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In S.0.N. WILL
LRECE
John O'Donnell to ho
Copy
Hong Kong, 4th May, 1883.
To the Honourable
The Colonial Secretary.
Sir,
In answer to
your letter bearing
date May 27, I beg to state that in answer to the charge contained
therein
I am innocent of any aggravated assault, although I must confess to having used
my strength in
self-defence from
an attack made on me
by the man, the
prisoner named in
your
letter.
In a previous letter to the Acting Superintendent of the Gaol, Mr. Hayward,
I
made a full statement of the
facts