NOTICE TO PERSONS HARBOURING, &c, DESERTERS FROM H.M. SHIPS. < Provincial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 24th January^ 1861. .- TTIS HONOR THE SUPERINTEND ■M- DENT has directed the , follows L Clause of the English Act to be pubjjsned, enumerating the penalties to| which all , persons harbouring, &c., deserters "froia , H. M. ships are liable. ; i :'C , . WILLIASI FITZHRBBR^' ; Provincial Secretory. 10 * & 11 ° Victoria, Cap. 62— Page 670 « XI^AND BE IT ENACTED, tliat ■ every person who, by words or^&fty other means vrhatsoerei;,\sha;ll : persuade any Person in Her Majesty's Navy to desert or improperly absent himself from his duty, shall forfeit and pay the sum of Twenty Pounds for every such act; and every person who shall assist or procure any Person in ' Her Majesty's Navy to J ' desert or improperly absent nimßelf from his duty, or shall conceal, employ, or continue to employ, any Person belong*: ing to Her Majesty's Navy who shall ,bf r a deserter, or improperly absent from hiS, duty, knowing him to be such a deserter or so improperly absent, shall forfeit and pay the sum of Thirty Pounds for every such ; Assistance,^Procurement, Concealment;, Employment, or continuing ; of v Employment as aforesaid."
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Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1496, 12 February 1861, Page 2
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192Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1496, 12 February 1861, Page 2
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