163
r
A prisoner in Victoria Gaol, undergoing a sentence of eight years penal servitude for a crime of an extensive character committed by him in conjunction with a Parsee named Rustomjee.
4. He was clearly in law and morally accessory to a very great fraud, and though not the principal party thereto, he was guilty of a great crime, and was well deserving of a severe sentence.
I may add that there is no ground for suggesting that Mr. Stanford, being in part charge of a hulk of which he was the owner, and which hulk was used for storage of opium, was an accessory to frauds practised by Rustomjee, who raised funds by pledging the opium on the strength of delivery orders countersigned by Stanford, whilst the latter factually had issued the Opium to Rustomjee.
3. I therefore do not regard Stanford as the victim of the latter, in the sense represented by the Solicitor of More Stanford.
Whatever in the opinion of the Attorney General for any suggestion of the sentence inflicted being in excess of the powers of the Court, as alleged in a former petition from Mr. Stamford.
5. It is however quite true that Stanford's conduct in Gaol has been most exemplary during attacks of Yellow Fever epidemic in the Gaol, his exertions were most commendable, and that the Colonial Surgeon attributes to them a diminution of the ...
Page 163
(Three lines at the bottom are kept as is, assuming they are part of the page numbering)
However, to follow the exact instruction for page numbering, the correct output should be:
Page 163
...
...
Page 163
...
...
Since the original text does not contain the exact 6 lines for page numbering, the closest representation is provided.163
r
Cu
prisoner
in Victoria Gaol, undergoing
a
sentence of eight years penal pervitude for
a
extensive character committed
He was
clearly in law and morally
accessary to a very great fraud
and
not the principal party thereto, he
of a great
an
though
was
S-H--
quilty
crime, and was well deserving of
hands of
very
by him in
conjunction
with
a
Parsee named
a severe sentence.
Rustomjee.
4.
I may
add that there is no
Z.
Mr. Stanford, being
in
part
· charge of a
owner
ground Attorney
and
hulk of which he was
which hulk
was
opium,
was
used
for storage of
accessory to frauds practised
by Rustomjee, who raised funds by pledging
opium
om
the
strength of delivery orders
countersigned by Stanford, whilst the latter
the Opium to
factually
had
issued
Rustomjee.
3.
I therefore do not
do not regard Stanford
the victim of the latter. in
the latter in the sense
as
C#-
represented by the Solicitor of More Stanford.
whatever in the opinion of the A
General for any suggestion of the sentence inflicted being in exceps of the powers of
the bourt.
ap
alleged in a former petition
from Mr Stamford.
Mors
5
It is however
Conduct in
and that
quite true that Stanfordó
Gaol has been most exemplary-
during
attack's of Yellow
of Yellow Fever
epidemic in the Gao, his exertions were most
commendable, and that the Colonial Surgeon
attributes to them
a diminution of the #
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.