CO129-177 - Sir Kennedy Acting Governor Austin Lieut Governor Hennessy - 1877 [1-5] — Page 341

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each with three public floggings of 25 strokes each time within the next six months. The attack took place on the 25th November last about 7 o'clock p.m. to nearly opposite the western Slaughter houses.

The boat from which the opium was taken left You Ma Tee in British Kowloon about 4:30 p.m. It is owned by a shop Keeper there, and the owner and three men were in it at the time of the attack. The pirates approached the pirated boat firing pistols and the two prisoners, being armed with large pistols and swords, boarded the shop Keeper's boat threatening to shoot the crew if all the opium was not given up.

The Shop Keeper states that the prisoners, who were dressed in uniform, demanded the Bill, and that he gave them a bill for 15 Balls of opium, which one prisoner put in his pocket saying that it was all right. They then took the opium and one of the men of the attacked boat and made for Kowloon. The attacked boat followed as well as it could with two oars, but soon lost sight of the robbers.

Next morning, the Police Inspector, to whom the complaint was made, went with a party of Constables to a shed in Tsim Sha Tsui, a little village in British Kowloon, and there found ... two of whom were ...

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each with three public floggings of 25 strokes each time within the next six months. The attack took place on the 25th November last about 7 o'clock p.m. to nearly opposite the western Slaughter houses. The boat from which the opium was taken left You Ma Tee in British Kowloon about 4:30 p.m. It is owned by a shop Keeper there, and the owner and three men were in it at the time of the attack. The pirates approached the pirated boat firing pistols and the two prisoners, being armed with large pistols and swords, boarded the shop Keeper's boat threatening to shoot the crew if all the opium was not given up. The Shop Keeper states that the prisoners, who were dressed in uniform, demanded the Bill, and that he gave them a bill for 15 Balls of opium, which one prisoner put in his pocket saying that it was all right. They then took the opium and one of the men of the attacked boat and made for Kowloon. The attacked boat followed as well as it could with two oars, but soon lost sight of the robbers. Next morning, the Police Inspector, to whom the complaint was made, went with a party of Constables to a shed in Tsim Sha Tsui, a little village in British Kowloon, and there found ... two of whom were ... 339
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each with three public floggings of 25°

strokes each time within the next six mouths. The attack took place

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the 25th November last about 7 o'clock

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p to nearly opporite the western___ Slaughter houses.

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The boat from which the opium taken left You Ma tee in British Kowloon about 4.30 p. m . It is ourced by a shop Keeper there, and the ouver " and three men were in it at the

time of the attack. The pricouers but approached the pirated boat firing -pistols and the two prisoners being armed with large pistols and sword boarded the shop Keepers' boat to

threaturing to shoot the crew.

- if all the opium

was not

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not given up. The Shop theeper.

states that the prisoners who were

dressed in uniform demanded the Bill, and that he gave

for 1:

be

lim a bill

off the

- 15 Balls of opium which one prisoners put in his pocket saying that is all right. They then took the opinen and one of the

of the attacked boat and made for Howloon . The

attacker boat,

oars

- followed as well as it could. with two oars, but soon lost sight of the robbers. Next morning the Police Inspector to whom the

complaint was made went with a party of Constables to a shed in Tsim Sha Tsui,

little village in British Howloon, and there found

suru

pereous two of who

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