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under all the circumstances I regret
that I think the junk &
to
say
goods
or
their value should be
returned to the parties who
can
satisfactorily prove themselves to be
the
owners.
122) George Phillippo
# February 27
tic
sungging
transactions. I do not
think such a penalty should be imposed until such transactions are declared by the Legislature to be
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unlawful. The Vessel & Cargo appear
I have been in our
waters when
it seems to
taken and as Chinese authorities had
the
6th
4.0 voire
right to take them than they
would have to take
goods in
of the Go-doors in Victoria their way from the
the vessel that
was
or our
go-downs to
to receive them
and which the Chinese authorities suspected of being intended to be smuggled into China. The question is scarcely one of law but