was tried
which took place in the harbor of Hongkong and which at the Criminal Session of December when two of the prisoners were sentenced each to five years' penal servitude and to be three times publicly flogged with seventy-five strokes.
The defence set up by one of the prisoners was of the most extraordinary character, and to the effect that "Mandarin had been vide Chief Gurling 'staying in a house connected with him any secret within British Harbour watching for the opium smuggler', that the opium was taken from him near Lantao under orders 'by the 1st prisoner under the orders of the mandarin', that 'half of it was given to Mandaw', and that 'the other half it was buried in the garden attached to the third prisoner's house to be kept.'
or as the Chief Justice went on to remark 'in other words take the case he was stealing the opium from the pioneer if wrongly taken; or he was taking it in fraud of the Emperor of China if as the prisoner alleged it had 'been properly taken from the prosecutor'.
was tried
which took place in the harbor of Hongkong and which at the Criminal Seforimo of December when two of the prismers were sentenced each to five years fond
penal
servitude and to be three times
publicly flagged with leventy-five
strokes.
The deforce set up by one of
of the most
the prismers
много
character, and to the
effect
extraordinary
that
letter of 27 a 15%
age of
"Mand aim had been Vide Chief Gurling
"staying in a Malicked with him any se
I
within British Kavlan watching
for the prosecutor who
apium smuggla,
wao
that the opium
was taken from himin near Lantaw
331 under enumand
"by the 10 prismer under
a) sm
of the mandauir, that
Wo
given
"of a "half of it "Mandawn, and that "ather half it was
Ao
to the
to the buried in the
"garden attached to the third Prismer's matched to be kept." or as the Chief Justice gon-m
to remark" in other words tabe
"stolen:
"case he
that
wro
according takis stealing the ofimum
"from the pioner if wrongly taken;
"or he
Aw
taking it in frand
of the Emperor of lehina if a the prismer alleged it had "been properly taken from the "prosecutor. "
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.