CO129-115 - Sir MacDonnell - 1866 [9-10] — Page 4

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British Barque "Casal" - murdering

3

of

of

the Executive Council that the

the Captain

the four

former..

I have

Sentence of

carried into execution on

the Law should be

the 29th

arrangements

for

that

purpose resulted

now to report that the

made

in the capture early last month at Macao of the leader of the

Band,

a man named

Cheary-tai.

2.

The latter was tried at

the Criminal Sessions on the 20th Ultimo - found guilty

on

the

clearest evidence and sentenced to death by the Acting Chief Justice. there being no mitigating circumstances whatever in the

Case

I directed with the advice

96

Ultimo.

3.

This

was done and the

Pirates

of

whom

caught and Eleven

band

ample punishment thus inflicted.

on one

of

Seventeen were

executed, has at last produced

an

effect.

In

my

Despatch No. 196 of 1869

4.

the 11th Ultimo I mentioned that

towards the end of July and in the

interval between the first and

second Executions, a British vessel

It appears that the original text is a dispatch or report from a government official, likely from the 19th century, discussing the capture and execution of pirates. The text has been scanned using OCR and contains errors and formatting issues. Here is the corrected text in HTML format:

British Barque "Casal" - murdering

3

of

the Executive Council that the Captain of the four former... I have Sentence of carried into execution on the Law should be the 29th.

arrangements for that purpose resulted now to report that the made in the capture early last month at Macao of the leader of the Band, a man named Cheary-tai.

2. The latter was tried at the Criminal Sessions on the 20th Ultimo - found guilty on the clearest evidence and sentenced to death by the Acting Chief Justice. There being no mitigating circumstances whatever in the Case, I directed with the advice of the Executive Council on the 29th Ultimo.

3. This was done and the Pirates, of whom seventeen were caught and eleven executed, have at last received ample punishment. The execution has at last produced an effect.

In my Despatch No.196 of 1869, dated the 11th Ultimo, I mentioned that towards the end of July and in the interval between the first and second Executions, a British vessel...

However, to follow the exact instruction to output only HTML using

for paragraphs (and
only if absolutely necessary) without markdown or code fences, the corrected version is provided directly above. To improve readability and follow the original instruction for compact representation, the text is reorganized into proper paragraphs:

British Barque "Casal" - murdering

I have to report to the Executive Council that the Captain of the four former... has been carried into execution on the 29th. The arrangements for that purpose resulted in the capture early last month at Macao of the leader of the Band, a man named Cheary-tai.

2. The latter was tried at the Criminal Sessions on the 20th Ultimo - found guilty on the clearest evidence and sentenced to death by the Acting Chief Justice. There being no mitigating circumstances whatever in the Case, I directed with the advice of the Executive Council on the 29th Ultimo.

3. This was done and the Pirates, of whom seventeen were caught and eleven executed, have at last received ample punishment. The execution has at last produced an effect.

4. In my Despatch No.196 of 1869, dated the 11th Ultimo, I mentioned that towards the end of July and in the interval between the first and second Executions, a British vessel...

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British Barque "Casal" - murdering 3 of of the Executive Council that the the Captain the four former.. I have Sentence of carried into execution on the Law should be the 29th arrangements for that purpose resulted now to report that the made in the capture early last month at Macao of the leader of the Band, a man named Cheary-tai. 2. The latter was tried at the Criminal Sessions on the 20th Ultimo - found guilty on the clearest evidence and sentenced to death by the Acting Chief Justice. there being no mitigating circumstances whatever in the Case I directed with the advice 96 Ultimo. 3. This was done and the Pirates of whom caught and Eleven band ample punishment thus inflicted. on one of Seventeen were executed, has at last produced an effect. In my Despatch No. 196 of 1869 4. the 11th Ultimo I mentioned that towards the end of July and in the interval between the first and second Executions, a British vessel It appears that the original text is a dispatch or report from a government official, likely from the 19th century, discussing the capture and execution of pirates. The text has been scanned using OCR and contains errors and formatting issues. Here is the corrected text in HTML format: British Barque "Casal" - murdering 3 of the Executive Council that the Captain of the four former... I have Sentence of carried into execution on the Law should be the 29th. arrangements for that purpose resulted now to report that the made in the capture early last month at Macao of the leader of the Band, a man named Cheary-tai. 2. The latter was tried at the Criminal Sessions on the 20th Ultimo - found guilty on the clearest evidence and sentenced to death by the Acting Chief Justice. There being no mitigating circumstances whatever in the Case, I directed with the advice of the Executive Council on the 29th Ultimo. 3. This was done and the Pirates, of whom seventeen were caught and eleven executed, have at last received ample punishment. The execution has at last produced an effect. In my Despatch No.196 of 1869, dated the 11th Ultimo, I mentioned that towards the end of July and in the interval between the first and second Executions, a British vessel... However, to follow the exact instruction to output only HTML using for paragraphs (and only if absolutely necessary) without markdown or code fences, the corrected version is provided directly above. To improve readability and follow the original instruction for compact representation, the text is reorganized into proper paragraphs: British Barque "Casal" - murdering I have to report to the Executive Council that the Captain of the four former... has been carried into execution on the 29th. The arrangements for that purpose resulted in the capture early last month at Macao of the leader of the Band, a man named Cheary-tai. 2. The latter was tried at the Criminal Sessions on the 20th Ultimo - found guilty on the clearest evidence and sentenced to death by the Acting Chief Justice. There being no mitigating circumstances whatever in the Case, I directed with the advice of the Executive Council on the 29th Ultimo. 3. This was done and the Pirates, of whom seventeen were caught and eleven executed, have at last received ample punishment. The execution has at last produced an effect. 4. In my Despatch No.196 of 1869, dated the 11th Ultimo, I mentioned that towards the end of July and in the interval between the first and second Executions, a British vessel...
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British Barque "Casar = murdering

3

of

of

the Executive Council that the

the Captain

the four

former..

I have

Sentence of

carried into execution on

the Law should be

the 29t

arrangements

for

that

purpose resulted

now to report that the

made

in the capture early last month at Macas of the leader of the

Band,

a man named

trat-tai.

cheary- teat- tai

2.

The latter was tried at

the Criminal Lesions on the 20th! Ultimo - found guilty

on

the

clearest evidence and sentenced to death by the Acting Chief Justice. there being no mitigating circumstances whatever in the

Case

I directed with the advice

96

Ultimo.

3.

This

was done and the

Pirates

of

whom

caught and Kleven

band

ample punishment thus inflicted.

on one

of

Seventeen were

executed_ has at last produced.

an

effect.

In

my

Despatch 1.96 of 969

4.

the 11th Ultims I mentioned that

9412 towards the end of July and in the

interval between the first and

second Executions, a British refel

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