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105

intimidation, the conced ias not had

fair trial. Lastly the duty of reusition

arive chifly from the flight of the coound from his .

own.

country invenediately after

the commission of the crive and his

sucking

refuge in another constry. Can the accused

in this ca

his

cous be said to have flod from country to escape the punishment consequent

di

hiverine when we find him several

mouths after

his own

in the

the

scrive still in

alleg & criou

place? cud when his procuce

we lotione the evidence

this Colony, if we

of a suspectable shop-keeper is due to his coming here in the ofdiwwery

trade.

cour

"(Sigurd / Edw.

J. atakroyd

Chambers

f

Acting Affermy Juural

7th April, 1888,

Mling Colonial Secretury to it. B. elt's Consul, Canton.

Copy

N° 566

Sir,

Colonial Secretary's Office,

th

Hongkong, 141 * April, 1886.

I am directed by His Ex-

His Excellency

2

the

+

Officer & Administering the Government to inform

you

that the evidence taken before the Police

ellagistrate in the of the demand of me

extraditio

cae e/

of Chung A Chi by

Government was

the Chincee

yesterday carefully considered. in Executive Council when it was unanimoushy

decided that the evidence was so, unsatisfactory that the Officer Administering the Governement would not be justified in surrendering the

A. Frater, Esque

H.13. M's Consul

Cauton

accused.

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