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Injury to a Public Bridge.

Injuries to Electric or Magnetic Tele- graphis.

Attempts to injure such Telegraphs.

Injuries to Works

Churches, &c., or in Public Places.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20т MAY, 1865.

Injuries to Bridges, Viaducts, &c.:-

26. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously pull or throw down or in anywise destroy any Bridge (whether over any Stream of Water or not), or any Viaduct or Aque- duct, over, or under which Bridge, Viaduct, or Aqueduct any Highway or Canal shall pass, or do any Injury with Intent and so as thereby to render such Bridge, Viaduct, or Aqueduct, or the Highway or Canal, passing over, or under the same, or any Part thereof, dangerous or impassable, 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 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.

Injuries to Telegraphs:- ཨན་

27. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously cut, break, throw down, destroy, injure, or remove any Battery, Machinery, Wire, Cable, Post, or other Matter or Thing whatsoever, being Part of or being used or employed in or about any Electric or Magnetic Telegraph, or in the working thereof, or shall unlawfully and maliciously prevent or obstruct in any Manner whatsoever the Sending, Conveyance, or Delivery of any Communication by any such Telegraph, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour: Provided that if it shall appear to a Police Magistrate, on the Examination of any Person charged with any Offence against this Section, that it is not expedient to the Ends of Justice that the same should be prosecuted by Indictment, the Magistrate may proceed summarily to hear and determine the same, and the Offender shall, on Conviction thereof, at the Discretion of the Magistrate either be committed to the Common Gaol, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to Hard Labour, for any Term not exceeding Three Months, or else shall forfeit and pay such Sum of Money not exceed- ing Fifty Dollars as to the Magistrate shall seem meet.

28. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously, by any overt Act, attempt to commit any of the Offences in the last preceding Section mentioned, shall, on Con- viction thereof before a Police Magistrate at the Discretion of the Magistrate, either be committed to the Common Gaol, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to Hard Labour, for any Term not exceeding Three Months, or else shall forfeit and pay such Sum of Money not exceeding Fifty Dollars as to the Magistrate shall

seem meet.

-or

Injuries to Works of Art:--

29. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously destroy or damage any Book, of Art in Mustins, Manuscript, Picture, Print, Statue, Bust, or Vase, or any other Article or Thing kept for the Purposes of Art, Science, or Literature, or as an Object of Curiosity, in any Museum, Gallery, Cabinet, Library, or other Repository, which Museum, Gallery, Cabinet, Library, or other Repository is either at all Times or from Time to Time open for the Admission of the Public or of any considerable Number of Persons to view the same, either by the Permission of the Proprietor thereof or by the Payment of Money before entering the same, or any Picture, Statue, Monument, or other Memorial of the Dead, painted Glass, or other Ornament or Work of Art, in any Church, Chapel, Meeting House, or other Place of Divine Worship, or in any Building belonging to the Queen, or to the Colony, or to any College, or in any Street, Square, Churchyard, Burial Ground, Public Garden or Ground, or any Statue or Monument exposed to Public View, or any Ornament, Railing, or Fence surrounding such Statue or Monument, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Six Months, with or without Hard Labour, and, if a Male under the Age of Sixteen Years, with or without Whipping: provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the Right of any Person to recover, by Action at Law, Damages for the Injury so committed.

Killing or Maiming Cattle.

Injuries to Cattle and other Animals:-

any

Cattle 30. Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously kill, maim, or wound 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 any Term not exceeding Fourteen and 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 Solitary Confinement.

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