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In the matter of the Humble Petition

of Utter singh of No. 12 Hollywood Road, Victoria Hongkong late Sergeant major in the Police Force of that Colony presented to the Right Honourable Mr J. Chamberlain m. l. Her Majestie's Principal Secretary of State for Colonial affairs Downing London S.W. on the 15th day of September 1897.

In

And

Street

The matter of " The Statutory acelerations

act 1835"

I. William Stanton of Victoria in the Colony.

Inspector in the Hong

Honghong

lake an

of Hongkong Police Force to solemnly and sincerely declare and say as

follows:

On the 24th and 25th days of August last I was directed to attend before the Honorable Francis Henry May the captain superintendent of Police

of this Colony and Henry Lardner Dennys Crown Solicitor of this Colony and chol attend on the vaid days at Victoria Gaol to answer certain charges of not discovering and reporting a gambling house at no2 Wa

Victoria in this Colony.

Jane

was

The hearing of the said charges proceeded with before the above mentioned

gentlemen and four witnesses were called by them against

me

One of these witnesses

3.

of the name

of

The

was a

Chinaman

Leung who stated that he had been employed on and off for

and off for a number of years as a watchman to gambling houses in Wa Lane Victoria aforesaid and whilst under

ation by

Cross examuu

me he stated that he