Mints by Win Coallaney The Guramor.
resume
my
opinion.
in the
yportion how far the Magistrates
right to allow the rend of
As
aged 22 to appear in the face of the depositions which they ordered
him, as they
now state, to be flogged, being under sixteen without marking any note of the latter fact: "Meanwhile I should like the Attorney General to hold an enquiry
into the
and report at this moment
prisoner's age
(Signed) Pope Hennessy 3rd June 1877
Page 257
Notes of an Enquiry, by the Attorney General into the age of me Chan-tim-ling.
The Gaol. 4 June, 1877.
Prisoner examined.
My proper name is Chan-tim-ling. I belong to Nam-t'au in the San-on district. I was born there. My father
was a merchant and Manufacturer. He is dead. My mother is in Amoy. She lives at 244 Tang Lane, Fatning-chan. She is called
Beang-ori-ming.
Nai, The
I am now 23
years old. I was born in the 10th March. I don't know the year.