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Appellant was of Chinese nationality. We are of

opinion that it would have been almost impossible

to uphold the validity of this 'Ship' Order and to

have attempted to do so would have led inevitably

to an attack being made upon the motives of the

Governor who made the Order, and the suggestion

that the Government were acting upon pressure by

the French authorities, and not merely for the

purpose of getting the Appellant deported quite

apart from the consideration of the 'Ship' Order

the wider question as to whether or not the appellant

was in the circumstances of this case in lawful

custody under that Deportation Order, is one of very

considerable difficulty. With the greatest respect

to the Court of Hong Kong we think that the Privy

Council may well have taken a different view of

Section 5 of the Ordnance of 1917. As the matter

stands now, no decision has been given by the Judicial

Committee upon that Section or as to the validity of

what was done in this case. The Appeal against

the Order of the Court of Hong Kong has been withdrawn

and that Order stands. The object of the Governor

and the authorities in Hong Kong has been achieved

because the Deportation Order stands and the appellant

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