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The penalley of transportation persessed

the wet sabulary terrors for the Livese, and, without it's aid, the long interval between capital punishment and any secondary one in the power of this Government to invent, (- Consistently with English notions,) will be attended with considerable wils, rendering executions more frequent, often causing an inadequate award of punishment to crime. and giving rise to additional expense in prison accommodations. Salvador Sacrase has been adjudged to perpetual imprisonment with Convict labor.

I have ventured to recommend to

Lord Stanley's attention the measure of transporting convicts from hence to the Straits Settlements of Singapore, Malacca and Torang, Penang, by an arrangement with the Det India Company, but which, without due authority from home. I could not undertake.

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Ibey to Your Lordship that Her

Assure

Majesty's sign Manual instructions, and the printed Colonial regulations, left no doubt in

By

own mind as to the Authority of this

government to execute Capital punishment. without previous reference to England. The Regulations indeed expressly declare that such a reference is undesirable, and accordingly a native of India, who had murdered a sergeant of the 98th Regiment,

here in November last.

I have the homer tobe, With the highest respect,

Your Lordships

Most Obedient, Humble Servant.

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was executed

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