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Sir & Robinson stated that that course had been followed for several years at the Treaty Ports and had answered. At Singapore, dealing with Pirates, the method of procedure had been different. They had been brought within the jurisdiction of the Colony and tried by the Colonial Courts. Within the 5 years preceding 1864, no less than 244 pirates were tried before the Supreme Court of the Colony. Of these, 127 (who if they had been tried by Chinese Law would probably have been beheaded) were sentenced to Penal Servitude for life — a heavy burden on Colonial Revenues. With a view to relieving the Colony from this annual charge and securing for the pirates...
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