Houghing, 28th April 1858.
(Eyly)
My Dear Sir Jelen,
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At the conclusion of the investigation which you instituted in Council, concerning the Chinese who had been condemned on the charge of burglary and murder at West Cow-loon, on the night of February, you were good enough to express a wish that I would assist you in making farther inquiries about the prisoner Le A-sho, and I was happy to undertake to do so, having a strong impression on my mind that the account which he gave of himself - involving an alibi on the occasion of the burglary - was substantially correct.
His statements were to the effect that he belonged to the village of Sung-shan, in the market district...
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