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Lee LumKwai would have been entitled to his discharge after ten years' imprisonment-ie -nearly twelve months
7
ago.
On the whole, I felt,
looking to the official papers.
before
me, that I should not
the
be justified in Keeping prisoner longer in Gaol, the Colonial Surgeon having certified that his life would be thus -- endangered. On the other hand,
it was
of
alleged that one or two
the witnesses, on whose evidence
he was convicted, are still resident in Wongkong, and would be exposed to his vindictive attacks; the
person
Captain-Superintendent of Police ~ reported that he was a dangerous to the peace and good order of the Colony; and the Excentive Conneil accordingly ~~~
advised that he should be
banished (on his release from
prison) to China, in pursuance of the local law and practice
Cases
in
of this nature. This advice
(with which I coneur) has been
he
carried
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