eto 7 of 1849.
Inclosure No 3 in Despi
73
Victoria, Hongkeng,
15th January, 1849
In reply to your letter of the
requesting
13th Instant
that I would
state for the information of His
the Governor the
Reason
Excellency any attending at the Police Office
the July, 1847, for the purpose of taking the depositions in the
27
Queen
-V-
case?
of
the
of the
Tarrant, I have to state, as far as I can recollect, that I attended
at the Police Office, being a Justice of the Peace, in compliance with the wishes of Sir John Davis
, as Mr. Hillier
the Chief Magistrate might be supposed to be unintentionally biassed in favour
To The Honble.
Major W. Caine,
H.,
te
fe!
Mr Acting Attorney General
Report and Opinion by
Campbell
If Government.
Servants in the employ
against certain Chinese
brought by M? Tarrant on the charges
6th July, 1847.