CO129-228 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1886 [7-9] — Page 194

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be prosecuted, and is believed to have left this Colony. Another was not charged, because he was not actually seen receiving money into his hand.

The remaining fifty were defended by a lawyer who applied for their liberation on bail, which application was granted by the Magistrate, the amount of bail being fixed at one hundred dollars, or half of the maximum pecuniary penalty applicable by the law. Eight more Constables have since absconded, forfeiting their bail. As great stress was laid by the defence on insufficient evidence as to identity, the Magistrate ordered the accused to appear before him this morning in plain clothes together with ten other Chinese Constables, and the witnesses for the prosecution were then called on, without previous warning, to pick out from the lot the forty-two persons whom they saw receiving money.

"This they did

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10 192 be prosecuted, and is believed to have left this Colony. Another was not charged, because he was not actually seen receiving money into his hand. The remaining fifty were defended by a lawyer who applied for their liberation on bail, which application was granted by the Magistrate, the amount of bail being fixed at one hundred dollars, or half of the maximum pecuniary penalty applicable by the law. Eight more Constables have since absconded, forfeiting their bail. As great stress was laid by the defence on insufficient evidence as to identity, the Magistrate ordered the accused to appear before him this morning in plain clothes together with ten other Chinese Constables, and the witnesses for the prosecution were then called on, without previous warning, to pick out from the lot the forty-two persons whom they saw receiving money. "This they did

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be prosecuted, and is believed to have left this Colony Another was not - charged, because he was not actually

seen

receiving money into his hand.

The remaining fifty

were

defended by a lawyer who applied for their liberation bail, which application

granted by the Magistrate, the amount of bail being fixed at One hundred dollars,

was

or half of

the maximum

pecuniary penalty applicable

by the law. Eight

Constables

Constables have since absconded,

forfeiting their bail. As great_ stress was laid by the defence

regards

insufficient evidence as identity, the Magistrate ordered the accused to appear before him

this

morning

in plain clothes together with ten other Chinese

Constables, and the witnesses for

the prosecution

on, without previous warning,

were then called

pick out from the lot the forty- two persons whom they

receiving money.

Jaw

"This they did

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