CO129-363 - Public Offices & Others - 1909 — Page 138

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Sir:-

SHANGHAI,

October 13th, 1909.

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I have the honour to acknowledge the Foreign Office

despatch No.12 of August 11th and in reply thereto to

state that the power of the Court to deport from China

and Corea is strictly limited for general purposes by

the provisions of Article 83 (1) (2) and (3). It is

necessary in all cases to give the accused the chance of

finding security for his future good conduct, and I do

not think that when the convicted man is serving his

sentence in Hongkong it would be proper or, indeed,

possible for him to be deported direct from Hongkong.

He ought in my opinion to be brought before the Court

and given the chance of finding his security; but, even

if an order of the Court made at the trial could get

over this difficulty, I do not think that the Govern-

ment of Hongkong would have power under the existing

law to order the prisoner's removal from Hongkong to

Sir Edward Grey, Bart., M.P.

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