To Consul General Canton
Sir,
C.S.O.
H.K.
19th December 1900
506
With reference to your despatch of the 26 ult. enclosing the Viceroy's despatch I am to request you to be so good as to endeavour to obtain by direct request from the Viceroy a copy of the confession of Shi Ching Ju containing the evidence against Yang Chu Yun.
The confession sent as a confidential paper cannot be utilised by this Government.
(sd) J.B.I.K.
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H.B.M.Consulate General
Canton. 31 December 1900
To Colonial Secretary Hong Kong
Sir,
With reference to the application by the Chinese Authorities for the extradition of Yang Chu Yun, accused of connection with the dynamite plot of October last and to your despatch of the 19th instant I have now the honour to enclose copy and translation of the report of Shih Ching Ju's evidence as furnished to me by the Acting Viceroy.
This is a more full account of the confession than that obtained by me indirectly, but the two differ in no material particular. There is however one discrepancy -- that previously sent states that Yang gave Shih credentials, - in the copy furnished to me officially, Shih declares that he did not receive any.
I also enclose translation of another despatch from the Acting Viceroy and of its enclosure, the latter being the report of the evidence given by ...
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