CO129-505-11 Deleterious Drugs Ordinance 1927- proposed amendments 27-10-1927 - 9-11-1927 — Page 8

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the opportunity of proving that they are not would

be unsatisfactory as they would all commit perjury

and persuade the Court wrongly of their innocence.

This seems to be a serious reflection upon the

character of the owners and masters and on the

ability of the Courts in Hong Kong. The

Superintendent says that he only prosecutes where

it is patent from the facts that an owner or

master must have been a party or have connived at

the offence. That being so, I cannot think that

the Courts are so simple as to find in such cases

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are in delicto, support him.

If you can guarantee that there will be

no incidents such as there were in the Straits,

perhaps there is no harm in leaving the law as it

is. I do not know, however, whether we can make

such an assumption.

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