CO129-195 - Governor Hennessy - 1881 [1-4] — Page 419

two other members.

Your Ming. Tong, who

his

family by

... the time under

reproof

to him

by

smarting at

administered

the deceased. The matter was

duly reported at the time and an

... to the

officer

them back to Canton.

to convey.

To this is to be

added the fact that though the

instigators of the crime, as well as the

principal in its commission,

indicated by

the evidence of

the murderers still at

inquest

was held

on

the bodies. The

Viceroy

dearly

enough to write to

Governors

of the kowtow of ... on the

subject and to send a subordinate military officer, to receive

Yong

She-tin and others, still there

are 11

off

to have been

Yong Pak-ume kum

and the other 12

"criminals for conveyance back to

Canton

for trial and punishment. All

the above facts

are

matters

of

record. Contrary to all anticipation,

however, three months have now

passed

without the criminals being handed

over. Over 60 wounds were

inflicted

found

on the bodies

of the deceased, and never was there

a more

glaring

...

blood-thirsty

which showed a

thorough contempt for the

law. The Viceroy is urgently requested

to press

the case

once more,

and to

issue instructions to his subordinates