the current moon (9)
(9 July) that his
accomplice Isong Lin alias Iseng
ssu had the audacity
to rush in a most unreasonable mamier armed
with a pitch fork inside the bannier gate and assault by his blows the Chief of the braves fin te chien on the forehead I and that both of them after avrest taken inder excort to
guard station.
the
The officers
them were
and men were
Chinese and the boundaries
were
--likewise Chinese so that the arrest
criminals has in
my
views no
Concern with the foreign territory.
After careful perusal of the
depositions of Wu Can chung
the other three men
me
and
of
forwarded to
it seems to me that
if
by you it seeme
you' it be true that the Government soldiers entered straight away in 1821 where they arrested the criminal it is not likely that he could have been
asked
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asked how his business
wao
。 getting
on
Morcover Mu lan chung at the time
was
resting himself under a
under a tree so
that it is strange that he should have been able to hear what
was said.
This deposition cannot therefore be
regarded as anything better than
nonsensical and cannot be treated
ao reliable evidence.
The
man Mr lan chung is a
younger brother of Wulin chi
and the other two witnesses are likewise his accomplices and the
object of their depositions that British Cerritory
was violated and that Chinese:
soldiers entered a
houst and arrested
the men concerned must be to make
with
the foreign officials to take their part a view to excape punishment, and this object is indeed quite evident. What is more what was said by Police Constable N° 229, Yang tas- shong by name that he had heard
that