185 3. the established to my satisfaction that smuggler has violated the local Ordinance W. 6 of 1866, I have the honor to lay before Your Lordship the enclosed copy of a Petition from a Junke named Lehan-a-law, a Native of the Province of Canton, belonging to Wingting Government, to obtain for me packages of Opium which he alleged were taken from him suddenly. I intrude the boundaries of the Colony, but after the junke had been seized in Tsing-shing water and towed into Chinese water by a Chinese Cruiser.
Pages 1 to 18 Subsequent statements (copies of which are enclosed) made by the Petitioner give a somewhat different version of the alleged outrage. Seeing that these Statements appeared to disclose a deliberate breach of the Hong Kong laws, I directed them to be referred to the Harbor Master with the following Minute: "Before proceeding further, refer these papers to the Harbor Master who will be good enough to say 1. Whether the petitioner, in his Statements, is complying with the laws and regulations of the Colony. 2. What trustworthy evidence there is that this ...
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185 3.
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established to my satisfaction that
smuggler has violated the local Ordinance W. 6 of 1866, I have the hover to lay before. Your Lordship the meland copy
of
a Polition from a Junte
named lehan-a-law,
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of the Coolmy, but after the junte had been seized in thingshing water and towed into lehinese
water
Cruiser.
a lehinese Kenenne
Pages I to 18
Subsequent statements (copies of
2.
which
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Petitioner
give
als enclosed) made by the
cromewhat different
version of the alleged nitrage.
Seeing that these Statements appeared
to disclose
a
deliberate breach of
the Hongshing laws, I directed them to be refered to the labor Master with the follming Minits Page 19 of hand "Before proceeding further, refer
"these
paper
to the Marber Martir
"who wil be good enough to say 1. Whether the petitioner,
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Statements,
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amplying
"with the laws and regulation of
The Marber, guidly "What trustworthy
evidence there is that,
this
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