CO129-109 - Public Offices - 1865 — Page 329

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I may add that the haval Authoulies before delivering up captured

Pirates to the Chinese

Authonlies,

are instructed

to require an express tipulation... that the

" pirates shall receive

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fair-trial and

" are not subjected to

" lorture or

any punish =

"ment repugnant to

"the

usage of Civilized

"Nations?

The Ordinance

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the mode of

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Judicial

quasi-pidicial

procedure

in

order

to ascertain the probable

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guilt of the accused person. This will

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6 carefully followed. But you will to consider yourself.

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bound

the decision

of the Judge if, after

all due weight

giving

to the auchonly of

Court

and on

on

one

side

the

the other to

the probable consequences to the accused person.

it