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10.

my

mind to bring the action for damages against Mr Pamrerfote, stat is, of course, if I should succeed in getting Kwok A sing discharged second time and under the provisions

of

Jection to.

On the quh

AA) Do

a)

May Kwon A sing Azing

still in prison)

the charge of piracy

on

and

and un

10 as

M

revet

day committed for trial. We had bow brought up on the 24th April and I,

toow

that

day,

objection to the

Jurisdiction, relying

the Section

on

referred to. To the best of my

recollection I then called Mṛ

May

and Mr Deane's attention to the action

for damages to which they laid

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11.

To-go

themselves open by pronceding. To go

Ava

further backe, I had decided on the 19th April when Kwok Asing before the Lieutenant Governor to move the Cavit for

a second Whit Corpus, basing my

application

of Habeas

다울

Section 6, and to have sued Mṛ

Deand

for

the

damages

therein

mentioned, but that proceeding fell

through and I felt doubtful if enough had been done to give

Case

me

-safe

against any one. As to the interpretation of the Section and its

VUMA KCVL

any

doubt,

applicability, I had

have I now, the opinion of the

nor

Law Officers of the Crain statement of

the case

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aw untrue

to the contrary