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

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