CO129-165 - Sir Kennedy - 1873 [10-12] — Page 265

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undergo

Penal Servitude.

It is, I believe, the desire of Oer Majesty's Government that such Prisoners should sewe their tam of imprisonment under such circumstances in England, and as it is not practicable to forward by a private vessel except great expense, I propose to detain item here until the

item

Senior Naval Officer for their removal by Majesty's Ships.

ly

law a

me

arrange of the

I shall take care to transmit with the Prismers the regarding their

usual documents

cases,

but meanwhile I think it

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right to request attention to the fact that

Prisoners

was

are

of the

sentenced

by

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Court Martial sitting in Perang when the 80th Regiment

quartered

was

in the Straits Teule.

ments, and that he

was removed

here at the time of the transfer

ent to this

of that Regiment Colamy

This proceeding

is darletless

legal under the Muting Act, and I have, therefore, nothing

to say against it. But whether

it is in accordance with the intention of the

Oher Majesty's Govern,

ment is, I venture to thinkt,