or justified and that instead of seeking to throw the blame on the Government, Mr. Wodehouse should have found out what his duty was.
The charges against him differ entirely from those of last year to which Mr. Wodehouse alludes.
If the Magistrate will do his duty conscientiously there is no fear of the people being subjected to great injustice.
I submit that Mr. Wodehouse had no cause or justification in addressing to the Secretary of State the letter under review; that nothing in the facts of the case called for it, and that he was going altogether beyond his duty in doing so;
and it is totally unnecessary to define more closely the duties of the Magistrates under Ordinance 2 of 1850.
(Signed) Edw. J. Ackroyd,
Acting Attorney General
13th June, 1887.
Copy.) 2:38.
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Magistracy, Hongkong.
2nd May, 1887.
To
H.E. Wodehouse, Esq.,
Police Magistrate
To
Hon: S: Stewart, LL.D.,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
I have the honour to report that I have committed to prison the prisoners whose rendition is demanded by the Chinese Government, pending the orders of His Excellency the Administrator, and beg to forward herewith minutes of the investigation and other documents connected with the case.
I found that a prima facie case was made out to the extent that witnesses swore that they had seen each of the prisoners taking part in the affair of the burglary.
The whole evidence, however, to...