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1202 ( 10 of 1890. ) MAGISTRATES .

FORM LXVI.

Order of Commitment.- (Sec. 56.)
IN THE POLICE COURT AT VICTORIA IN THE LONY
OF HONGKONG .

Between Plaintiff,
( Address
Description )
and
Defendant,
( Address
Description )
To each and all of the Constables of the Colony and to the Superintendent
of the Victoria Gaol at Ilongkong aforesaid .
The plaintiff (or defendant) obtained an order against the defendant ( or
plaintiff) before the undersigned (or before J.P., Esquire,) a Magistrate of
the said Colony on the day of 18 for the payment of
$
And the defendant (or plaintiff) has made default in payment of
payable in pursuance of the said order :
And a summons was, at the instance of the plaintiff (or defendant) duly
issued, by which the defendant ( or plaintiff) was required to appear personally
before the said Magistrate on the day of 18 to
be examined on oath ( or declaration ) touching the means he had then or had
since the date of the order to satisfy the sum then due and payable in pursuance
of the order, and to shew cause why he should not be committed to prison for
such default.
And at the bearing of the said summons the defendant (or plaintiff) appeared
(or the summons was proved to have been personally and duly served ), and it
has now been proved that the defendant (or plainti tř) now has (or has bad
since the date of the order ) the means to pay the sum then due and payable
in pursuance of the order, and has refused (or neglected or then refused or
neglected) to pay the same, and the defendant (or plaintiff) has shown vo
cause why he should not be committed to prison .
Now , therefore, it is ordered that, for such default, the defendant (or
plaintiff ) be committed to prison for days, unless, he sooner pay the
sum stated below as that on the payment of which he is to be discharged.
And you are bereby required, you the said Constables, to take the defendant
( or plaintiff) and to deliver him to the Superintendent of the said Gaol, and
yon the said Superintendent to receive the defendant (or plaintiff), and keep
him safely in the said gaol for days from the arrest under this order,
or until he is sooner discharged by due course of law.
Dated the day of 18

[Seal.]
( Signed ),
A Magistrate.
cts.
Total sum payable at the time of hearing of the judgment-summons
llearing of summons, and cost of order......
Total sum on payment of which the prisoner will be discharged ....