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He has since resided at Tientsin where shortly before
the occurrence he underwent treatment for opium smoking
and alcoholic excess. Whilst stationed at Canton
before the war he married a Chinese woman by whom he
has four children. At Canton he also formed a con-
nection with the deceased by whom he has one child
surviving. The whole family are now, I understand,
proceeding to Hongkong to live under the care of the
accused's sister, a Mrs. Bevan, who resides in Kowloon.
4. There is, of course, no lunatic asylum of
any kind here and Hicks is at present confined in the
Amoy Road @aol. I have also ascertained that there
is no special criminal lunatic asylum at Hongkong.
Medical evidence at the trial was to the effect that,
were the cause of the delusion removed, the delusion
itself would pass and that Hick's mental state had
undergone considerable improvement since the prelimin-
ary examination in March. He is at present, however,
in a crippled condition owing to an attempt to commit
suicide whilst detained in the munisipal gael at
Tientsin which resulted in injury to the spine and
sompound fractures of both ankles.
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In these circumstances I have the honour to
request your instructions under Section 2 (2) of the
Trial of Lunatics hot 1883 with reference to the
Colonial Prisoners' Removal Act 1884, which is applied
to China by Article 103 of the China Order in Council
1925 (with the substitution of His Majesty's Minister
for the Governor of a British possession), and the