CO129-120 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [1-2] — Page 124

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dis approves of Section 15 of that

Ordinance on

branding

very

the

ground

that

can be justified only" in

where it may

rare cases, where it

be of

vital importance to be able to identify

a Criminal, but Her Majestip's

ment cannot sanction

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punishment.

I am very anxious that before Your Lordship arrives at

a

final

decision in a matter of such extreme

importance, you should have before you

my despatch No 16o of the 23rd last

November,

announcing

the

the present of the Gaol at Stone

butter's Island, and entering very

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fully into the whole subject of the position of this bolony unavoidably brought, as it is, face to face with such

a

moving mass of Crime and

vagabondage, caused by its immediate proximity to

millions of the worst population of the Chinese Compire.

apprehend that no

can more

description

fully point out the necefaity

for adopting

means

of identifying Offenders

than Your Lorship's definition that

they should only be employed where

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it

i

may

be of vital importance to be able

to identify

Criminal". And that it

should "not be sanctioned as a

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punishment."

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I would respectfully suggest

that

Paragraphs 8, 9, 10, +11

together with