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satisfaction of enclosing for the information of your Grace the accompanying verdict of Jury and sentence of the Court by which it will be seen that Mr Tarrant was convicted by the unanimous verdict of the Jury, and sentenced to Fine and 12 months' imprisonment in the Gaol of the Colony.
I have the honor to be With the highest respect
Lord Duke,
My
Most Obedient Servant,
Your Grace's
Charles
Elliot
Acknowledge with 11898. I
Arving
In the Supreme Court of Hongkong Crown Side
The Seventeenth day of September 1859.
Regina
vs
William Tarrant
272
Defendant arraigned.
for Libel.
The Twentieth day of September 1859
Verdict
(as delivered by the Foreman of the Special Jury) "We unanimously find the Defendant guilty of the Libel charged against him: And we find, also that he has totally failed to connect Lieutenant Colonel Vaine
rine in even the remotest degree with the various corrupt practices falsely alleged against him therein-
The Twenty first day of September 1859.
Sentence
That the Defendant William Tarrant
"be imprisoned in the Common Gaol, at Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong for Twelve calendar months and pay a fine of Fifty Pounds to Her Majesty and to be further imprisoned till the said fine be paid."
I certify that the above is a true Copy of the Verdict and Sentence in
the Case of the Queen on the prosecution of Colonel Vaine against William Tarrant - Witness