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Agent

House

of Commo

Admir

and the

ir was rearrested. That the Chief

presoner

Justice issued another Writ of

Habeas Corpus

with

wree

dischunging the presoner from

Bu

acessody,

and

expon

mation for

rule to s

Cou

U

copy of this judgment and

of

Attorney General

was

also

lischarge

the thit be delivered a judgment

lischarging the Kule; and the prisoner was

get at.

überty~ the report of

The Alto

That it is not stated what has r

application should be made for

icave to appeal against them, and of this

be answered in the afformative, what steps t

What

Ave

would take there

papers into

97

our

consideration and furnish Ijour Lordship with

apronson upon the following questions. I Whether these judgments of the Chief justice

Avere

in Law. 2. Whether if these judgments

are

raght

either

of

them be

wrong

in law, it is in

MOV

operion

advisable that

an

is questions

enclosed.

Kwok

-Q

of

Sing, and whether he is

become

still in Hong Kong, but it will be seen that

the Attorney General at the end.

should be taken to

being

The

Cat

before The

Judicial Committee

In obedience to your Lordship's

the have the honour to Report

of

his report

an immediate A

commands

The

submits the expediency of application to the Endicial Committer

of

Provy Council for leave to appeal against both judgments of the bhief Justice . Mr Herbert was directed by your Lordship to request

That

cut

are

clearly of opinion

ard

that the second judgment of Chief Justice

Imale was

wrong.

De much

question the

soundness of many portions of his first judgment,

That

and