1 yung
Hwang kin authority in that
who has some
in that village and prevented
the pursuit.
If the local authorities would.
have exerted themselves at that time, the thieves might have been seized and the property recovered · They however
did not take the least notice of this
matter, nor
adopt
measures
for
their
apprehension, although it is the sacred duty of Chinese officers, according to law, to apprehend thieves and restore
In this instance the though
stolen
property. Mandarins were negligent, and
the hiding place of the criminals was pointed out to them, they paid not-
the least attention.
meen
thương miện quan
who stands
in connection with the Mandarins, was
implicated in this robbery, and
gave
moreover
shelter to the thieves, which in
t
itself.
was a
was taken
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a nefarious act, yet no notice.
this fact. of
The High Imperial Commissioner
on the 27t June, that the
stated on
quilty ought
ht to be seized without delay and be punished according to law. On the 18th August, when referring
a casc
to
of murder and robbery
rebbery which had occurred near Cunton, he remarked,
he
that should similar cases recur, would do his utmost to seize and punish the criminals, and act with entire impartiality to others, according to the same principle, asifu British subject had been the sufferer.
It is therefore a rule, that
whenever
er an
Englishman is injured, the Chinese Authorities ought to give. kim redress immediately, without the slightest delay. Several months however
have
no w
- passed,
and
none
of the
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