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11 NO. 78
I have the honour to state that ABDUL JABAR,
British subject (Indian) was tried for muler before the
Judge of His Britannic Majesty's Supreme Court for China,
with a jury, at "arbin on January 24th last, and having
been convicted was sentenced to death. This sentence was
commuted by me to one of penal servitude for life und er
the authority vested in me by Article 67 of the China Order
in Council of 1904.
It is the common practice for criminals sentenced
to long terms of imp isonment to serve their sentences in
Hongkong with the consent of the Governor of that Colony, if
the Supreme Court deem it expedient that the sentence should
be carried into effect within His Majesty's Dominions (BGA
Article 66 of the Order in Council). In the present case
His Majesty's Consul-General at Shanghai referred to His
Excelleng the Governor and enouired whether he would be
willing to receive Abdul Jebar into the Colony for this
purpose.
As you will see from the enclosed copy of the
correspondence, Sir R. Stubbs considers it undesirable that
the prisoner should be sent to Hongkong and suggests that he
should rather be sent to India.
In these circumstances I have the honour to enquire
whether the Government of India are willing to receive Abdul
Jabar for imprisonment.