CO129-365 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1910 [1-3] — Page 30

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I have the honour to acknowledge

the receipt of your despatch of the 2nd. instant stating that yo

had received a communication from His Excellency the Governor of

Hongkong with reference to the murder and robbery of two Indian

Police Officers in the New Territories of the Colony of Hong-

-kong. Liang Tou one of the men concerned in the outrage had

been arrested by the Hsin An Magistrate and His Excellency

desired you to be good enough to apply to me for the extradi-

-tion of this man to Hongkong for trial.

I have just received a report

from the Esin An Magistrate from which it appears that Liang

Tou has been summoned by the Magistrate and has stated that he

is a native of Lin Ta'an in Taipo. On the 20th. of August last

his cousin Liang Chao-sheng told him to go with him and carry some things to Lin Ts'un Ao. Then Liang Chao-sheng and himself

arrived, they found three men waiting, named Mai T'ien-fu, Hu A-

-tsa and Liang Fu. Just then two foreign constables and a carry-

-ing soolie walked up. Liang A-fu and party stepped up and

forcibly robbed them. One of the constables was killed by

Liang A-fu and the other was wounded by Hu A-tsa. He, Liang You, was frightened and ran home and subsequently received a share

of the money - $35 from Liang Chao-shang. He had in no way ben> a party to the lot nor had he assisted in the robbery.

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The prisoner thus having confessed

that he had received part of the booty, he should be tried and

punished accordingly, but I have the honour to observe that, although Kowloon, Taipo and Lin Ts'un have been leased to Great Britain, the territories are merely held on lease and are

not on the same footing as lands belonging to the British Crown.

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