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in connection with Chinese gaming houses in this Colony,
the difficulty of obtaining such evidence is extraordinary.
5. In Witchell's case this difficulty was
successfully, but with great difficulty, overcome and he was
in my opinion, most properly convicted after a long trial
occupying four days.
6. As regards the Chinese detectives who were
banished under section 19 of Ordinance No.7 of 1891 and sec-
tion 3 of Ordinance 8 of 1882, although it would have been very
difficult, if possible, to have obtained the evidence re-
quired by a Criminal Court, I understand that, in no instance
did they protest that any injustice was done to them and
the moral evidence was ample.
7. The cases of Mr. Osmund and Sanitary Inspector Hore could not, probably, be brought within the scope
of the Criminal Law, and these cases were dealt with by the
Executive Council. They were not officers whose business
"related to the administration of public justice", but they
were charged with misconduct as public officers.
8. Sanitary Inspector Hore was charged with
corruptly receiving bribes from gambling house keepers paid
to a Portuguese woman with whom he had been living for 5
years. He was appointed in January 1895 and the
woman acknowledged having received, for some time, $1 a day,
increased during the last year to $2 a day. She had, during
the last 12 months received, therefore, a sum as large as
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in connection with Chinese gaming houses in this Colony,
the difficulty of obtaining such evidence is extraordinary.
5. In Witchell's case this difficulty was
successfully, but with great difficulty, overcome and he was
in my opinion,most properly convicted after a long trial
occupying four days.
6. As regards the Chinese detectives who were
banished under section 19 of Ordinance No.7 of 1891 and seo-
tion 3 of Ordinance 8 of 1882, although it would have been we-
ry difficult, if possible, to have obtained the evidence re-
quired by a Criminal Court, I understand that, in no instance
did they protest that any injustice was done to them and
the moral evidence was ample.
7. The cases of Mr.Osmund and Sanitary Ins-
pector Hore could not,probably,be brought within the scope
of the Criminal Law, and these cases were dealt with by the
Executive Council. They were not officers whose business
"related to the administration of public justice", but they
were charged with misconduct as public officers.
8. Sanitary Inspector Hore was charged with
corruptly receiving bribes from gambling house keepers paid
to a Portuguese woman with whom he had been living for 5
years.
He was appointed in January 1895 and the
woman acknowledged having received, for some time, $1 a day,
increased during the last year to $2 a day. She had, during
the last 12 months received, therefore, a sum as large as
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