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42.
charge of wilful murder by the Felice Magistrate of this Court.
ال
- appears from the depositions then taken that the crime was-
committed at a distance.
one hundred miles
the
from
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preliminary examination whic I would request you to be good enough to hand to the proper officer of t
Court, and the
the
recognizance of three
witnesses whom I have bound over
f
more than
to
the coast
for
of china, and consequently beyond the jurisdiction of this court. I have therefore made arrangements sending prisoner and three witnesses to Hong Kong per steamer "Ying the for "leaving this on saturday
fe Momning the 20th metant, in enter that the trial may take place there.
order
In the meantime I have the
honour to enclose a certified copy of * the depositions taken at the
appear
and
give
evidence.
The three witnesses still remain
on the articles of the Ship Jamna and it is hoped they will return in time to rejoin her before leaving Shanghon, In view of this disirability I would
venture to
est that the trial.
suggest
should take place at as early a date as
may as may be possible for the Court
(True Copy.
a
I have fo
(For the deputy chief Judge) (Signed) & Jamieson,
Acting Law Secretary.
Colonial Secutary
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