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magistrate.

A chinese officer from bandon attended: with witnesses to prove the charge, and the

prisoner

was

Counsel

defended by Camoel.

It is unnecessary to trouble

Your

Grace with the depositions in the case, but

Sufficient

to state that the Magistrate dismissed

the charge on

the

ground of want of proof

Wong atsont was

but held to bail to

him

for

was acen

uw wer

offenders as made in the Treaties then existing; that is in the Supplementary Treaty of 1843.

This Supplementary. Treaty is abrogated

by Urtide I of the recent Treaty of Tientsin, but article XXI

this latter Frealy re-enacts the rendition - clause though in different and

of

less comprehensive phrasiology.

Our local Ordinance however is sitt

accordingly released,

in forer

any charge against

The Article in the Tientsin Treaty-

b

the next three months.

I have explained the whole case.

V

Mr beansul Robertson for the Vice Roy's – information, but have reason to doubt the recult being satisfactory to the Chinus Authorities.

Our local Ordinance Ne 2 of 1850 gives effect to the stipulations for rendition of

specifics "Criminals, subjects of China, and direct's their rendition " on proof of their guilt. "__ the words of

"crime or

had the

our Ordinance are (Clause !) "any

offence against the Lusss of Chine?

presume that under this wording.

proof

been

have been given up.

sufficient, Wong atsue bast