Enclosure!
that I attach much import
anoc
to the
in
regulation question having regard to
the circumstances which initiated it and which re
vealed a state of things calculated to bring the Force into disrepute.
I have the honour to be,
Dir,
Your Most Obedient Humble Servant,
William Rohingy
TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
MR. J. CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs. Downing Street, London, S.W.
THE HUMBLE PETITION OF UTTER SINGH, OF No. 12, HOLLYWOOD ROAD, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, LATE SERGEANT-MAJOR IN THE POLICE FORCE OF THAT COLONY.
MOST RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH -----
1. Your Petitioner enlisted in the Police Force of the Colony of Hongkong on the 10th day of December, 1878, as a Police Constable of the 3rd Class, and from that date obtained regular promotions, until on the 1st day of April, 1895, he was promoted to the highest post an Indian Policeman can aspire to in the Force, viz., he was promoted to the rank of Police Sergeant of the 1st Class, as also he was appointed Indian Sergeant-Major or Jernadhar of the said Police Force. A statement of the promotions of your Petitioner is entered in the Books of the said Police Force, and particulars of these promotions are embodied in the first paragraph of a representation addressed by your Petitioner to His Excellency the Governor, Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, on the 12th day of March, 1897, a copy of which representation is herewith attached, marked I.
2. From the said 10th day of December, 1878, to the 3rd day of December, 1896, when your Petitioner was dismissed from the said Police Force as hereinafter mentioned, your Petitioner's conduct, to the best of his knowledge and belief, was during that long period uniformly good; he was never guilty of misconduct or breach of discipline, he performed his duties to the entire satisfaction of his superior officers, and bore an exceptionally good character, as could be evidenced from the copies of certificates, marked A. to E, attached to the said representation to H.E. the Governor. Your Petitioner begs to cite here only Major Dempster's remarks as given in his certificate dated the 16th February, 1891, that “I consider him a man of very good character, sober and steady," and your Petitioner further craves leave to add that during the tenure of his full Eighteen years' service, from December, 1878, to December, 1896, he never applied for, and never had had, even such a short leave of absence as even a month's leave in the interval.
3. On the said 3rd day of December, 1896, your Petitioner was dismissed from the said Police Force by the Honourable the Captain Superintendent of Police, but your Petitioner honestly believes that he is aware of no such misconduct or neglect of duty on his part as to befit him for such a summary dismissal as has been given him without due consideration, and without any recognition of his exceptionally long period of service in the Hongkong Police Force.
4. Your Petitioner believes that he was dismissed by the Honourable Captain Superintendent under a representation received by him that your Petitioner was implicated in some money-lending transactions, and that being implicated in such transactions was and is against the Regulations of the said Police Force. The following are copies of certain documents signed by the said Honourable Superintendent, and given to your Petitioner shortly after his dismissal.
HONGKONG, 6th December, 1896.
Utter Singh served for 18 years in the Hongkong Police, and for 4 years under my personal command, during the last two of which he filled the post of Indian Sergeant-Major,
He performed his Police duties to my entire satisfaction, and bore a very good character. Unfortunately it was found that he had been implicated in some money-lending transactions, which is against the regulations of the Force, and he was on that account dismissed.
F. I MAY, C.S.P.
POLICE DEPARTMENT,
VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 31st December, 1896.
Certified that Ex-Sergeant-Major Utter Singh joined the Police Force on the 10th December, 1878, and was dismissed on the 3rd December, 1896,
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Enclosure!
that I attach much import
anoc
to the
in
regulation question having regard to
the circumstances which initiated it and which re
vealed a state of things calculated to bring the Force into disrepute.
I have the honour to be,
Dir,
Your Most Obedient Humble Servant,
William Rohingy
TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
MR. J. CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs. Downing Street, London, S.W.
THE RUMBLE PETITION OF UTTER SINGH, OF No. 12, HOLLYWOOD ROAD), VICTORIA, HONGKONG, LATE SERGEANT-MAJOR IN THE POLICE FORCE OF THAT COLONY.
MOST RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH -----
1.Your Petitioner enlisted in the Police Force of the Colony of Hongkong on the 10th day of December, 1978, as a Police Constable of the 3rd Class, and from that date obtained nite promotions, until on the 1st day of April, 1895, he was promoted to the highest post an Indian Policeman can aspire to in the Force, viz., he was promoted to the rank of Police Sergeant of the 1st Class, as also he was appointed Indian Sergeant-Major or Jernadhar of the said Polien Force. A statement of the promotions of your Petitioner is antered in the Books of the said Police Force, and particulars of these promotions are embodied in the first paragraph of a representation addressed by your Petitioner to His Excellency the Governor, Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, on the 12th day of March, 1897, a copy of which representation is herewith attached, marked I.
2.---From the said 10th day of December, 1879, to the 3rd day of December, 1896, when your Potitioner was dismissed from the said Police Force as hereinafter mentioned, your Petitioner's conduct, to the best of his knowledge and belief, was daring that long period uniformly good; he was never guilty of misconduct or breach of discipline, he performed his duties to the entire satisfaction of his superior officers, and bore au exceptionally good character, as could be evidenced from the copies of certificates, marked A. to E, attached to the said representation to 1. E. the Governor. Your Petitioner begs to cite here only Major Dempster's remarks as given in his certificato dated the 16th February, 1891, that “I consider him a man of very good character, sober and steady," and your Petitioner further eraves leave to add that during the tenure of his full Eighteen years' service, from December, 1878, to December, 1896, de never applied for, and never had had, even such a short leave of absence as even a month's teave in the interval.
3. On the said 3rd day of December, 1896, your Petitioner was dismissed from the said Police Forre by the Honourable the Captain Superintendent of Police, but your Petitioner honestly believes that he is aware of no such misconduct or neglect of daty on his part as to befit him for such a summary dismissal as has been given him without due consideration, and without any recognition of his exceptionally long period of service in the Hongkong Police Force.
J. -Your Petitioner believes that he was dismissed by the Honourable Captain Superintendent under
a representation received by him that your Petitioner was baplicated in some money-leading transactions, and that being implicated in such transactions was and is against the Regulations of the said Police Force. The following are copies of certain documents signed by the sail Honourable Superintendent, and given to your Petitioner shortly after his disruissol.
HONGKONG, 6th December, 1890.
Otter Singh served for 18 years it the Hongkong Police, and for 4 years under my personal command, during the last two of which he filled the post of Indian Sergeant-Major,
He performed his Police duties to my entire satisfaction, and bore a very good character. Unfortunately it was found that he had been implicated in some money-lending transactions, which is against the regulations of the Force, and he was on that account dismissed.
F. I MAY, C.S.P.
POLICE DEPARTMENT,
VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 31st December, 1896.
Certified that Ex-Sergeant-Major Utter Singh joined the Pelice Force on the 10th December, 1675, and was dismissed on the 3rd December, 1896,
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