It is farther requested that a communication may be sent pressing for the immediate rendition of Yong Pak-me-tum and the other criminals, 18 in all, that they may be tried together. The petitioner would likewise pay that the Magistrate may be required to arrest, without fail and within a prescribed time, Yong Pak-tong and the others to the end that crime may remain unrewarded.
In the petition it is stated that in Penang and the Straits Settlements, Yong A-tap-sz and Yong A-toody are different persons, but he would write to the British Consul and request him to move His Excellency the Governor of Straits Settlements to issue such instructions for the arrest and conveyance for trial of the criminals referred to as enquiry into the circumstances of the case might show to be necessary.
He would further direct the Magistrate to have Yong Pak-tong duly punished and not allow him to go unpunished and wrong persons to be arrested within a specified time.
On the receipt of the above reply to the effect that he has repeatedly written pressing for the rendition of criminals, the Viceroy noted thereon that the Magistrate was required to arrest, without fail and within a specified time.
With reference to this case, the Viceroy has to state that he received reports from the New-chwang Magistrate and his own Adjutant Tsai, as well as a petition...