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fight; but when he got there the fight was already going on and he found FONG thngenting injured. On seeing this your humble petitioner merely took charge of the injured FONG *angaxing and took him away from the scene.
Your humble petitioner is very repentant of his action and fully appreciates the disgrace he has brought onto himself and his family; and the grief that he has caused indirectly to the family of the deceased. He realizes fully his error in associating with and allowing himself to be influenced by persons of a criminal disposition. Therefore he is appealing to His Excellency of the Governor to exercise the Royal Prerogative of Mercy for his act and pardon him for his act and to commute his present sentence of hanging and substitute one of imprisonment so that he can repent and atone for all his wrong-doing. That your humble petitioner promises to remember forever and thence forward to lead a useful industrious life and be of benefit to the community in the future;
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and your Petitioner as on duty bound will ever pray, 呈請人將感恩不盡
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馬崇利
Prisoner's Signature.
犯人簽署