CO129-426 - Public Offices - 1915 — Page 173

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Sir:-

I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to trans-

mit to you herewith copy of a Statement of Expenses in-

curred by the Solicitors to the Crown Agents, Messrs.

Sutton, Ommanney and Rendall, in connection with the

Appeal, No. 113 of 1913, heard before the Judicial

Committee of the Privy Council, of an Afghan Sepoy,

Ibrahim, against the sentence of death passed on him

by the Supreme Court of HongKong for the murder of a

Subadar at Canton.

As the offence was committed in China, and the

prisoner was tried at HongKong, solely on account of the

proximity of that Colony to Canton where the murder

took place, Sir Edward Gray would request the sanction

of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty'a Treasury

to the payment of the cost of the prisoner's mainten-

ance, as well as of the expenses incurred by the

Solicitors to the Crown Agents, as a charge against

The Secretary

to the Treasury.

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