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evidence has been read over to the witness, that the latter acknowledged his statement without hesitation (on hearing read) and that there was no forcing of evidence or other malpractice. If the Hong Kong Authorities could accept the evidence as sufficient the accused was to be handed over.
The British Colonial Office considered the proposal and replied that if the accused had not been formerly resident in Hong Kong but had escaped thither after the commission of the offence, the regulation could be applied. If however the accused had in that year been residing for a minimum period of 6 months although he had committed an offence in the interior the old regulation and not the new one quoted must be applied. Instructions were issued for this to be put into effect.
The accused Yang Chu Yun was the originator of the plot and is the principal. He belongs to Siang Shau and in ordinary times moves about between Hong Kong and Macao. Now he has undoubtedly escaped to and is lying perdu in Hong Kong, and his case comes within the new regulation for extradition. It is thus our duty to prepare a copy of the evidence, make report, and beg Y.E.'s speedy consideration of the matter, so that the man may be brought back to Canton, brought into Court and tried -- thus will the arch offender be punished and the beginnings of disorder nipped in the bud.
With respect to this report I point out the following facts -
I have the honour to
On 28th October of this year at the point of dawn a house in the Hon Lon Fang at the back of the Governor's Yamen was overthrown by an explosion of dynamite. Six persons, men and women, were killed by this and five were wounded. The prisoner Shih Ching Ju admitted on examination that he had been party to a plot.
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