CO129-550-2 Keung Tsz Pan- petition against sentence of death 18-10-1934 - 18-10-1934 — Page 7

Murd.

Ne CONFIDENTIAL.

Sir,

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

18th October, 1934.

In accordance with paragraph XII of the Royal

Instructions I have the honour to inform you that in opposition

to the advice given by the majority of the members of my

Executive Council at a meeting held on 11th October, 1934,

I decided that the sentence of death passed on a young Chinese

male named Keung Tsz Pan for the murder of a young woman named

Keung Sau Lin should be commuted to one of imprisonment for

life.

2. The facts of the case are set out in the enclosed

copy of a report by the Chief Justice.

A copy of a petition, the original of which

contained over nine thousand signatures is also enclosed,

together with a copy of a letter signed by the three Chinese

members of Legislative Council.

3.

In arriving at the decision I was influenced

mainly by the following considerations:-

The fact that as many as four members of the

Executive Council were in favour of clemency as against the

majority of five who advised that the clemency of the Crown

should not be exercised in this case.

commutation.

The evidence of public support for the plea of

Enclosure No.1.

Enclosure No.2.

Enclosure No.3.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.,

&c.,

&c.

&c.,

The

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