CO129-213 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [12] — Page 285

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# of the Government." "presume that the final decision will be taken in Executive Council.

This case is seriously complicated by the fact that these Chinese fugitives are converts to the Roman Catholic Church, and have consequently secured the zealous support of the Roman Catholic Bishop (Monsignor Raimondi), and of his Clergy, who employed a lawyer for their defence in the Police Court. As soon as the decision of the Police Magistrate was pronounced, Monsignor Raimondi waited on me, and presented the enclosed letter, protesting against the extradition of these men, and asserting their innocence. I caused a reply to be given, inviting the Bishop to substantiate his assertions.

Enclosure 1.

RECO RECE 4 FEB 84

To this letter the Bishop sent the Enclosure 3 annexed answer. It will be seen by these letters that Monsignor Raimondi bases his assertions as to the innocence of the prisoners, on the statements of the Roman Catholic Missionaries stationed...

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# of the Government." "presume that the final decision will be taken in Executive Council.

This case is seriously complicated by the fact that these Chinese fugitives are converts to the Roman Catholic Church, and have consequently secured the zealous support of the Roman Catholic Bishop (Monsignor Raimondi), and of his Clergy, who employed a lawyer for their defence in the Police Court. As soon as the decision of the Police Magistrate was pronounced, Monsignor Raimondi waited on me, and presented the enclosed letter, protesting against the extradition of these men, and asserting their innocence. I caused a reply to be given, inviting the Bishop to substantiate his assertions.

Enclosure 1.

RECO RECE 4 FEB 84

To this letter the Bishop sent the Enclosure 3 annexed answer. It will be seen by these letters that Monsignor Raimondi bases his assertions as to the innocence of the prisoners, on the statements of the Roman Catholic Missionaries stationed...

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9 C 0. 284 197 # of the Government." "presume that the final decision will be taken in Executive Council. This case is seriously complicated by the fact that these Chinese fugitives are converts to the Roman Catholic Church, and have consequently secured the zealous support of the Roman Catholic Bishop (Monsignor Raimondi), and of his Clergy, who employed a lawyer for their defence in the Police Court. As soon as the decision of the Police Magistrate was pronounced, Monsignor Raimondi waited on me, and presented the enclosed letter, protesting against the extradition of these men, and asserting their innocence. I caused a reply to be given, inviting the Bishop to substantiate his assertions. Enclosure 1. RECO RECE 4 FEB 84 To this letter the Bishop sent the Enclosure 3 annexed answer. It will be seen by these letters that Monsignor Raimondi bases his assertions as to the innocence of the prisoners, on the statements of the Roman Catholic Missionaries stationed... Page information is not present, but the text appears to be a continuation from a previous page and may be missing initial page metadata. was removed as per rule 12. The corrected text is presented in HTML format as instructed. Here is the revised response: C 9 C 0. 284 197 # of the Government." "presume that the final decision will be taken in Executive Council. This case is seriously complicated by the fact that these Chinese fugitives are converts to the Roman Catholic Church, and have consequently secured the zealous support of the Roman Catholic Bishop (Monsignor Raimondi), and of his Clergy, who employed a lawyer for their defence in the Police Court. As soon as the decision of the Police Magistrate was pronounced, Monsignor Raimondi waited on me, and presented the enclosed letter, protesting against the extradition of these men, and asserting their innocence. I caused a reply to be given, inviting the Bishop to substantiate his assertions. Enclosure 1. RECO RECE 4 FEB 84 To this letter the Bishop sent the Enclosure 3 annexed answer. It will be seen by these letters that Monsignor Raimondi bases his assertions as to the innocence of the prisoners, on the statements of the Roman Catholic Missionaries stationed...
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