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House.

of Commons

Admiral

Agent

Cour

rendition

j

Kwok

- a

Sing

by the Chinese Government

his having

portion of

AVAI

first claimed

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Stated

bay

The Attorney General,

That

after

j

The charge

of

The

judgment

delivered by

the Chief Justice,

charged to be

murdered the baptain and i Jerry'

Nouvelle Penelope

The French Ship 4-

The brew

of

on the 4th of

October. A

copy

the minutos

of

The proceedings in the

Police Court.

Averc

inclosed. That

Writ

of

wherein he declares the crime

no crime at all, but rather a commendable

proceeding and the Nouvelle Penelope " to have:

been a

Staver and her baptain a pirate, et

would be inexpedient to expose

his

Government

to the mortification of seeing the prisoner again

released.

that the Attorney General therrupion

information against the Prisoner for

Peracy under the provisions of An

Habeas Corpus to discharge

AVAI

Jar

The prisoner

granteed by the Chief Justice, andamotion

a rule to discharge the thit,

The 29

was discharged

filed

th March. A

copy

The notes.

of the

Argument of the Attorney General and of the

judgment of the thief Justice

was also enclosed.

That the rendition

of

Twok.

Sing

also claimed by He French Government

charge of murder, but this claim was

subsequently

AVAI

abandoned on the ground,

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The

1/

K

Ordinance

A. 2. of 15 by which provides that for the

purpose of bringing any

briminal case under

the Cognizance of the Supreme Court an A

information signed by the Attorney Genial

shall be as valid and effectual in all respects

1

dy

an

Indictment presented by a grand jury-

stated.

and

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