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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.