British Barque "Casal" - murdering
3
of
of
the Executive Council that the
the Captain
the four
former..
I have
Sentence of
carried into execution on
the Law should be
the 29th
arrangements
for
that
purpose resulted
now to report that the
made
in the capture early last month at Macao of the leader of the
Band,
a man named
Cheary-tai.
2.
The latter was tried at
the Criminal Sessions on the 20th Ultimo - found guilty
on
the
clearest evidence and sentenced to death by the Acting Chief Justice. there being no mitigating circumstances whatever in the
Case
I directed with the advice
96
Ultimo.
3.
This
was done and the
Pirates
of
whom
caught and Eleven
band
ample punishment thus inflicted.
on one
of
Seventeen were
executed, has at last produced
an
effect.
In
my
Despatch No. 196 of 1869
4.
the 11th Ultimo I mentioned that
towards the end of July and in the
interval between the first and
second Executions, a British vessel
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of
the Executive Council that the Captain of the four former... I have Sentence of carried into execution on the Law should be the 29th.
arrangements for that purpose resulted now to report that the made in the capture early last month at Macao of the leader of the Band, a man named Cheary-tai.
2. The latter was tried at the Criminal Sessions on the 20th Ultimo - found guilty on the clearest evidence and sentenced to death by the Acting Chief Justice. There being no mitigating circumstances whatever in the Case, I directed with the advice of the Executive Council on the 29th Ultimo.
3. This was done and the Pirates, of whom seventeen were caught and eleven executed, have at last received ample punishment. The execution has at last produced an effect.
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British Barque "Casal" - murdering
I have to report to the Executive Council that the Captain of the four former... has been carried into execution on the 29th. The arrangements for that purpose resulted in the capture early last month at Macao of the leader of the Band, a man named Cheary-tai.
2. The latter was tried at the Criminal Sessions on the 20th Ultimo - found guilty on the clearest evidence and sentenced to death by the Acting Chief Justice. There being no mitigating circumstances whatever in the Case, I directed with the advice of the Executive Council on the 29th Ultimo.
3. This was done and the Pirates, of whom seventeen were caught and eleven executed, have at last received ample punishment. The execution has at last produced an effect.
4. In my Despatch No.196 of 1869, dated the 11th Ultimo, I mentioned that towards the end of July and in the interval between the first and second Executions, a British vessel...