Case wither for the sake of notoriety or or the chance of getting something or nothing
out of it.
it
with this view
with great
I beg deference to suggest that ordinance no 2.
1850 sh? be repeated
a action in rendition
caser rested entirely in the fort of the folowy
Demand from
Who or the Chinese High Authorities for the
rendition of a criminal night direct the issue of a warrant for his apprehension
of the magistrated Examine at the Colonial Office", to the
& hommiate our
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Exclusion of lawyers & public, the claim for such, & the witnesses both for the accusation
& defence & report to the fort who will thereupon order wither the discharge or rendition
Such a mode of the prisoner.
wid at all events have the great advantage
f
*The office Colonial Decriti
is meant.
(52) T.7.WN
Court who
is the rule,
i
or may may
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not be trustworthy,
weak point Exposed
thers' such a doubtful source of communication
is pounced on by the Lawyer for the defence. Another advantage w? also attend it. Intimidation is one of the great lever that. is moved by the criminal a lower classes of
Chinese
x
make a witness who knows all
mable to remember anything when he sees a
munter of the prisoners friends in the
as is generally
body of the fourt who have informed
the cave
him that he had better
hold his tongue if he regards the safety of
himself & his family. The exclusion
of this dangerous
of procedure
of
of
of being more likely to further the Ind
fustice than the presentone where severe. Cross-Examination conducted thro" the
medium of a
a Chinese linguist of the Police
Court
class
by
an Examination
the accused in Chambers" if I may
w?
to
termit w. Encourage witnesses to speak out a rnable the judicial Officer investigation the case to exercise his judgment in the
doctrine of probabilities with more,
freedom
& absence of distraction than a busy crowded
Police