from his house and in refusing to deliver theÐ ́
o me on my
application, the poliou re acting illegally and ultra vireg
and I must apain demand the retur of those articles,
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ith regard to the statemente in your letter that r.
e0 Lee mee receive no ill-treatment at Sue hands of the
police, I beg to remind you again that on the night of the
robbery he was bound and led from wir house arou the streste
0. 4 wolice Etation ais feet were
like
criminal; &
Chained on se orders of we officer in marge and after being
put brough an examination he wan hain led by police surough
the streets to the central Police station, where ne was detained
in a corridor leavily to the ceĝls till 6. 2.M., unving y
tuen been in the hands of the police some 12 or 14 hours,
during wien time his terrified family has no kowledge of mat
nan happened to him. If guo. treatment artis, meted out to
a respectable householder, who had just undergone tae experi-
ence of having nie house ransacked before my eyes, is not
ill-treatment, I do not know the mesnin of the term. I
repeat, with all possible emphasis, quaŭ 301 mole conduct of
the police on wish occasion was disgracefil.
it. regard to the arvegt and execution of turee men
alleged to have been enga ed io the robbery, I have the honou
to point out test none of tas. persons was identified by I.
Deo ler swee, nor was I given any opportunity to be present at
their trial. I cannot sherefore accept the statement of the
police as proof that the vergone arrected were actually con-
cemed in the robbery.
I a reporting fully on tue "ase to is ́ ́ajesty's
Minister at Foxing in order tuet nie Majesty's Government may
be informed of the fror an illegal action of the police
in this matter.
I hav
tino our to be,
sir,
four on dient servant
/ (Sã.) Cécil Kirke.