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been there arrested.
Your Petitioners reflect with tears that their grandfathers has, for more than thirty years, performed his duties with justice and openness, and of this the whole district is aware because he strictly forbids his nephews to open a gambling den.
He is brutally murdered by Yang : Pr - Chin and others, 楊白毛金, whose consciences are stained by their iniquity.
The iniquity of these outrageous villains is indeed great; not only cannot Chinese law pardon it, but British law cannot overlook it. Besides, these criminals have submitted themselves and confessed their guilt.
Your Petitioners have given their evidence and the case has long ago been decided in open Court by the Magistrates, who have promised the extradition of the prisoners; Corries and Foreign merchants have heard the decision.
If the Criminals be not brought to trial, Your Petitioners will not be free from reproaches, and three lives are at stake.