CO129-008 - Foreign Office - 1844 — Page 181

and its dependencies,

of Stonkhong(?) and Superintendant of

of

the trade

Her Majesty's subjects in China,

assigned by

an order in Council.

of the late Lord the King William

the Fourth, dated the ninth day of December

One thousand

the year Eight hundred and Thirty-three and by another order in Council of Our present Lady Queen Victoria, dated the fourth day of January in the year One thousand Eight hundred

and

Forty-three, to hold the said

Court, according to the law and

Custom of by the oath of John Wyatt(?), Thomas Hyve(?), Patrick Duncanson(?), Christopher Fearon, Patrick Stewart, Thomas Scotland, David Jardine, Angus Fletcher, William Blenkin,

the realm of England,

Charles

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Charles Edward Stewart, Alexander Thomas Gordon, Charles B. George(?)

Cleverly, Joseph Frost Edger, John Holliday, Robert Strachan, and

Augustus Gibb, good and lawful men of Hongkong(?), then and there impanelled, sworn and charged to enquire for the said Lady the Queen and for

the body of

the said Colony,

it is presented, that Salvador La

sease(?), of Stonkhong(?), mariner, not

having the

fear of

God before

his

eyes,

but being

instigated by the devil, on

the twentieth day of October,

in the year One thousand eight hundred and

forty-three, in the seventh year of Our Sovereign Lady Victoria, with

force and arms, upon the

high

It appears that "Stonghong" is likely a misrecognition of "Hongkong" or a variation in spelling historical documents. Similarly, some names like "John Vent" have been corrected to "John Wyatt(?)" due to uncertainty. "Sting William" has been corrected to "King William". Other corrections include "winth" to "ninth", "Dicember" to "December", "heave" to "Hyve(?)" (with uncertainty), "dungeon" to "Duncanson(?)" (with uncertainty), "Cordon" to "Gordon", "It George" to "B. George(?)" (with uncertainty), "afore=" is unclear and might need further context, "Sawful" and "dard" are unclear. "sease" could be a misrecognition and might need further context for correction. The number "178" seems out of place and may be an error or a page number. The text has been formatted into paragraphs and minor corrections have been made according to the given rules.