the Trade in
be obtained by the settlement of a Tariff, and the manner of carrying future.
As
it is
with
regards Hongkong,
great
concern
I have to inform your Lordship, that
the most serious
crime of
nature
it
has increased ; and will, I fear, continue to do so until some provision made for checking it by suitable punishment. There are at present confined in the Jail of this Island several persons charged
with
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with Capital offences, and against whom there is clear evidence of guilt; but not feeling myself authorized to
Sentence of the
award requisite severity, they remain untried.
Besides the cases
of
Homicide and Murder,
to
which I allude, gangs of
Armed
men, landing from
02
the darkest
of
late
Boats nights, have frequently attacked the houses of persons residing in places
little removed
from the populous parts of
the
the Trade in
be obtained by the settlement- of a Tariff, and the manner. of carrying- future_.
As
it is
with
regards Hongtrong,
great_
concern
I have to inform your Lordship, that
the most serious
crime-of-
nature
it
has increased - ; and will, I fear, continue to do so until some provision made for checking it by suitable punishment _. There are at present confined in the Jail of this Island- several persons charged-
with
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with Capital offences, and ___ against whom there is clear. wvidence of quilt; but not- feeling myself authorized to
Sentence of the_
award-
requisite severity, they untried.
Besides the cases
remain
Homicide and Murder,
of
to
which I allude, gangs of
Armed
men, landing prom
02
the darkest
of
late
Boats nights, have frequently attacked the houses of persons residing in places
little removed
"from the populous parts of
the
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