CO129-535-4 N.I. Brewer- petition for pardon 28-5-1931 - 24-10-1931 — Page 45

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CONFIDENTIAL.

RE ;.

1 JUL 1931

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG,

28th May, 1931.

Separately.

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Aned (2

My Lord,

With reference to the enclosed extract

from the Minutes of the meeting of Executive

Council held on the 14th of May, 1931, I have

the honour at the request of Mr. W.E.L. Shenton

one of the Members dissenting from the decision taken on that occasion ( the other being the

Attorney General) to forward for Your Lordship's information two files (in duplicate) containing

a record of the proceedings which led to the

conviction and imprisonment of Mr. Noel Instone Brewer and the subsequent petition for pardon

and compensation by Mrs. Brewer. The matter

was fully discussed in the Executive Council,

and it was held by a majority of seven to two

that no adequate grounds had been shown for interfering with the decision of the Supreme

Court.

2.

I am advised that in accepting the advice tendered by a majority of the Members of

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD PASSFIELD,

&c.,

&c.

&C.,

the