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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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