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24 COLONIAL ORDINANCES .


SCHEDULES TO WHICH THIS ORDINANCE REFERS.

No. 1.

Writ ofCapias ad Respon- Writ of Capias ad Respondendum.
dendum Sec. 24.
VICTORIA by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Queen, Defender of the Faith, to the Sheriff of the Colony of Hongkong, or his
lawful Deputy, Greeting :
We command you that you take C. D. of Street in Victoria, Merchant
(or as the case may be) if he be found in this Colony, and him safely keep , until he shall
have given you bail, or made deposit with you according to Law, or until the said C ' . D.
shall by other lawful Means be discharged from your Custody, so that he appear before
our Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of our said Colony at Victoria within Eight Days
after the Execution hereof on him, inclusive of the Day of such Execution, then and there
to answer A. B. wherefore he hath not [ " paid to the said A. B. the Sum of
Dollars of good and lawful Money current in the said Colony which he owes to, and
unjustly detains from him," or " hath not delivered to the said A. B. a certain Boat, together
with its Oars, Furniture, &c." or " other moveable Thing which the said C. D. unlawfully
detains from the said A. B.," or " hath not satisfied the said A. B. his Damages, which
the said A. B. hath sustained in respect of," &c., (stating any Wrong or Injury committed
by the Defendant, as the case may be ) as it is said ; ] and in Default of such Appearance,
after having given a Bail-bond, the Plaintiff to be at liberty to proceed against the Sheriff
or on the Bail-bond ; and we do further command you, that on Execution hereof, you do
deliver a Copy hereof to the said Defendant ; and we do further command you, that
immediately after the Execution hereof, you do return this Writ to our said Supreme
Court of Hongkong, together with the Manner in which you shall have executed the same,
and the Day of the Execution thereof.
Witness the Honourable John Walter Hulme,
Our Chief Justice of our said Colony at Victoria,
the Day of
in the Year of our Reign,
G. H. No.
Street Victoria,
Plaintiff's Attorney
(or ifthe Plaintiff sue in person)
A. B. of
Plaintiff.



No. 2 .

Bail-bond to the Sheriff. Form of Bail-bond.
Sec. 24.
KNOW all men by these Presents, that we, C. D. of and L. M.
of are held and firmly bound to Sheriff of the
Colony of Hongkong in the penal Sum of Dollars (Double the Sum or
Value of the Thing mentioned in the Writ ) of good and lawful Money current in the said
Colony, to be paid to the said Sheriff, or his certain Attorney, Executors, Administrators,
or assigns ; for which Payment to be well and faithfully made we bind ourselves, and
each of us for himself, in the whole , our and every of our Heirs, Executors, and Adminis-
trators, firmly by these Presents.
In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our Hands and Seals this Day
of in the Year of our Lord

Condition. The Condition of this Obligation is such, that if the above bounden C. D. do appear in
person, or by his Attorney, before the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of our Lady the
Queen of the Colony of Hongkong on the Day of to
answer A. B. wherefore (following the Statement in the Writ of Capias ad Respondendum)
and also shall stand to, abide, and perform the Judgment of the said Court thereon, or
render himself to the Prison of the said Court in Execution thereof, and shall not remove
or withdraw any of his Property from and out of the Jurisdiction of the said Court, then
this Obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full Force.
C. D. (L. S. )
L. M. (L. S. )
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered
in the presence of
M. N.
O. P.