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In support of this Humble Petition Your Petitioner
humbly requests that Your Excellency takes into consideration
the following matters
(i) Your Petitioner is now aged 30, was born in Hong
Kong and has continuously lived in the Colony ever since
and received secondary education in Hong Kong.
(ii) Your Petitioner did not commit any offence before
committing the charge of Murder which he was convicted
on 24th September, 1979 in the High Court of Hong Kong.
(iii) Your Petitioner strove to earn an honest living
and had worked as a goods inspector in R. & A. Millett
(Shops) Limited located at Room 1201, Star House, Tsim
Sha Tsui where "the tragedy" took place on 4th April 1979.
(iv) Prior to 4th April, 1979, Your Petitioner was
dismissed and re-employed temproarily in R. & A. Millett
(Shops) Limited until he could seek another employment,
he was then in a subordinate position and to some extent
under the direction of the deceased.
(v) There was some evidence (during the trial) about the
relation between the deceased and Your Petitioner not
being good, and it was apparently part of the Crown's
suggestion (rather than case) that Your Petitioner wanted
the deceased's job because Your Petitioner's position
in R. & A Millett (Shops) Limited was subsitituted by the
deceased. Anyhow, on the 4th April, 1979 the deceased
died of stabbed wounds which punctured the right lung
when it is clear that Your Petitioner was alone with
the deceased in his office and Your Petitioner was
holding a knife.
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