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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24тп JUNE, 1865.

nt of Housebreaking, or shall be found by Night having his Face blackened or therwise disguised with Intent to commit any Felony, or shall be found by Night in any Dwelling House, or other Building whatsoever with Intent to commit any Felony therein, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, 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.

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vious Conviction.

47. Whosoever shall be convicted of any such Misdemeanor as in the last pre- The like, after a pre- ceding Section mentioned, committed after a previous Conviction, either for Felony or such Misdemeanor, shall on such subsequent Conviction be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for any Term not exceeding Ten Years and not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour.

As to Larceny in the House:--

of $25.

48. Whosoever shall steal in any Dwelling House any Chattel, Money, or valuable Stealing in a Dwel- Security, to the Value in the whole of Twenty-five Dollars or more, shall be guilty ofling House to the Value 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 Years 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, and, if a Male under the Age of Sixteen Years, with or without Whipping.

Menaces.

49. Whosoever shall steal any Chattel, Money, or valuable Security in any Stealing in a Dwel- Dwelling House, and shall by any Menace or Threat put any one being therein in ling House with bodily Fear, 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 Years and not less than Three Years, or to be imprisoned for Term

any not exceeding Two Years, with or without Hard Labour, and with or without Solitary Confinement.

As to Larceny in Ships, Wharves, &c.:-

Stealing from Ships,

50. Whosoever shall steal any Goods or Merchandise in any Vessel, Barge, or Boat of any Description whatsoever in any Haven, or in any Port of Entry or Discharge, Wharves, &c. or in the Course of any Voyage from any Port or Place in this Colony to any other Port or Place therein, or in any Creek or Basin belonging to or communicating with any such Haven or Port, or shall steal any Goods or Merchandise from any Dock, Wharf, or Quay adjacent to any such Haven, Port, Creek or Basin,-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 Years 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, and, if a Male under the Age of Sixteen Years, with or without Whipping.

in Distress or wrecked.

51. Whosoever shall plunder or steal any Part of any Ship or Vessel which shall Stealing from Ships be in Distress, or wrecked, stranded, or cast on shore, or any Goods, Merchandise, or Articles of any kind belonging to such Ship or Vessel, 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 Years 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, and, if a Male under the Age of Sixteen Years, with or without Whipping.

Goods not giving a

52. If any Goods, Merchandise, or Articles of any kind, belonging to any Ship or Persons in posses- Vessel in Distress, or wrecked, stranded, or cast on shore, shall be found in the Possession of ship wrecked sion of any

Person or on the Premises of any Person with his Knowledge, and such satisfactory Account. Person, being taken or summoned before a Police Magistrate, shall not satisfy the Magistrate that he came lawfully by the same, then the same shall, by Order of the Magistrate, be forthwith delivered over to or for the Use of the rightful Owner thereof; and the Offender shall, on Conviction of such Offence before the 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 #xceeding Six Months, or else shall forfeit and pay, over and above the Value of the funds, Merchandise,. or Articles, such Sum of Money not exceeding One Hundred Dollars as to the Magistrate shall seen meet.