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of any offences involving violence.
That your humble petitioner is very repentant of his action and fully appreciates the disgrace he has brought to himself and his family and the grief that he has caused to the family of the deceased. He realises fully his error in associating with and allowing himself to be influenced by persons of a criminal disposition. Therefore he is appealing to His xcellency the Governor to pardon him for his act and to remit his present sentence of hanging and substitute one of imprisonment so that he could repent and atone for all his wrong doing.
That your humble petitioner promises to remember this forever and thence forward to lead a useful industrious life and be of benefit to the community.
and your Petitioner as on duty bound will ever pray, 呈請人將感恩不盡
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Prisoner's Signature.
犯人簽署