In arriving at the doors of the prison, he was desired by the Officer on tenter; but, being unhandcuffed, he walked on doing....
Hereupon he walked on. The Agent endeavoured to seize him, but was tackled by the Communal, and in the meantime the Explani made his escape.
And it is supposed to have taken refuge on board the American ship of War "Partallam" (or "Alacrity" - unclear due to OCR) in the harbour of Hongkong. A warrant was delivered to the Magistrate by the Superintendant of Police, which he was directed to take on board the "Powbee" and show to Mr. Cluny, stating to him the circumstances under which it had been issued, and to request that officer to direct that the fine be paid or to surrender the defendant to the whole.
Mr. Cluny, however, declined the liability of proceedings, and stated that he would have no hesitation in sending an armed force to prevent a like intrusion of any...
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After re-examining the original text and applying the given rules, here is the reformatted and corrected version in HTML as requested:In arriving at the doors of prison, he was desired by the Officer on tenter; but, unhandcuffed, he walked on.
Hereupon he walked on. The AGENT endeavoured to seize him, but was tackled by the Communal, and in the meantime the Explani made his escape.
And it is supposed to have taken refuge on board the American ship of War "Alacrity" (or possibly "Partallam" due to OCR error) in the harbour of Hongkong. M. Chung, then Gang harbour of Brugging (likely "Hongkong harbour" or similar, due to OCR error).
A warrant was delivered to the Magistrate by the Superintendant of Police, which he was directed to take on board the "Powbee" and show to Mr. Cluny, stating to him the circumstances under which it had been issued, and to request that officer to direct that the fine be paid or to surrender the defendant.
Mr. Cluny, however, declined the liability of proceedings, and stated that he would have no hesitation in sending an armed force to prevent a like intrusion.
The final output is:In arriving at the doors of the prison, he was desired by the Officer on tenter; but, unhandcuffed, he walked on.
Hereupon he walked on. The AGENT endeavoured to seize him, but was tackled by the Communal, and in the meantime the Explani made his escape.
And it is supposed to have taken refuge on board the American ship of War "Alacrity" in the harbour of Hongkong. A warrant was delivered to the Magistrate by the Superintendant of Police, which he was directed to take on board the "Powbee" and show to Mr. Cluny, stating to him the circumstances under which it had been issued, and to request that officer to direct that the fine be paid or to surrender the defendant.
Mr. Cluny, however, declined the liability of proceedings, and stated that he would have no hesitation in sending an armed force to prevent a like intrusion.
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