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General of Hong Hong to the- Superintendent of Police = to give up propertyp supposed to be in the mere custody of the convict and his Partner to persons who should
prove
themselves owners of it, upow certain conditions - it appears to
us that the Superintendent was well advised to require
of a
the
Condition
Yre
=
i guarantee against
against the Conse -quences of such a delivery. fwether think that the condition of bearing a proportionate part of the expense of custody of the goods, incurred by the Police, might he been well recommended by the Attorney General to the Superintendent.
have
In substance and effect, the super- -intendent was a stake-holder of
the
ive them up to the true
· goods- to give
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owners; and, in face of certain, probable, contect unto the ownership,
was justified in refusing to part i with possession, without an indemnity against conflicting claims. The safe Reeping of the goods -being, also, clearly for the benefit of all parties interested, it was right. that the cost of such safe Reeping should be secured to the Superintendents. All this would hold, the more
especially in the absence of any of Bankruptcy in H
we are
Law
Hong Kong. But
of opinion that the delivery
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