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Killing Pigeons.

Stealing or destroy-

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH MAY, 1865.

16. Whosoever shall unlawfully and wilfully kill, wound, or take any House Dove or Pigeon under such Circumstances as shall not amount to Larceny at Common Law in England, shall, on Conviction before a Police Magistrate, forfeit and pay, over and above the Value of the Bird, any sum not exceeding Ten Dollars.

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17. Whosoever shall steal, or shall for any fraudulent Purpose destroy, cancel, or ing valuable Securi- obliterate the whole or any Part of any valuable Security, other than a Document of Title to Lands, shall be guilty of Felony, of the same Nature and in the same Degree and punishable in the same Manner as if he had stolen any Chattel of like Value with the Share, Interest, or Deposit to which the Security so stolen may relate, or with the Money due on the Security so stolen, or secured thereby and remaining unsatisfied or with the Value of the Goods or other valuable Thing represented, mentioned, or referred to in or by the Security.

Documents of Title to Lands.

Wills or Codicils.

to be affected.

18. Whosoever shall steal, or shall for any fraudulent Purpose destroy, cancel, obliterate, or conceal, the whole or any Part of any Document of Title to Lands shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for the Term of Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not 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.

19. Whosoever shall, either during the Life of the Testator or after his Death, steal, or for any fraudulent Purpose destroy, cancel, obliterate, or conceal, the whole or any Part of any Will, Codicil, or other Testamentary Instrument, whether the same shall relate to Real or Personal Estate, or to both shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted thereof 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 Terin not 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 Other Remedies not without Whipping; and it shall not in any Indictment for such Offence be necessary to allege that such Will, Codicil, or other Instrument is the Property of any Person: Provided, that nothing in this or the last preceding Section mentioned, nor any Pro- ceeding, Conviction, or Judgment to be had or taken thereupon, shall prevent, lessen, or impeach any Remedy at Law or in Equity which any Party aggrieved by any such Offence might or would have had if this Ordinance had not been passed; but no Convic tion of any such Offender shall be received in Evidence in any Action at Law or Suit in Equity against him, and no Person shall be liable to be convicted of any of the Felonies in this and the last preceding Section mentioned, by any Evidence whatever, in respect of any Act done by him, if he shall at any Time previously to his being charged with such Offence have first disclosed such Act, on Oath, Affirmation or De. claration in consequence of any compulsory Process of any Court of Law or Equity in any Action, Suit, or Proceeding which shall have been bona fide instituted by any Party aggrieved, or if he shall have first disclosed the same in any compulsory Examination or Deposition before any Court upon the Hearing of any Matter in Bankruptcy.

Stealing Records or other legal Docu-

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20. Whosoever shall steal, or shall for any fraudulent Purpose take from its Place of Deposit for the Time being, or from any Person having the lawful Custody thereof,- or shall unlawfully and maliciously cancel, obliterate, injure, or destroy the whole any Part of any Record, Writ, Return, Panel, Process, Interrogatory, Deposition, Affidavit, Rule, Order, or Warrant of Attorney, or of any original Document whatsoeve of or belonging to any Court of Record in this Colony, or relating to any Matter, C or Criminal, begun, depending, or terminated in any such Court or of any Bi Petition, Answer, Interrogatory, Deposition, Affidavit, Order or Decree or of any origina Document whatsoever of or belonging to any Court of Equity or relating to any or Matter begun depending or terminated in any such Court or of any original Docume in anywise relating to the Business of any Office or Employment under Her Maje and being or remaining in any Office appertaining to any Court of Justice, or in Government or Public Office, shall be guilty of Felony, and being convicted the shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for t Term of Three Years,--or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Ye with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement, and, if Form of Indictment. Male under the Age of Sixteen Years, with or without Whipping; and it shall not à

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