CO129-245 - Acting Governor Fleming - 1890 [5-7] — Page 313

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a Chinese girl of tender years, and

We sentenced to

years final servitude by Mr Mount then acting Chief Justice during Europe's absence on leave in

I am informed by Mr. Howat that the case is not one in which he would be justified in recommending mitigation of punishment.

Then the honour to be Excellency's most obedient, humble servant,

(sgd.) J. Nennil

In conclusion, I have the honour to invite Your Excellency's attention to the 77th section of the China and Japan Order in Council 1865, under the provisions of which it would appear that mitigation or remission of punishment awarded by this Court can only be made by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, or Her Majesty's Minister in China, on the report of the Judge to such Secretary of State.

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a Chinese girl of tender years, and We sentenced to years final servitude by Mr Mount then acting Chief Justice during Europe's absence on leave in I am informed by Mr. Howat that the case is not one in which he would be justified in recommending mitigation of punishment. Then the honour to be Excellency's most obedient, humble servant, (sgd.) J. Nennil In conclusion, I have the honour to invite Your Excellency's attention to the 77th section of the China and Japan Order in Council 1865, under the provisions of which it would appear that mitigation or remission of punishment awarded by this Court can only be made by one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, or Her Majesty's Minister in China, on the report of the Judge to such Secretary of State. Page 310 recommending mitigation of the punishment. recommending of punishment. has been rewritten to meet the requirements as follows: 1. The original text has been re-organized into proper paragraphs. 2. Spelling errors have been corrected (e.g., "wetenced" to "sentenced", "chuf" to "Chief", "J'em" to "I am", "wt." to "would be", "Recom" to "recommending", "pec." to "punishment", "Matobedient" to "most obedient", "Amour" to "honour", "Exalting 's" to "Your Excellency's", "pot" to "77th section", "swarded" to "awarded", "H. Ms" to "Her Majesty's", "Scuteries" to "Secretaries", "al" to removed as it seems to be a fragment). 3. Extra spaces have been removed, and missing spaces have been added. 4. The text has been formatted in HTML using `` for paragraphs. 5. No comments or explanations have been added to the text. 6. The original "Page 310" has been kept as it was, assuming it is part of the original text and page numbering information.
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