CO129-227 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1886 [6] — Page 593

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because he was born in Tenang at the time that that Province belonged to the East India Company and claimed therefore to be a British subject: at any rate there were doubts whether his banishment would be legal. Mr. Mitchell-Innes had reported that in a recent case before the Police Court this Interpreter had wilfully concealed the fact that a certain society accused of having as its object the extortion of money was in fact the Triad Society, although he was asked several questions by the Magistrate with the express view of eliciting this fact, and as the Magistrate further informed the Executive Council that he had no longer any confidence in this Interpreter, who has been well known to the Police for some years as a prominent member of the Triad Society, I have, with the advice of the Executive Council, dismissed him from the service.

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591 because he was born in Tenang at the time that that Province belonged to the East India Company and claimed therefore to be a British subject: at any rate there were doubts whether his banishment would be legal. Mr. Mitchell-Innes had reported that in a recent case before the Police Court this Interpreter had wilfully concealed the fact that a certain society accused of having as its object the extortion of money was in fact the Triad Society, although he was asked several questions by the Magistrate with the express view of eliciting this fact, and as the Magistrate further informed the Executive Council that he had no longer any confidence in this Interpreter, who has been well known to the Police for some years as a prominent member of the Triad Society, I have, with the advice of the Executive Council, dismissed him from the service. I annex for Your Lordship's ...
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591 because he was born in Tenang at the time that that Province belonged to the East India Company and claimed therefore to be a British subject: eft any rate there were doubts whether his banishment would be legal. do Mr. Mitchell-Innes had reported that in a recent case before the Police Court this Interpreter had wilfully concealed the fact that a certain society accused of having as its object the extortion of money was in fact the Triad Society, although although he was asked several. questions by the Magistrate with the express view of cliciting this fact, and as the Magistrate further informed the Executive Conneil that he had no longer any confidence in this Interpreter, who has been well known to the Police for some years as a prominent member of the Triad Society, I have, with the advice of 0 The Excentive Council, dismissed | the service. him 4. from I annex for Your -Lordship's
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because he was born in

Tenang at

the time that that Province belonged to the East India — Company and claimed therefore to be a British subject: eft any rate there were doubts whether his

banishment would be legal. do Mr. Mitchell-Innes had reported

that in a recent case

before the Police Court this Interpreter had wilfully concealed the fact that a certain society accused of having as its object the extortion of money was in fact the Triad Society,

although

although he was asked several. questions by the Magistrate with the express view of cliciting this fact, and as the Magistrate further informed the Executive Conneil that he had no longer any

confidence in this Interpreter, who has been well known to the

Police

for

some years

as

a

prominent member of the Triad Society, I have, with the advice of

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The Excentive Council, dismissed |

the service.

him

4.

from

I annex for Your

-Lordship's

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