CO129-112 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1866 [3-4] — Page 277

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at the Post Office windows for his letters,

and mas

a

Cognizant of our conduct during that evening, from boclock till half past

10 Oclock - when we arrived at the Post

Our Own

experience.

e ginte prevailing

Office together, and from "and that of others, we beleive it to be Consistent with the practice and, neages at the General Post Office, St Martin's le Grand to tap at the Department windows for necessary information, and Correspondoned

expected to be lying therein -

Notwithstanding the questionable diction of the presiding Magistrate, who heavily inleted us, not on the charge- -libelled and improven, as thown by the

accompanying Copy of the Police Summons,

We respectfully,

Confidently, are led

and

to expect redrees of aur grievaned Com:

plained of, at gam

hands. -

We have the honor to be,

Right Houbbe Sin.

Your most Obedient Perit

Jam

John Smith

Absent

J. Hove

Ju 5731

Regined-

Duplicate for transmission as requiet-

Nong Nong 25th Septembris

His Excelleney

1. & Mercer Engl

Acting Governor of

yam Efailleney,

1885

274

Victories Hong Kong

We reapratfally, bay leaves of represent to Excellway,

An hour before an

your

that about

am attendance was

regimed

ini Court on the 21. instant, we were Summoned to the Police Count upon d Charge, Smom to by Mr Mitchell the Postmaster Genera

General ted belowbizi.

Ao

quoted

" for that the said Defendants on the 19th Mistant at Victoria did behave in a riotous,

ana

"Noisy and disorderly : Zueens Road,

"there do damage

Manner

on the

-farther did then and the building at the

to

"New General Post Office "_

With the exception of the charge

to the imperfect

of a very brifling injury

the time, whil

window_-_Slide acknowledged at the time, which happened quite accidentally, by one of us dighte lapping agamet it, in order to Obtain Mais despatches, a Considerable time having elapsed

the first

for the Outside placard at the

begond

and last hours named

Post Office, we humbly submit that nothing further

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