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that he, O Mi Cheung, had received or paid bribes.
As the statements or remarks alleged to have been made by
myself: all that was said to the witnesses was said in Chinese by the
and the retranslation into English now made is misleading
even though there may be no intention to misstate facts.
With reference to the alleged illtreatment of the de-
-clarants in the Gaol I can only say that I was surprised to see
such allegations in the Canton statements and that until I saw them
I had not the faintest suspicion that Tang Chung and Young Fat had
any complaint to make of the way they were treated while under de-
-tention. Something was said about one of the witnesses requiring
opium, he being a confirmed opium smoker but I cannot recollect who
this was and I simply took down the statements of the various wit-
-nesses in the Superintendent's Office and knew nothing of the
places in which they were kept while not under examination.
With reference to the latter part of paragraph 22 of
Stanton's petition it might be well to point out that Sham Io's
1000 satement and explanation of the account was begun on the 10th.July so
that it is rather incorrect to say that his (Stanton's) suspension on
the 13th.July was "without a Tittle of evidence obtained or a word of
explanation asked". The deduction drawn in paragraph 23 of Stanton's p
petition that the list was unreliable because it contained the numbrs
of Hall and Mann is not justified by the facts. As You are aware, both
these men were in the vicinity of Wa Lane at the time they are al-
-leged to have been
bribed
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