principles therein laid down refused to receive evidence and I submit there is no good reason for accepting it now.
This is not a question of mistaken identity but whether the witnesses for Government are the Chinese deliberately speaking falsely or not, and this, I submit, I have already pointed out, is not a question which we should be called on to consider unless there is good evidence in support thereof.
A declaration made by the witness No Ki has been forwarded to His Excellency for consideration. This, I submit, should not be received. It is not relevant to the issue. It is as regards Fei Loi all hearsay, and if it was received it would only be fair to give Fei Loi the opportunity of denying it. Where would the enquiry end?
In conclusion, I would repeat that unless the Governor in Council is prepared to say that this case is concocted out of whole cloth as regards the prisoners, and that there is a conspiracy against them, and that there is sufficient evidence to justify the Magistrate in finding a prima facie case, and I do not see any evidence of bribery or intimidation on the part of the Chinese Authorities. In every case of rendition charges of intimidation, procuring false evidence, perjury are made, but I submit that in the present case there is no reason for attaching any weight to them.
It is not even alleged that there is anything of a political nature in it or that the lives of the Accused...
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principles therein laid down
refused
to receive evidence and I
submit there is no
Meason
good nee
it now.
for accepting it
This is not a question of
mistaken identity but whether
the witnesses for
Government
arre
the Chinese
deliberately
speaking falcely or not, and this, deubmit,
I have already
pointed out, is not a question
which
Ave
should be called on to
consider excless there is good evidence in support thereof.
A declaration cuade
by the withrew No Ki has been forwarded to this Excellency for consideration. this, deubmit, should not be received. It is not relevant to the issue.
It is as regards fé Loi all hearsay, and if it. would only be fair to give f is
it was received it
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end?
Loi the opportunity of denying Where would the en
aquiry
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In conclusion, I would repeat
that unless the Governor in Convite
is prepared to
is a
day
that this
care
regards
concocted out as re
the priconess, and that there is a
conspiracy against their, the
ufficient to justify
evidence is ou
the Magistrate in finding
prima facie case, and I do not
of bribery intimidation on the port of the
tee
any
evidence
Chinese Authorities. In
care
everyt
of rendition charges of intimidation, procuring false evidence, perjury
to are ruade,
but d'submit that in the present
there is
Care
мо жеaoon
for
attaching any weight to them
It is not even
there is
calleged that
anything of a political
nature in it or that the live
Accuei
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