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(2). As to the second change that is really mimateual. It como fome
into after dismissed, but better Singh disputes the truth git. Here the facts did not solely depend on Sam You's list. Sam Yin states that be to The Lease to pay to litter sigh, bollentergh! The Leung stated that be paid to alter Singh. Wilter Singh had the offortunity of Xexamining both there men
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that he was taken by surprise & he further states that instanton's care (and Stanton has made statutory declaration to the same effect) Ise Leung
Leung said he hiber to any members of the song kong police force. Shave looked up the notes of the
Ise Levying evidence in Stanton's cases damage said there that
bribe to the he was not the man
groe Indian Comptables. This is not inconsistent with his statement that he did give money to the sergeant major. I do not find in the evidence in Stanton's case that he stated
members any that he never paid bubes to
Police force. of the and Hong Kong
Ithink there was evidence on which letter Singh could perperly have been found guilty of receiving liber. Therefore on both charges there was ground for dismissing
him.
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As A repairs cher Costean's letter it is obroid untive that aller Singh definitely informed of the tract nature of the chaves made against him and that be has not fall offortunity of meeting them The new matter introduced it Stanton's allegation's doc, not, I think half his case. I think we shone's refly to Mr Colostienen that in view Singh has again
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besults
but that the Ifs regrets that felped to operat that consideration he is comble his previous decision.
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EARL'S COURT, 19 10 13
LONDON,
August 15th, 1898.
Her Majesty's Under-Secretary of State
For Colonial Affairs,
S.W.
When I lately called upon you in connection with the case of Utter Singh, late Indian Sergeant -Major, or Jemadar, of the Hong Kong Police, you kindly suggested that I might best put what I had to say in the form of a letter to you.
2. I understand that two petitions were presented by Utter Singh, one on the 13th. Sept. 1897, and the other on the 11th. May, 1898, at the Governor's Office at Hong Kong for transmission to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs.
3. It would appear that Utter Singh, after having served in the Hong Kong police for 18 years, was dismissed from the said force in December, 1896.
He is a native of the Punjab,-
a Sikh,- belonging
to a family which has furniched,besides himself, many fighting men (some of them bore, and bear, the rank of native officer)
to the Indian Army, and the Hong Kong Police force (See State- ment E, page 7, of printed papers annexed)
4. I have met him quite accidentally in London, where
he has arrived from China within the last 5 or 6 weeks, having come to prosecute his appeal before Her Majesty's Secretary of
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