CO129-199 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1882 [4] — Page 126

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Sonsul Stewlett and also the

10th

instructions conveyer by the god paragrapli of Secretary of State's "despatch Mob of cApril sot 1865, I was most unwilling to survenite these priemers, feeling almost certain that they would be subjected to torture to obtain a confession, ans that they would probably aftermares be pret to death by some horrible lingering proces; wis the incutive jouncil unanimondly recommented me mot to surrender them

and

until I has receives your Loarships instructions on the

subjech

subject.

may be remarked that

call

by

application for extrâsition has been made in this the Viceroy, and that in the two applications mare by the folonel fommanding at Kanlung

promise is

given

that

torture will not be intlicted.

I have no doubt however that

such a

promise would be

given by the Vice Ray readily as

frimmer

as

as it has been on

occasions if it was

intimated to him that the

prisoners would be sus

on that conditio