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N° 16. /nalosure.

The Earl Grey.

Governor Bonkane 27th February 1852.

1:15 of

Received

With referen

w to Despatch

Attorney General Sterling's transmitting copy of Mr

the 26th Instant,

Opinion

2 Malay Prisoners convicted Death recorded against the

on the Sentence of

of Murder.

Copy-

by

3234/2

103

With respect to the question referred

to me on

behalf of the Prisoners, Jam

of opinion that the sentence passed in this case of the Queen iv.

the Queen v. Bapa Seedeen and others may

вс

open

to

objection by them, as the court by its entence declared that the offenders against whom sentence of death was to be recorded were not fit object: for the Royal Mercy while the Act 4 Geo. 4t Chap: 48 is at least director that the Court chond

be of that opinion previous to its reending

à Sentence

In writing the above I have around with some authority assumed

that the 6 and 7 mm 4 30

empowers sentences to be rended