CO129-234 - Acting Governor Cameron Governor Des Voeus - 1887 [9-12] — Page 339

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if he had declared the contrary

witnesses

over

to the next.

to the Court

Going ers belonging

as the elders before whom his brother brought him,

Clau

Their neglect

to hand him

to justice is not to be wondered at; but, when called on

Magistrate to find

by

the

who could speak to the antecedents

of the prisoner being summoned, it would be natural enough that they should prejudice

the known associate

arrested

of robbers to convict.

Jean's

Nor

is the objection to them

being

the only watchman going after the robbers

as at first sight appears. The watchmen

on the spot laid down,

seeing

the force of the assailants, being in the distance, bearing disturbance, come to see what

was the matter, and

seeming

on the thieves seems to have tried

to get away again, when a part

of the gang carried lighted torches

attacked him. Other

guards

on night

in China, whether there

be moon

or not,

the thieves also

carry

lights;

having paper

matches ready to blow into flame,

when they got

into the house they

meant to rob.

With the difficulty of making interpretation and still more of

getting

a Chinese to

give

a

direct

answer to a direct question, it is

almost impossible to get satisfactory

evidence according

to our views,

and

after the break

down of the first charge brought, and the strong suspicion that it was manufactured for the occasion,

it is natural

the Government should

require clear

distinct proof that

the

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if he had declared the contrary witnesses over to the next. to the Court Going ers belonging as the elders before whom his brother brought him, Clau Their neglect to hand him to justice is not to be wondered at; but, when called on Magistrate to find by the who could speak to the antecedents of the prisoner being summoned, it would be natural enough that they should prejudice the known associate arrested of robbers to convict. Jean's Nor is the objection to them being the only watchman going after the robbers as at first sight appears. The watchmen on the spot laid down, seeing the force of the assailants, being in the distance, bearing disturbance, come to see what was the matter, and seeming on the thieves seems to have tried to get away again, when a part of the gang carried lighted torches attacked him. Other guards on night in China, whether there be moon or not, the thieves also carry lights; having paper matches ready to blow into flame, when they got into the house they meant to rob. With the difficulty of making interpretation and still more of getting a Chinese to give a direct answer to a direct question, it is almost impossible to get satisfactory evidence according to our views, and after the break down of the first charge brought, and the strong suspicion that it was manufactured for the occasion, it is natural the Government should require clear distinct proof that the
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if he had declared the contrary

witrices

ovr

to the next.

to the aor

Going ers belonging

as the elders befor whom his brother brought him,

Clau

Their neglect

to hand hime

to justice is not to be wondered at; but, when called on

Me

agistrate to find

by

the

who could speak to the auticedente

of the prisoner thing sam, it would be natural excough that they should pitele

the known associate

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of robbers to dono.

Jean's

to

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is the objection to than

being

the only watchman go after the robbers

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as at first sight appears. The watelumen

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was the matter, and

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on the thieves sams to have tried

to get away again, when a part.

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or not,

the thieves also

carry

lights ;

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having paper

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getting

a chniese to

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a

direct

to a direct question, it is

almost impossible to satisfactory

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to our views,

and

after the break

down of the first charge brought, and the strong suspicion that it was manufactured for the occasion,

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