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enabling a Magistrate here to commit for trial before a Consular court in China to be considered most desirable.
6.
The Criminal sessions are to be adjourned until Thursday and another case men and enter a nolle prosequi upon the Informations which have been filed.
before Mr Russell has been adjourned until Tuesday's
40 that there will be time for you to ascertain whether the Military Authorities are disposed to deal with the matter or not.
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If they conclude to try, the parties charged by a Military tribunal all further civil proceedings will be at once abandoned. If not I see no alternative but to discharge Bris...
I have fa
(signed) George Phillippo,
Attorney General
One case appears to have occurred in British Territory but I think it advisable to deal with all the cases in the same way.
(True Copy)
Acting Colonial Secretary.