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immediately endeavoured to move in his own defence, by employ- ing local law-agents, one of whom apparently delayed the matter, and finally refused to act; the next applied for a copy, but got no reply to his application: At length, by the help of a Parsee, he was enabled to lodge Petitions before the Governor: that he lodged three Petitions, but was told nothing could be done; (the last time such a reply was given, being June 8th.,

was it appears from the brakes

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1897:) that on the 13th. Sept. 1897, he presented a printed honte (h. appeal at the Governor's Office; but got no reptzi

(etter Lingh's papers show

19 of

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that on

the 29th. he petitioned to know whether his Appeal had gone to England, and received an answer, dated the same day, shew- ing that the Petition had been sent to the Right Homble. Her Majesty's Secretary of State): that on October 1st, (or about ten months after the charge had been brought against him) and after he had been appealing and petitioning to know whether his case had gone to England) he was taken to the Jail,' and there in the presence of several persons was confronted with

+ a prisoner who recognised no one, but said apparently, that hush-money for keeping gambling houses was given to one, Tse Leung, (so called in Utter Singh's printed documents,

Utter

Singh pronounces the name Chiallon) for certain policemen, whose numbers he gave. Tse Leung (or Chiallon) was sent for

adjoining

from aroom of which the door was open, and on a paper being shown him, he said he had brought money, ten dollars a week,

Utter

for two gambling houses, and given it to Utter Singh.

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Singh states that, after amping he found that this Tse Leung was a private Detective for the Captain Superintendent.

Utter Singh denied the whole thing: and the Captain

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of Police said to him' he had asked his pension, now he would

to him gete it; and the statements would go to the Governor,

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Utter Singh further states that Inspector Stanton told him, after these matters, that in his, (Stanton's) case,

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meant afiche vendla.

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