CO129-242 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1889 [8-12] — Page 142

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before you for your information the depositions of the Police Officer at You Mati and the other persons and that on receipt of this despatch Excellency's duty to

inquiries

O

it

instruct me

was

Your

to institute

Whee

and

or

to whether on the 12 of the current month (19% of July) any soldiers braves had croseed the frontier. arrested Wu-lan- sou and Teng and to love no time in embodying

explicit report.

result in an

esu

the

Copies of the depositions in question

to

me

has

were also forwarded

The inquiry brought to light that a notorious character In lin dh'i had some time back

rewards were

taken refuge in Foreign territory and that though re

e promised for his apprehension he

arrested.

was never

The petty military officer Asii lien shing at Then Thii po reported to me verbally that Huang

ma

niang

and other

owners

of

stoten

stolen

had on various occasions. goods

laid a charge against the man

Su

-lin. chi for combining with others and robbing but the robber confident on his physical strength and the member of his accomplices

on repeated

Own

had

'occasions penetrated into Chinese derritory with the utmost daring

and that the

complainants had applied. that

soldiers should be stationed at the

frontier to avail themcelves

opportunity,

of

an

with the co-operation of the

soldiers already there, to lay hands

him.

Iat increased

071

at once increased the member.

of officers and braves to proceed to the spot and jointly with the soldiers at that station to take timon according to circumstances.

I also

achon

strictly ordered them to be careful and not to cross the frontier

and this

about trouble and complications . Subsequently a report

bring

was lais

before..

Tue

to the effect that on the 129

this

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