm to any Person, or with intent to resist or prevent the lawful ap prehension or detainer of any Person, shall be guilty of Felony, and, being convicted red shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life, or for any Term not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term tot exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary
Confinement.
XIX. Any Gun, Pistol, or other Arms which shall be loaded in the Barrel with What shall constitute unpowder or any other explosive Substance, and Ball, Shot, Slug, or other destructive loaded Arms. Material, shall be deemed to be loaded Arms within the meaning of this Ordinance, ough the attempt to discharge the same may fail from want of proper Priming or from any other Cause.
Injury with or with- out Weapon.
XX. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously wound or inflict any grievous Inflicting bodily y Harm upon any other Person, either with or without any Weapon or Instrument, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the dis- tion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for the Term of Three Years, or to prisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour. XXI. Whosoever shall, by any means whatsoever, attempt to choke, suffocate, or Attempting to choke, aisle any other Person, or shall by any means calculated to choke, suffocate, or stran- &c., in order to com-
attempt to render any other Person insensible, unconcious, or incapable of resistance, Offence. 2 intent in any of such Cases thereby to enable himself or any other Person to com-
mit any indictable
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