10
354
dated the 25th and 26th July 1862 claiming other chests of Turkey
behalf of
and Uratwa Opium on
his clients have also been submitted
to me
for the like purpose.
It appears from these Letters
was not
and also from facts within any own knowledge arising out of the prosecution and conviction of Stanford for felony that the convict Stanford
a dealer in opium but that he was
in partnership with one Jameson
in the business of Opium Inspectors and that they had a vessel or chop in the turbour in which opium was deposited for safe custody The Opium in the prisoners
possession was the property of ~~
various persons and at the trial
was ordered by the~~
restitution
Chief Justice of all those chests which formed the subject of the Indictments then preferred
The brown has no
right to
dispose of goods which were not
the property of the Convict but
vere
chop.
merely stoved
Very large
our bourd the
surus
are
due to the
unfortunate Creditors amongst
whom I believe arrangement
has been
corre
to with a view-
to avviding litigation and obtaining
a
brifling dividend.
DE