CO129-063 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [4-7] — Page 481

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13 persons that they were to

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be tried by a Judge and Jury and prosecuted bygg- Attorney General who understood

no

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Chinese dialect whatsoever. and who had the facts conveyed to them by other Chinese who

could not make themselves understood to all the prisoners but required still further ces interpretation for theirown information and with these facts notorioudly before me I could not but hesitate before [sending these men to be tried for their lives in this Colony,

Me

Chinese

und availed myself of

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practice which had been

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pursed by ham

Sir

Bonham, + George &

in

several instances without

any application for such rendition having been first made by the Chinese Authorities.

I have ordered a list to be

made out which is annexed

cases

herits of the number of co in which this practice of. handing over persons changed

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and other offencers.

to the Chinese

with spurday,

Authorities has been adopted,

and . T haver

no reason to

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