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the American Schooner "Lubran" and
murdered her crew on the 23rd
Captain September last; and that the second Prisoner Lum-Kum-Fow, was,
concerned in the murders committed
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in December 1865 on board the Chinese Junk "Kwok, Yin-Shan" trading Long Kong..
The Chief Justice, in answer to
His Excellency states that there are
extenuating circumstances in
either case, but that in both the Evidence
was so clear and conclusive as to leave no doubt in his mind of the guilt of the Prisoners.
The Notes of His Lordship the Chief Justice at the trial are here read