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can be pardoned by His Excellency He
Majesty's Earoy
Diade
and Preperintendent of
The power to pardon being a prerogativa
must be expressly granted
of the brown
or delegated to
vest in
any subject;
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how
not find any
any
such grant published
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I do
or delegation in
commission to the predecessors of
present Superintendent of Trade
Viskina
0.0
in
any appointmeal
The
Ambassador. It therefore appeard to
Yne
that in the present case
Ro
Excellency He > Poluce has
увей
poever to
hardow
these prisone
ners
ad
presuming
as
do that the Letters Patent and commission
Ito him do
not expressly give such
by
C
power.
I have referred to the halterd
Patent constituting
Pir Hercules Doobinson
Governor of Hongkong, published in the Hongkong Gazette of the 10th of Septembe
1859; this patent grants the powers fea
were granted by
Similar to
theve that
the Letters Patent to Si 36. Pollinger of
the 5th
of
A
pril 1843 (peeblished in Lawr
of Hongkong pipe 9 and 10) beet the power is limited thus" to grant to any
offender convicted of any
bourt or
crime in
before any Judge, Justice
Magistrate within our
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any
daid bolony
a pardow. These words strictly
interpreted omit
of
case circumstanced
as the present lade is and I fear-