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Though the ends of justice will be

Equally answered, I cannot but look

upon

this

as

a breach of good faith,

and shall be more cautious than

ever as to the delivery of prisoners

to the authorities on the mainland.

An attempt has been lately made, evidently for the express purpose of trying my firmness on this question of jurisdiction, and there is every presumption that the accused person is perfectly innocent. An application was some time since made to Major Faine, the Chief Magistrate by the Commanding Officer at Kowloon to send over a principal inhabitant of one of our Hongkong villages,

to be tried

on an accusation

of Piracy. As there was no evidence whatever against the man, Major Faine very properly refused to send him, after arrest and examination, and referred the question to me. I returned for answer that by the Treaty an accused person could be delivered up only

on

"Proof or admission of his guilt." This person,

moreover,

was not a refugee from the Chinese side, but an old inhabitant of Hongkong

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Though the ends of justice will be Equally answered, I cannot but look upon this as a breach of good faith, and shall be more cautious than ever as to the delivery of prisoners to the authorities on the mainland. An attempt has been lately made, evidently for the express purpose of trying my firmness on this question of jurisdiction, and there is every presumption that the accused person is perfectly innocent. An application was some time since made to Major Faine, the Chief Magistrate by the Commanding Officer at Kowloon to send over a principal inhabitant of one of our Hongkong villages, to be tried on an accusation of Piracy. As there was no evidence whatever against the man, Major Faine very properly refused to send him, after arrest and examination, and referred the question to me. I returned for answer that by the Treaty an accused person could be delivered up only on "Proof or admission of his guilt." This person, moreover, was not a refugee from the Chinese side, but an old inhabitant of Hongkong IDEX
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Though the ends of justice will be

Equally answered, deannot bub look

upon

this

ara

breach of good faith,

and shall be more cautions than

Ever as to the delivery of prisoners

to the authorities on the mainland.

An attempt has been lately made, evidently for the capress purpose of trying my firmnesson this question of jurisdiction, and there is every presumption that the accused person is perfectly innocent. application was some time since made to major faine, the Chief magistrate by the Command

An

Kowloon

at

Kowloon to send over a,

292

a principal

Inhabitant of one of our Hongkong,

Villages,

to be tried

on an accusation

~ Major

man,

of Piracy. As there was no evidence Whatever against the (aine very properly refused to send him, after arrest and Examination, and referred the question to me.. Ireturned for answer that by the Treaty an accused person could be delivered up only

on

"Proof or admission of his guilt. This person

· person morcover

moreover was not a

refugee from the Chinese side, but an old Inhabitant of Hongkong

and

IDEX

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