16. Duncan
17 172 Certified. That we have perused the annexed petition of Cheong Cheen, alias Cheong Asco. That we formed the jury before whom the said Cheang Cheen, alias Cheong Asco was tried on the said twenty-fourth day of January last. That the circumstances set forth in the said annexed petition, we believe to be true, and we humbly submit to Your Excellency: that from the notoriously bad character of the said Too Apo, as has been shown from the fact of his having been convicted and sentenced on a charge of feloniously extorting money by threats, and upon whose testimony alone the said Cheang Cheen, alias Cheang Asot was convicted, and which fact was unknown to us at the time of giving our verdict against him (or assuredly we should have acquitted him, there being no other evidence beyond that of the said Too Apo against him), that Your Excellency will be pleased to take his case into your merciful consideration, reverse his sentence, and release the said Cheang Cheen, alias Cheang Asco from further imprisonment. Dated at Victoria, this eighth day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
Jurymen } (Signed) W. Emany
J. Meredith
R. B. Sherard
Robt Duncan
Henry Hart
G. Duddell
Moses
W. M. Mr. Iver
B. Ellis
The following appears to be the state of the case:- The Prisoners (before named) were all convicted at the foregoing Sessions of the Vice Admiralty Court:- the two first of piracy, and the latter of being an accessory to the said piracy before the fact, upon the evidence, principally, if
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16.
Duncan
17
172
Certified.
That
to we
have pecused the annexed.
rexed- petition_ of, Clicong Cheen, alias Choong Asco, That wee
formed the jury before whom the said. Cheang choen, alias Cheong Asco was tried on the said twenty fourth day of January last. That the circumstances set forth in the said annexed
humbly submit to
Petition, we believe to be true, and we
Your Excellency
: that from the notoriously bad character
of the said Too Apo, as has been shown from the fact
been convicted and sentenced.
on a
of his having charge of feloniously extorting money by threats, and upon whose testimony alone the said Cheang chven
alias Cheang Asot was convicted, and which,
fact was unknown to us at the time of giving our verdict
against him-, (or assuredly we should have acquitted
no other boidence beyond that of the
him, there being
said Too Apo against him), that
Excellency will be pleased
Your
to take his
case into
your merciful consideration, reverse his
sentence, and release the said Cheang Chsen, alius
Cheang A400 from further imprisonment. Dated at Victoria, this eighth day of June in the
Our Lord.
year of
one thousand eight hundred and
d forty
eight.
Jurymen } (Signed) W. Emany
cale-
J.
Meredith.
R. B. Sherard
Robt Duncan
Henry Hart
G
Duddell.
Moses.
W. M. Mr. Iver.
B. Ellis
"
The following appears to be the state of the
The Prisoners (before
named) were all
the Vice
convicted at the foregoing Sessions of 1
Court : - the two first of piracy,
Admiralty
and
the latter of being an accessary to the said piracy before the fact, upon the evidence, principally, if
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