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Rex Y.
Chung trong Kong, Leung Yoa,
Ts
ban son.
Tsang Sung,
Tang ting.
You king.
Jong San,
Song Tim,
14 Shun Lee,
Lui Bui
and Teang AB,
JUDGMENT.
This matter arises before us as a question
The
The
of law reserved for the consideration of the full
court under section 78 mub-seo. (1) of the Criminal
Procedure ordinance, 1899, (ürdinance No. 9 of 1899).
This question was reserved by myself during the
Criminal Sessions held in February last.
twelve prisoners were convicted by the jury on an
indictment for piracy. The facts established in
the case by uncontradicted evidence were these:
un the 4th January, in the present year, on the high
seas, the prisoners were oruising in two junks.
prisoners are subjects of China and the junks were
Chinese vessels. Üne or more of the prisoners
were in possession of firearms. The prisoners
pursued and attacked a cargo junk which was also a
Chinese veasel. The master of the cargo junk was alarmed and attempted to escape. À chase ensued
during which the prisoners ome within two hundred
yards of the cargo junk. The chase continued for
over half an hour, the vessels proserving this
distance. hots were fired by the attacking party. While the chase was still proceeding, the 8.1.
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