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off Cape d'Aguilar at about 3 P.M. If the 29 Berber by Chinese in uniform I stated the particulars of this seizure, when I made complaint to the
Harbor Master on the 20 October at
30
about 10 A.M. I never owned
a junk before that which was
seized and it was my first
I have not seen
my
first
Junk
voyage since
November.
it was taken from me correctly this latter statement. I once saw my junk at anchor off Nantou city that was about the 20th of November. I did not go on
board. I did not see any person on board. I went to Namoa to see if I could
procure
long
another Junk
When I bought my Junk it was very
old and I paid $20 for it, the
and
cost of
repairs $40, the crew on board did not belong to me Defendant 1/3 find severity to be
was
† Answer
acquit on any charge within one month 1st $100
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forthcoming &
537100k
Note
or
(et) 6 May
H. E. Thomsett
Under the circumstances of this case, the only evidence against the defendant was voluntarily given
by himself when he made a complaint of the alleged illegal seizure of his vessel when it was in British territorial waters.