Copy.
Sir,
Enclosure No.3.
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China Buildings, 5th floor,
Hong Kong,
2nd October, 1934.
We have the honour to inform you that we have
been approached by the Right Rev. The Bishop of Victoria to
sign a petition for the reprieve of the prisoner Keung Tsze-
pan, who has been sentenced to death at the Criminal Sessions
of the Supreme Court on the 19th September.
We have not signed the petition purely for the
reason that we are not in a position to verify certain statement s
made therein. We have, however, given the case our most serious
and earnest consideration, and it is our humble judgment that
this is a case for which we can conscientiously ask His
Excellency the Governor to exercise the prerogative of mercy.
We have, &c.,
(Sd.) R. H. Kotewall,
S. W. Tso,
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T. N. Chau.
The Honourable
Sir Thomas Southorn, C.M.G., K.B.E.,
Colonial Secretary.
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