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To
His Majesty's Principal Secretary
of State for the Colonies.
IN THE MATTER of the Humble Petition
of CHUANG CHU FENG (1 344)
Merchant of Room No.601 National
Bank Building, Hong Kong
AND
IN THE MATTER of one CHONG TONG HIS
SHEWETH as follows:
1.
Your Petitioner formerly Compradore and subsequently Agent
of the firm of Alex Ross & Co., (China) Ltd. in Swatow and the
proprietor of the Cheang Hua Company of Hong Kong is the lawful
father of Chong Tong Hie (Tony Chuang).
On the 21st day of March 1946 the said Chong Tong Nie in
company with Chai Cheng Yu was indicted for robbery and possession
of arms before the General Military Court and on the 24th March
1946 convicted of the said offences and sentenced to 3 years
and 5 years simple imprisonment, sentences to run concurrently
and 12 strokes of the cane.
3.
Your Petitioner rendered every assistance in his power tɔ
the Police with regard to the arrest of his son and by reason
of subsequent illness was unable to appear personally or to
instruct Counsel to make an appeal for leniency on behalf of
his son the said Chong Tong Nie before the General Military Court.
From the record of Committal Proceedings in the Central
Magistracy in the Colony of Hong Kong and from the plea in
mitigation made by Mr. D. B. Evans on behalf of the 1st accused
as appears in subsequent proceedings before the General Military Court established after the re-occupation of the Colony it
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