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your guidance.
(sd) Frederick Stewart.
Acting Colonial Secretary
therefore
added the postscript
to what I had already
written and forwarded,
on the Monday morning.
This being the day to which the case
was adjourned, instead
of adjourning it as usual for another week, I adjourned
it only for
two
days
to the
24th April, merely giving
enough time for
the parties
to the case to have their
witnesses in readiness, and
notice
I publicly gave that I would proceed
with the
case
on
Wednesday the 24th
April.
On that day I took
up the case where I had
left off on Friday
and concluded it. The accompanying
extract
from
the
China Mail of Wednesday
correctly reports what I said
on resuming.
THE CHINESE RENDITION CASE.
The case against the three men who are charged with robbery and murder within the Jurisdiction of the Emperor of China and whose rendition is asked by the Chinese Government was recommenced at the Magistracy this forenoon.
Mr J. J. Francis, Q.C., instructed by Mr Caldwell, of Messrs Caldwell and Wilkinson, appeared for the prosecution; Mr Holmes appeared for one prisoner and Mr Dennys, of Messrs Dennys and Mossop, for two prisoners.
Mr Wodehouse-The last evidence taken in this case was that of Inspector Quincey, which was to the effect that the witness, Leung Ayou, had been charged before the Police Magistrate with a crime arising out of this case, that evidence had been taken before the Magistrate, that the case stood remanded, that the charge brought was perjury and that the witness was being prosecuted by Mr Dennys as private prosecutor. After hearing that evidence I asked for the opinion of the representatives