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My Lord,
RECEIVED
10 OCT 1940
C. O. REGY
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG,
27th August, 1940.
I have the honour to inform Your Lordship
that Li Hung Fui alias Li Yuk Shak alias Joseph Li was
on 22nd July, 1940, sentenced to death for the crime of
murder and that, after an unsuccessful appeal to the Full
Court, prisoner now intends to apply to the Privy Council
for special leave to appeal in forma pauperis. I have
accordingly respited the execution of sentence.
2.
I am informed that prisoner's counsel intends
to make his application by letter and not by the usual
This method of employing counsel to appear in London.
procedure it is feared will cause much delay in addition
to that caused by the war time dislocations of the mails
and I should be glad to be advised of the result of the
application by cable so as to avoid any further
unnecessary delay.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient, humble servant,
Vuorion
Officer Administering
the Government.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LORD LLOYD OF DOLOBRAN,
&C.,
&c., &c.