practiced in the Solong. These punishments
regulated number of blows with
the lose of the
were, a
a cane,
and
of the tail. or in the
exporure collar, as well as
island.
queue,
or wooden-
canque expulsion from the
The destitute and hardened offenders with whom the Law of this colony
the
while fines
has had to deal were disposed to ridicule
easy punishments to which they might be subjected by English law or custom, were out of the question from those who possessed nothing, Long imprisonments subjected the Government
expence, and left the culprit - no better than they found him. It
to severe
therefore
seemed necessary to apply
to
them those penalties to which they had
always been accustomed, and to
them by the penal Code
govern
of China;
This
This
was
found
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to answer so well
in practice, that it has been continued by the 3rd clause of Ordinance No. 15, of 1844, for the constitution of a supreme court in the colony, by which it is enacted, "that in all criminal proceedings arising
or
being within the jurisdiction of the said court, where the party or parties proceeded against be of Chinese origin
or extraction, then and in
every
such
case it shall be lawful for the said
court in its discretion to
punish the offender or offenders according to the laws of China."
I have the honor to be,
With the highest respect,
Your Lordship's,
Most obedient
humble Servant