For become law, will introduce more changes more important and radical than I contemplated...
In addition to what he has written, the Acting Chief Justice has verbally complained to me that the Ordinance as it stands does not make any provision to prevent the evidence of one prisoner being used against another prisoner arraigned with him.
In my judgment, they should be so used if necessary, it being left to the Judge to point out to the jury the value of such testimony in each particular case; and I think Section 5 of the Ordinance sufficiently expresses this idea.
(Signed) Thos. Mayllar...
Acting Attorney General,
Hong Kong,
April, 1872.
(True Copy)
Acting Colonial Secretary.