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his cousin Liang, Chao-shong told him to ro with him and
carry some things to Lin Ts'un Ao. When Liang Chao-sheng
and himself arrived, they found three men waiting
named Hai T'ien-fu, Hu A-tsa and Liang Fu. Just then
two foreign constables and a carrying coolie walked up.
Liang a-fu and party stepped up and forcibly robbed them.
One of the constables was killed by Liang A-fu and the
other was wounded by Hu A-tsa. He, Liang Tou, was fright-
oned and ran home and subsequently received a sharo of
the money - $35 - from Liang Chao-sheng. He had in no
way been a party to the plot, nor had he assisted in the
robbery.
A
The prisoner thus having confessed that he had
received part of the booty, he should be tried and punished
accordingly, but I have the honour to observe that, al-
though Kowloon, Taipo and Lin Ts'un have been leased
to Great Britain, the territories are merely held on
lease and are not on the same footing as lands belonging
to the British Crown. All Chinese residents of those
territories, therefore, still retain their status of
Chinese