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or three days. Witness admits

this.

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Leang-ake hoon's Depositions

put in and read, he being- absent from the Colony :" on the gth of

of last month (February) I was brought to this falony pam Tinghoi by some = persans under the

promise of

"thair giving me employment,

food and

"gth

was.

wages

the

Abroad - The

arrival

day of my mrinal

here. There were ten others besides

اہو

mr. We landed at Bonham

Shand, and were then all

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" taken to West Point, to a house

"there, where we were

found)

" yesterday by the polior- at

the latter end

"live

of last month

of the eleven pan away-

no money.

"I have been paid "the headman" of Tinghoe, I

" bitive paid the possage, as he believe

" engaged the boat to bring he

" while in the boat we

-

got hoo

" meals a day - I did & at workh

4

" my passage - I was brought

• here from Tinghoi passage " and maintenance paid; - "' while at the house at West

"Paint in had rice twice a

day