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call. Was Mic

had any

kland,

of as

a mort, serious nature, and that, of the parties been inhabitants of this

brom

or any part

parts of the pirated property proved to belong to British Subjects, on had the Pirney been

even committed within a few miles of the folony, I should not have felt the same doubt about carrying out the senteure ; but

the ease no

rreasion to

stood, if "

carry

we were Mi

this

out the sentence, we might

ه

as

at no distant period be called to act in similar manner where the piratical act-might have taken place upon any part of the

Const between this place and the

Miles

or even ML

2,000

the

Gulf of Richelin, off Japan, Coast of falifornia. Should the Council, however, consider that the Low ought to take its course, I begged they would

reference to

at mee Lay

20

without

my particular views; should the

that the

Members be unanimonily of Opinion whole of the Priconews ought to die, I would_ ofurther consider the matter, and in case it

-

mons considered advisable that only the three

first mentioned should

suffer,

I should be

satisfied to coneur in that determination. The whole question

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again gone into at length, when it was found that the three priemers above alluded to, Chun-Akteup, Chune Akteut, and Seir thoong,

were only 18, 19, and 21 years

of age respectively, which, being brought to the notice of the founcil, it unam monely resoload.

that it would be

proper

to commute the. Sentence of Death to that of Transpotation

for Life on the whole of them.

7.

I would respectfully call your Lordship's

maile by

attention to the deferves

my

the Priemers,

that they had themselves been seized at

different times by

by Pirates,

Pirates, as I think it is entitled to consideration; for it must be

bone in mind that if the defence be true, it would under the circumstances stated

have been totally out of their power to