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the Danish Ship 'Emnending" bound
to Aoughou
from San Francises to
When the Thin reached the Southern
hire in this
side of this Eland Mr. Portions put his baggage into a Chinese bost yaccustomed to più for
harbour and licenced by the Registrar General. The boat prented by his
direction towards Macas and when at no great distance
from
that piace the 15 # May last the boatmen
on the
murdered the unfortunate Centieman
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and
threw his bode overboard. The Master of the boat and his wife were apprehended through the sections of the friends of the deceased and of the Acting Superintendent of Police
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M. faldwell and two of the bratimen
were
brought forward as witnesses .
Both prisoners were trien at the same
pris
time and found guilty.
on
An Excentive Council was held
the 20th fustant and the dunge
attended with his minutes. He
the
strongly recommended
for mercy female prisoner, said he hat is Inisgivings as to the jurisdiction of the court to try the case and expressed a wish that if the Council had any doubt of the propriety of the finding
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of the Jury, increy might also be istended to the heale Risoner. The Sentence on the Female prisoner has been commuted to transportation
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