Prepared to face the mortality that otherwise might have occurred.
Under all the circumstances I am not disposed to say, though I state it doubtfully, that the ends of justice will not have been sufficiently met by the punishment which Stanford has already undergone and that a remission of the remainder of his sentence may not be safely extended to him. I shall therefore direct a conditional pardon to be granted to him, conditionally that he leave China.
I have the honor to be, Your Lordships' Most Obedient Servant
Cecil Clementi Smith, Governor.
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Under all the circumstances I am not disposed to say, though I state it doubtfully, that the ends of justice will not have been sufficiently met by the punishment which Stanford has already undergone and that a remission of the remainder of his sentence may not be safely extended to him. I shall therefore direct a conditional pardon to be granted to him, conditionally that he leave China.
I have the honor to be, Your Lordships' Most Obedient Servant
Cecil Clementi Smith, Governor.
To
The Right Honorable
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Minute by D. J. F. Hill, Sir F. Rogers | W Adderley
Duke of Buckingham
10 June 186...
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, reporting that you had felt it your duty to remit the remainder of William Test Stanford's...
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