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and denied (their guilt), but they too

confessed after the plaintiffs had brought

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forward their evidence meant that the

reason

why they confessed

vas

because the

plaintiff's had prodused evidence, and

not because they

Confession.

were tortured into

The second sentence: "With

These exceptions the Ferosions blackguards

mere

!

"freely confessed meant that they

willing to confess

as soon as

they

were

brought into Court, and that no unne

words were wasted.

mone

Though tortured, they

cessary

ers were

of the prisoners had to be placed in separate categories in order to explain to you precisely

the circumstances of the

ences of the enquiry

the

day in question. The involved construction

of the Chinese language

is the

Cause

of your

being put to this additional trouble.

I now state the matter plainly

more, and beg you

will be pleased to

Once

inform His Excellency the Administrator,

In fine, the crime committed by

Hunghwaipin

and the other twelve took

own

own

place in their

village, and their relatives would of course be acquainted

with their names and faces before hand,

so that there was abse

absolutely no necessity for torture in order to extract a confession from them. This I think both yourself

and His Excelleney The Administrator.

will see.

Compliments

Translation

(signed) E. H. Parnr.