and when the sentence was considered in the Executive Council the Chief Justice, was attended by request, signified his approval of the recommendation.
Gachet, a Frenchman recodingly had his sentence commuted to penal servitude for life.
Jones and Gibbons, British Subjects, underwent the extreme penalty of the Law on the morning of Monday last the 7th Instant.
I have the hour to be, With the highest respect, Lin your most obedient Humble servant,
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4 May 1859
Shave & acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch No 41 of The 19th March reporting the execution of two Seamen named Jones and Gibbons for the wilful murder of a Chinese boy on board the American ship Mastiff in Hong Kong Harbour