In the Supreme Court of Hongkong
Original Jurisdiction
In the matter of,
Than Tik Cheong
present detained at Victoria Gaol
of an application for a writ of Habeas Corpus.
I, Than Tik Cheong, at present detained in Victoria Gaol, hereby solemnly declare and say as follows.
1. For the last ten years I have been residing in Hongkong and was in this Colony during the whole of the month of November last.
2. I was arrested on or about the 19th February 1887 and charged with an offence said to