No. 466.
Sir,
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
HONG KONG,
13th October, 1932.
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Com tib 8/x1/32
Burchells
I have the honour to inform you that an
application is about to be made to the Judicial Committee
of the Privy Council, for special leave to appeal, on behalf of one Cheng Kwok Yau who was convicted by a special jury on the 24th August, 1932, of having been
accessory before the fact to the murder of one George
Fung on the 24th March, 1932. The conviction was
affirmed by the Full Court after consideration of certain
points of law reserved.
2.
The prisoner was sentenced to death by the
Chief Justice on the 14th September, 1932; but in view
of the application to the Judicial Committee I have,
after consulting my Executive Council, decided to respite
the sentence for three months from the 14th September
in order that the application may be made.
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3. If special leave be granted, I would request
that solicitors be instructed and counsel retained to
represent the Crown. In any case I shall be obliged if you will let me know by telegraph the result of the
prisoner's application.
4. Unlike the case of Leung Wo, which formed the subject of Sir Reginald Stubb's despatch No. 185 of the
3rd May, 1922, there was no political issue in the present
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.
case
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