ILI
the Chinese Officer [i.e. Loi].
have the
But against this we have evidence of the two watchmen and
UP of the servants of U Ma. This lobby should they join in the cone
and identify
pert in it.
expiracy men who have taken
Or
why should the Chinese officials seek to obtain by false evidence the rendition
of a man who
is innocent of the crime charged? for there is not an allegation here that they are wanted for anything
even An
Ineu
else.
I submit that the Government should not enter into these
Considerations or attach
More
any
weight to them, unless he has
more than the mere assertion of the Counsel or Solicitor for the defence.
I would direct the attention of the Counsel to how this case arose.
About three months ago,
the Captain Superintendent of Police reported that there were a certain number of men who he had good reason to believe had committed crimes in China and had fled here. He forwarded a report by an Inspector of Police, who stated that these men had no credible means of existence, and he was credibly informed that they frequently committed robberies in China, and sought refuge here.
He gave the names of 400 men. These names were sent to the Viceroy of Canton, who returned a detailed statement of all the crimes committed by these men, which agreed with the information which the Police had, and he asked that they be surrendered as they were all notorious criminals.
They