HASTINGS & CO.
SOLICITORS & NOTARIES
E. S. C. BROOKS
TEL. 27257
GEN. OFF TEL, 33044
MARINA HOUSE 1ST. FLOOR
15-19 QUEEN'S ROAD C.
54
(continued)
HONGKONG. 5th, August, 194 8.
(2), letter of 31st May addressed to the Prime Minister.
This was,
of course, written without our knowledge, but we have since
seen a copy of it. It will be apparent from this letter that
our client suffers from a harmless delusion that he is able
to influence the course of world events. We feel it would
be most unfortunate if this manifestation of our client's
mental state should in any way operate to the detriment of
his son's interests.
The fact remains in our opinion that an unduly heavy
sentence was passed on a youth aged 18 (who did not have the
advantage of being legally represented) by a General Military
Court soon after the liberation of the Colony. Had a Civil
Magistrate occasion to pass sentence on him today for the same
offence we think it would be for half the term, i.e. two and
a half years instead of five years.
Please, therefore, treat the Petition as a Petition
for mercy and as an appeal against the refusal of the
Governor to exercise his prerogative on the Petition in
similar terms addressed to him in November, 1947.
JLL: FNCL:
We have the honour to be,
Sir.
Your obedient servants,
Hastings to.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.