parties named, and
78
78
and on the 16th
2.
they returned
together, bringing with them the person who had been shortly preceded by the 7th and
chief defendant Soittow. That person appeared voluntarily before
with complaint of
having been falsely accused, from feelings of
animosity, and innocently brought into danger of death."..
By
this representation, and complaint,
it would at first appear that the accused in this
Case
residing in
Hong Kong, have
which the Defendant
20
good
witnesses
be tried.
and punished, and I have therefore to request, that you will either
convey
any evidence you may possess,
to me,
or send over the
witnesses themselves, to be confronted with
the defendant, and questioned fully, so that the truth of the
case
may
be discovered.
If it be found that the charge of adultery
rest on good evidence, it will then be
not too late, to act in such a
manner as
7
ad
the
Letter from the Chief Magistrate of Hong Kong to the Chinese Magistrate of Xiangshan.
79.
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the supplementary arrangement, shall provide.
(Signed) E. J. Maine
Chief Magistrate.
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Translation..
A communication from Law, Chief Magistrate of the District of Xiangshan, to Major E. J. Maine, Chief Magistrate of Hong Kong, and its Dependencies.
On the 22nd of August I received,
a communication stating, that the men
Jung fat, and the other Policemen of this District, having received
a warrant, directing them to
apprehend certain criminals at Thai- a place within the jurisdiction of Hong Kong,
contrary to the terms of the
arrangements made between the two countries,
that your Police runners
having accompanied
mine to the place in question took into
custody six of the criminals, but that Lo
flowed to be quite contrary
to the agreements made