CO129-510-14 Report of committee of enquiry into discrepancies and losses in government departments in Hong Kong... 21-4-1928 - 24-10-1928 — Page 92

NO CONFIDENTIAL.

Sir,

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG,

1st May, 1928.

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

I have the honour to acknowledge the

receipt of your telegram of the 25th April,

concerning the recent defalcations in the

Treasury, in which you ask me to send a considered

opinion of the Attorney General, giving reasons

for the statement as to there being no chance of

recovery from the Bank.

2.

I enclose a copy of a report dated

4th March, by Mr. Hazlerigg, Assistant Crown

Solicitor, in whose hands the investigation of

the fraud was placed.

It will be seen that there did not appear

to Mr. Hazlerigg to be any such weight of

evidence in favour of forgery as would be

likely to convince a jury.

3.

I enclose also a copy of a minute by Sir Joseph Kemp, Attorney General, dated 19th

March, in which he gives his reasons for

supporting the view of Mr. Hazlerigg that civil

proceedings

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,

&C.,

&C.,

&c.