CO129-087 - Sir Robinson - 1862 [7] & Acting Governor Mercer - 1862 [7-9] — Page 388

8. Mr Pollard to Colonial Secretary.

Sir,

(Copy)

Yonghong, 25th July, 1862.

I have the honor to submit

the following circumstances for the consideration of Y is Excellency the Administrator of the Government-

At the last Criminal sessions

One William Kent Stanford late Master of the Receiving Ship- Tropic Cying in this Carbour was convicted of felony and in strict formality the goods of the felow and those in his Custody ou

control or under his order or

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disposition have in consequence

become

cocheated to the brown_

This man had been, as a partner

in the firm of C. Jameson & Co.,

arid

as

a part owner and Master

of the "Tropic", the builee

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depositary

of arr the property of five of the Banks here

other Mercantile Residents of

innueus quantity of Opium

arid

this Colony

and by the offences of

which he was convicted tras defrauded

these parties of

arr

enomous amount

of money by the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China - against C. Jameson and the said W. K. Stanford in trover for the

An Action was cornmenced