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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 2, Issue 61, 20 November 1858, Page 1

*f PROVINCE OF HAWEEfS:^LY. '( V2CTOZIA,fyMe Grade ss&s'ss& £■•" Uni£e% JUingdoTn of ' Gfraai Srita^ji - - a7^lrepand,'Qiteehi^^enderqfih& ~ Faith, fa&ir tr^yitid sub' '■■" jecta." - .;'■'■•"'■'.■• ■■"■ ■''. )% A^eajaadiar^Llexancler, .-^cu^; . -„■ ,.£.".•.. 4 . " ' .„.. -^■^'dwsi'arßpancer o^^^^^^o^^^\^ K - - : -". ; '.W' Donald Gollan, Esq. :- _„ ? •" {^» sw^««^ ' JohrfChilton Lambton Carter, Esq. John Curling, Esq. Henry Russell, Esq. James Anderson, Esq. John Valentine Smith, Esq. Alfred G-eorije Newman, Esq. Walter Ogilvie, Esq. James Burne Ferguson, Esq. Geeeting: — KNOW YE that we have assigned you jointly and severally, and every of you our Justices to keep our Peace in the Province of Hawke's Bay, in our Colony of New Zealand, and to keep and cause to be kept all ordinances and statutes for the good of the Peace, and for preservation of the same and for the quiet rule and government of our people, made, in all and singular their articles in the said Province according to the force -form and effect of the same ; and to chastise and punish all persons that offend against the form of those ordinances or statutes, or any one of them, in the aforesaid Province as it ought to be done according to the form of those ordinances and statutes; and to cause to come before you, or any of you, all those who to any one or more of our people, concerning their bodies or the firing of their houses have used threats, to find sufficient security for the Peace, or their good behaviour towards us and our people ; and if they shall refuse to find such security then them in our prisons, until they shall find such 'security, to cause to be safely kept. We have also assigned you, and every two or more of you our Justices to enquire into the truth more fully by the oath of good and lawful men of the aforesaid Province by whom the truth of the matter shall be better known of all and all manner of felonies, misdemeanors, an:! trespasses whatsoever and of all and singular other crimes, and offences of which the Justices, of-. our. Peaq& may or ought lawfully to enquire, by whomsoever and after what manner soever in the said Province done or perpetrated, or which shall happen to be there done or attempted. And also, of all those who in the aforesaid province, in companies against our peace, in disturbance of our people, with armed force, have gone or rode, or hereafter shall presume to go or ride ; and also, of all those who have there lain in wait, or hereafter shall presume td lie in wait, to maim or cut, or kill our people. " And" also, of all vic-tuallers,-and all and singular other persons, who in the abuse of weights or measures, or in selling, victuals, against the form, of the ordinances and statutes, or any one of them therefore made or in force for the common benefit of the said province, and our people thereof, have offended, or attempted, or hereafter shall presume in the said province to offend or attempt. And also, of all sheriffs, constables, keepers of gaols, and other officers, who in the execution of their offices about the premises, or any of them, have unduly behaved themselves or hereafter shall presume to behave themselves unduly, or have been, or shall happen hereafter to be careless, remiss, or negligent in the aforesaid province. And of all and singular articles and circumstances, and all other things whatsoever that concern the premises, or any of them, by whomsoever, and after what manner soever, in the aforesaid province done or perpetrated, or which hereafter shall there happen to be done, or attempted in what manner soever. And to inspect all indictments whatsoever so before you or any of you, taken or to be taken, or before others late our Justices of the Peace in the aforesaid province made or taken, and not yet determined; And to make and continue processes thereupon against all and singular the persons bo indicted, or who before you hereafter shall happen to be indicted, until they can be taken, surrender them- . selves up, or be outlawed. -And to hear and determine, all and singular the felonies, misdemeanors and trespasses, unlawful assemblies, indictments aforesaid, and all and singular other the premises according to the laws and statutes of the said province as in the like case it has Jjeen accustomed or ought to be done. And the, same offenders and every of them for their offences by fines, ransoms, amerciaments, forfeitures; and other ; meaus.as according to the laws and customs of the said'pro-vince-and- form ;of vthe ordinances "and 'statutes aforesaid, it has been accustomed or ought to be done to chastise and punish. Provided always, : that if a case of difficulty upon the determination of any loathe premise^efore'you, or any two or more of f&k shaU'htfpperi to arise, theji. let . judg- , ment in n<> wise be the^n^befQ^ybu, or atiytwo ! or nipre'ofypUj tmleßs ni J&e presence of ■6n>^b£otfr justices of tbVS.upreniie, jlOporfci of : our ia^t^feb^;;! > -rC\: , -L- '. ". ; "' ■■•, .".' "'"C; ".'"".v^ /; ?; > ., and to^efpre,'; We... commaadf^ajiaTKl^every,- --' ojf ypu, tMt to t^i^and;^ idiligently,.r»i»-piy! J** fl^l^i^*?l'.\!^^*^'*^|ip' days and places whiehSypS, 'o^iny such -two^pjjr ipnrposeis,, mto^tn^j^a^eag^gpgi^^jguir^^ •arid aU-jaa&j^njg^ XxmaMsja^ 1 Bal^?fprm*" dbingf IKi«M "- what w ; : justice '"appear-