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No. 12187/14.
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The Undor Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
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R25/01/14
Sir:-
Ca.
With reference to your letter 8822/1914 of the 17th
of March last, relative to the dismissal oy the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council of the appeal of the Afghan
Sepoy, Ibrahim, against the sentence of death passed on
him by the Supreme Court of dong Kong, I am directed by
Secretary Sir Edward Grey to state that ne is advised that,
as the prisoner was tried at ilong Kong, the exercise of
the King's Prerogative rests, under the terms of nis
Letters Patent, with the Governor of that Colony.
As however the crime itself was committed near Canton
and would in ordinary circumstances have been tried by lis
Majesty's Supreme Court for China, in which case it would
A.M Munter within
nave fallen to Sir E. Grey to exercise, if necessary, the
Susan
prerogative in question, would like to draw attention,
as elements meriting in his opinion some consideration,
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
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