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Enclosure

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J. W. W. Tarrant.

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Sir

Victoria, 58th July 1907, 331

30 1847.

I have received your litter of this date.

ordiseary

You application therein contained is an extraordine.

I am not at liberty to comply with your request without committing an offence against the laws_

You might as well call upon

as

Grand

Jury to divulge the proceedings before them as to ask me for be perusal of the evidence taken by me Attorney General of . Hongkong. In this Colony. the Attorney General is the Grand Jury, and

jus the execution of his duty as such is bound by the laws which regulate Grand Juries. The only information on the subject you allerde to in Your letter that I can venture to give you is """hat there was no evidence, whatever to putih me in filing an information aganist "the parties accused." I regret I cannot

otherwise comply with ;

your request

I have the Honor to be

Sid

Your bed Sewant.

(bigned) Cha! Molloy Campbell

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Acting Attorney General

M. Janant