CO129-216 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1884 [5-6] — Page 330

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eAlthough the warrant

under which the

prisoners

doners were

arrested only changes them with

muriter

the evidence

yet prove that they

goes committed

to

robbery

as well.

The evidence

given before me

does not disclose that the offence

with which the

charged

was in

are

prisoners

any way of

: political nature but I have

a

very

strong reasons to believe that such

was the case, and that, the

prisoners were concerned in the

Triad revolt at Nim-shan in February last

On 13th April A.D. 1884

A

another man

from

me

to

Bubenclosure received a com

Major General Tang asking. issue a warrant for the arrest of these same two prisoners and ~ for having committed against the laws of China at the same time and place where and at which they are now charpt with having committed murder In this communication the crime

a crime

is

distimetty described as a revolt or rebellion (The 34.) against the Government of China". I refused

to grant warrants and the Chinese Authorities appear then to have ___ sent in a further communication (upon which the present warrante

have

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have been granted) in which all : reference to revolt or rebellion has

bun omitted

I have to

(signed) & Alfred G. Wise, Police Magistrate.

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