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you are hardly directed to apprehend the said two persons and produce them before me or any other Magistrate on Day or at any other Day.
Certain fail not.
Dated at Penang this 12th Day of August 1875.
(Signed) Denny
Justice of the Peace.
I satisfied myself that the alleged offence would have been a misdemeanor if committed here, and the Government of the Straits Settlements were so informed in the reply to that application, but I advised Mr. Austin that the offence was illegal, as the alleged felony was beyond the jurisdiction of the Quarter Sessions.
The last part of this advice was, I admit, misleading, being more cautious to the Judge who endorsed it, I advised on the substance of the charge rather than on the form of the Warrant, which seemed to me then, as it does still seem to be defective, as not complying with the terms of Section 10 of the Act 6 and 7 V.C. 34.
That Section as amended provides that it shall not be lawful for any person to indorse his name upon any such Warrant for the purpose of authorizing the apprehension of any person under...