CO129-511-21 Accessories and Abettors Ordinance 1928- Bill 13-9-1928 - 27-11-1928 — Page 13

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Sir.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 27th November, 1928.

With reference to your telegram of 3rd November, 1928, regarding the draft Ordinance to consolidate and amend the laws relating to accessories to and abettors of indictable offences, and requesting full particulars of the kind of cases with which the Bill is intended to deal and of the circumstances which render such a departure from the usual principles of criminal legislation necessary, I have the honour to enclose for your consideration a copy of a report by Mr. Somerset Fitzroy, Public Prosecutor and Assistant Attorney General, who drafted the Bill.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient humble servant,

W.D. Southosh

Officer Administering the Government.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

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

&C.,

&c.,

&C.