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the Offenders, viz: Brown and Battle were sentenced by the Court to six months imprisonment with hard labour in the gaol at Hong Kong, the third being sentenced to three months imprisonment in the same place.
In so doing the Court seems to have acted under a misconception of their powers, which they exceeded in three particulars.
1. In trying and sentencing the Offenders for an attempt to ...
In inflicting more than 12 weeks...