N° 16. /nalosure.
The Earl Grey.
Governor Bonkane 27th February 1852.
1:15 of
Received
With referen
w to Despatch
Attorney General Sterling's transmitting copy of Mr
the 26th Instant,
Opinion
2 Malay Prisoners convicted Death recorded against the
on the Sentence of
of Murder.
Copy-
by
3234/2
103
With respect to the question referred
to me on
behalf of the Prisoners, Jam
of opinion that the sentence passed in this case of the Queen iv.
the Queen v. Bapa Seedeen and others may
вс
open
to
objection by them, as the court by its entence declared that the offenders against whom sentence of death was to be recorded were not fit object: for the Royal Mercy while the Act 4 Geo. 4t Chap: 48 is at least director that the Court chond
be of that opinion previous to its reending
à Sentence
In writing the above I have around with some authority assumed
that the 6 and 7 mm 4 30
empowers sentences to be rended