In any further communication on this subject, please quote
No.
42175/08.
and address--
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
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REC Pene 9 DEC 08
FOREIGN OFFICE
December 8, 1908.
Sir:-
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to request
that if the Secretary of State for the Colonies sees
no objection a report may be obtained from the prison
authorities at Hong Kong on the state of health of T.J.
Stevenson, who was recently condemned by His Majesty's
Supreme Court at Shanghai to Twelve months imprisonment
with hard labour for manslaughter, and who is
now serving his term of imprisonment at Hongkong. Ac-
cording to information received from His Majesty's
Consul General at Shanghai Stevenson, who has for some
time suffered from angina pectoris, has been excused
hard labour, but representations have been made that he
is in a bad state of health and Sir E. Grey would
therefore be glad to have reliable information on the
subject.
I am, Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
6. Langley
Colonial Office.