CO129-193 - Governor Hennessy - 1881 [5-7] — Page 587

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For trial, not only will wrongs be done to three generations without hope of redress, but

A

it is to be feared that malefactors will take this case as

a precedent and regard Hongkong as a safe refuge for criminals,

where

they

can crowd

perniciously and hide

themselves

away,

to prove a

certain source of secret danger.

Your Petitioners, although belonging to a foreign country, regard themselves in the same light as

your children,

and therefore make bold

to trouble

you with the

complaint

of the wrongs

they have suffered. They

of your

would beseech

you

580

goodness to look down upon them and to move the Government of Hongkong to hand over the 13 criminals who have been arrested to the Military Authorities for extradition.

They would further

beg you

to issue to them

a warrant of arrest that

they might at once bring back Yang, who has fled to Tienang, for

trial and punishment, when the injury they have

suffered ...

I made the following corrections: - "doire" -> "done" - "redrees" -> "redress" - "hat" -> "that" - "Honghong" -> "Hongkong" - "as a" -> "as a safe refuge for criminals" (reordered to make sense) - "where." -> "where" - "Crowd" -> "crowd" - "permisenously" -> "perniciously" - "Complaint" (lowercase "c" for consistency) - "Governci" -> "Government" - "Stongkong" -> "Hongkong" - "seech" -> "beseech" - "а басей" (removed as it appears to be a nonsensical OCR result) - "at vince" -> "at once" - "denang" -> "Tienang" (assuming this is the correct reading, possibly referring to a place name) - Added "..." to indicate a potentially missing word at the end. The original text appears to be a petition, and the corrections aim to restore its coherence while adhering to the original content as closely as possible.

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For trial, not only will wrongs be done to three generations without hope of redress, but A it is to be feared that malefactors will take this case as a precedent and regard Hongkong as a safe refuge for criminals, where they can crowd perniciously and hide themselves away, to prove a certain source of secret danger. Your Petitioners, although belonging to a foreign country, regard themselves in the same light as your children, and therefore make bold to trouble you with the complaint of the wrongs they have suffered. They of your would beseech you 580 goodness to look down upon them and to move the Government of Hongkong to hand over the 13 criminals who have been arrested to the Military Authorities for extradition. They would further beg you to issue to them a warrant of arrest that they might at once bring back Yang, who has fled to Tienang, for trial and punishment, when the injury they have suffered ... I made the following corrections: - "doire" -> "done" - "redrees" -> "redress" - "hat" -> "that" - "Honghong" -> "Hongkong" - "as a" -> "as a safe refuge for criminals" (reordered to make sense) - "where." -> "where" - "Crowd" -> "crowd" - "permisenously" -> "perniciously" - "Complaint" (lowercase "c" for consistency) - "Governci" -> "Government" - "Stongkong" -> "Hongkong" - "seech" -> "beseech" - басей" (removed as it appears to be a nonsensical OCR result) - "at vince" -> "at once" - "denang" -> "Tienang" (assuming this is the correct reading, possibly referring to a place name) - Added "..." to indicate a potentially missing word at the end. The original text appears to be a petition, and the corrections aim to restore its coherence while adhering to the original content as closely as possible.
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for trial, not only will wrongs be doire to three generations without hope of redrees, but A it is to be feared hat male factors will take this case as precedent and regard Honghong safe refuge for Criminals, as a where. they can Crowd permisenously and hide themselves away, to prove a certain source of secret danger. Your Petitioners although belonging to a foreign country, regard themselves in the same light as your children, and therefore make bold to trouble you with the Complaint. Complaint of the wrongs they have suffered. They of your would be seech you 580 goodness to look down upon them and to move the Governci of Stongkong to hand over the 13 Criminals who have been arrested to the Military, Authorities for extradition. They would further beg you to issue to them. a warrant of arrest that: go and а басей they might at vince bring back Yang fwho has fled to denang, for trial and punishment, when the injury they have suffered
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for trial, not only will wrongs be doire to three generations without hope of redrees, but

A

it is to be feared hat male factors will take this case as

precedent and regard Honghong safe refuge for Criminals,

as a

where.

they

can Crowd

permisenously and hide

themselves

away,

to prove a

certain source of secret danger.

Your Petitioners although belonging to a foreign country, regard themselves in the same light as

your children,

and therefore make bold

to trouble

you with the

Complaint.

Complaint of the wrongs

they have suffered. They of your

would be seech

you

580

goodness to look down upon them and to move the Governci

of Stongkong to hand over the 13 Criminals who have been arrested to the Military, Authorities for extradition.

They would further

beg you

to issue to them.

a warrant of arrest that:

go

and

а басей

they might at vince bring back Yang fwho has fled to denang, for

trial and punishment, when the injury they have

suffered

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