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MAGISTRATES . [ 10 of 1890.] 1253

paid ; and whereas the time in and by the said conviction appointed for the
payment of the said several sums bath elapsed , but the defendant hath not
paid the same or any part thereof, but therein hath made default : These are
therefore to command you the said constables to take the defendant and him
safely to convey to the Gaol aforesaid , and there to deliver him to the said
Superintendent together with this precept : and you the said Superintendent
are hereby commanded to receive the defendant into your custody in the said
Gaol there to imprison him (and keep him to hard labour ) for the space
of unless the said several sums amounting to the further sum
of shall be sooner paid ; and for your so doing this shall be your
sufficient warrant.
Dated the day of 18
[ Seal.]
( Signed ),
A Magistrate, & c.




FORM LII .

Wurrant of Commitment on an order in the first
instance. (Secs. 39 & 43.)

IN THE POLICE COURT AT VICTORIA IN THE COLOXY
OF IloxGKONG .

To each and all of the Constables of the said Colony and to the Superin
tendent of the Victoria Gaol, Hongkong, aforesaid ,
On the day of last past complaint was made before
the undersigned (or J.P., Esquire,) a Magistrate of the said Colony, for that
(&c., as in the order ), and afterwards, to wit, on the day of
the parties appeared before (me or J.P. , Esquire) the said Magistrate, and
thereupon, having considered the matter of the said complaint, it was
adjudged that the defendant should pay to the said C.D. the sum of
on or before the day of
then next, and also to pay to the said C.D. the sum of
for costs ; and it was also thereby adjudged , that if the said several sums
should not be paid on or before the day of then next,
the defendant should be imprisoned in the said Gaol , (and there kept to hard
labour) for the space of unless the said several sums should be sooner
paid ; and whereas the time in and by the said oriler appointed for the payment
of the said several sums of money hath elapsed, but the defendant hath not
paid the same or any part thereof ; but therein hath made default ; These are
therefore to command you the said Constables to take the defendant and him
safely convey to the said Gaol,and there to deliver him to the Superintendent
thereof, together with this precept; and you the said Superintendent are
hereby commanded to receive the defendant into your custody in the said
Gaol there to imprison him (and keep him to bard labour) for the space of
unless the said several sums sliall be sooner paid unto you
the said Superiutendent and for your so doing this shall be your sufficient
warrant .
Dated the day of 18
[ Seal.]
( Signel),
A Magistrate, & c.

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