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them by or on behalf of the Person so committed, and upon Proof made to him or them that reasonable Notice of the Intention to make such Application has been given to One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State in Great Britain, or in Ireland, to the Chief Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, or to the Gover- nor or acting Governor in any other Part of Her Majesty's Dominions, to order the Person so committed to be discharged out of Custody, unless sufficient Cause shall Persons apprehen- be shown to such Judge or Judges why such Discharge ought not to be ordered. ded if not indicted VII. And be it enacted, That in case any Person apprehended under this Act within Six Months, shall not be indicted for the Offence for which he shall have been so apprehended or if not convicted, within the Period of Six Calender Months after his Arrival in that Part of Her may be sent back.
Majesty's Dominions in which he is charged to have committed the Offence, or if upon his Trial he shall be acquitted, it shall be lawful, in Great Britain, for One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and in Ireland for the Chief Sec- retary of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and for the Governor or acting Governor in any other Part of Her Majesty's Dominions if he shall think fit, upon
the Request of the Person so apprehended, to cause such Person to be sent back, free of Cost to such Person, and with as little Delay as possible, to that Part of Her Majesty's Dominions in which he shall have been so apprehended. Providing Expence of Re- VIII. And be it enacted, That the Court before which any Person apprehended under moval of Offenders this Act shall be prosecuted or tried within the said United Kingdom may order, to the United if it shall think fit, that the Expences of apprehending and removing the Prisoner Kingdom.
from any Part of Her Majesty's Dominions not within the said United Kingdom to any Place within the said United Kingdom shall be repaid to the Person defraying the same, by the Treasurer of the County or other Jurisdiction in England or Ire- land, or by the Sheriff Depute or Substitute of the County in Scotland, in which the Offence is charged to have been committed, the Amount of such Expenses being previously ascertained by an Account thereof, verified by Production of proper Vouchers before Two Justices of the Peace of such County or other Jurisdiction, which last-mentioned Justices shall examine into the Correctness of the said Ac- count, and shall allow the same, or such Part thereof as shall to them appear just and reasonable, under their Hands and Seals; and every Treasurer, or Sheriff De- pute or Substitute, who shall pay the Amount so ascertained, shall be allowed such Payment in his Accounts respecting the Business of such County or other Jurisdiction.
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Proof of the Sig- nature of the Per- son issuing the or- ginal Warrant.
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IX. Provided always, and be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any Per- son to endorse his Name on any such Warrant, for the Purpose of authorizing the Apprehension of any Person under this Act, until it shall have been proved to him, upon Oath or by Affidavit, that the Seal or Signature upon the same is the Seal or Signature of the Person having lawful Authority to issue such Warrant whose Seal or Signature the same purports to be.
Warrant not to be endorsed,
X. Provided also, and be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any Person cept in Cases of to endorse his Name upon any such Warrant, for the Purpose of authorizing the Treason and Felo- Apprehension of any Person under this Act, unless it shall appear upon the Face of the said Warrant that the Offence which the Person for whose Apprehension the said Warrant has been issued is charged to have committed is such that, if com- mitted within that Part of Her Majesty's Dominions where the Warrant is so en- dorsed, it would have amounted in Law to a Treason, or some Felony such as the Justices of the Peace in General or Quarter Sessions assembled have not Authority to try in England under the Provisions of an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the 5 & 6 Vict.c. 38. Reign of Her Majesty, intituled An Act to define the Jurisdiction of Justices in Gene- ral and Quarter Sessions of the Peace, or unless the Depositions appear sufficient to warrant the Committal of such Person for Trial.
Act may be amended this Ses- sion.
XI. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this Session of Parliament.
In re GEORGE NUTT,-Police Constable, deceased
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TOTICE.-AH CLAIMS against the above ESTATES must be proved before the OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATOR before the twenty fifth day of May, 1855; otherwise they will not be included in the schemes of Division. All persons indebted to the said Estates are requested to make payment to
WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER, Acting Registrar, Oficial Administrator.
STEAM FOR
SINGAPORE, PENANG, POINT DE GALLE, ADEN, SUEZ, MALTA, MARSEILLES, AND SOUTHAMPTON;
ALSO,
BOMBAY, MADRAS, AND CALCUTTA. THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM-
TPANY'S Steam Ship, GANGES, Captain BowEN, with Her Majesty's Mails, Passengers, Specie, and Cargo, will leave this for the above Places, on TUESDAY, the 12th December, at 2 P. M.
CARGO will be received on board until 2 P. M. on the 10th, SPECIE until Noon on the 11th, and PARCELS until 2 P. M. on the 11th.
For particulars regarding FREIGHT and PASSAGE, apply at the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Com- pany's Office, Hongkong.
CONTENTS, AND VALUE OF PACKAGES, ARE REQUIRED.
A written declaration of the Contents and Value of the Packages for the Overland Route is required by the Egyptian, Government, and must be delivered by the Ship- per to the Company's Agents with the Bills of Lading, or with Parcels, and the Company do not hold themselves responsible for any Detention or Prejudice which may happen from incorrectness in such declaration.
ROBERT S. WALKER, Superintendent.
P. & O. S. N. Company's Office, Hongkong, 8th December, 1854.
Printed and Published by Roвr. STRACHAN, at the Hongkong Register Office, Queen's Road, Victoria, Hongkong,
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