CO129-129 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [1-3] — Page 189

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

As a proof of the variety of

implements used 2

may quote

a

case (one of many) in which almonds

were used, and the

was

gambling steer

neatly

produced in Court so

filted with a

hollowed out and trigger that

out and....ficted...

an

extra almond could

if necessary be dropped without- detection amongst those that were being comited.

a

The evidence required of person who had actually played,

having entered in the first instance

as a stranger,

and

was

was also necessary,

most difficult to procure. The only persons who could be

induced to act as Public informers

being

men)

of so low a class,

187

aa

to render it easy to shake thin

testimony by proof of previous bad character.

The briting of the Police is a point that I have never heard denied by any

are in a position to

obtain the necessary corroborative underes The tribe given varied according

to the rank

case

of the recipient. in each

being so much a

шилек

for

each house - according to one statement

Sergiant, and 70 for a Police

being ad for

an

Inspecta, 12/2 for

a

Constable.

This

was

I think the maximum

payment, but the recipient

was

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