TNAG-1212-FCO40-1515-Crimes-and-sentences-in-Hong-Kong--including-death-sentences-1982 — Page 28

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

14th

日期

April, 1982

WALMA

To His Excellency,

THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG

The Petition of ..

香港總督閣下

&c.

呈請人

a prisoner in Hong Kong Prison humbly showeth

監獄囚犯謹陳

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&c.

&c.

now

現爲香港

(1)

un 20th July, 1981 your humble Petitioner was convicted in the

High Court of Hong Kong, upon a verdict of a jury of 7 persons, of the offence

of murdering Tsang Fan-chung, and was for that offence sentenced to suffer death

in the manner as prescribed by law.

(2)

Cn 26th November 1981 the appeal of your humble petitioner was dismissed

by the Court of Appeal and he is now a condemned prisoner awaiting execution for the offence of murder.

(3)

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Your humble petitioner is seeking the mercy of your Excellency

The Govemor to save him from this punishment.

(4)

born

Your humble petitioner is now aged 22 having been/in Hong Kong

on 14th September 1959. He is single and prior to his arrest was residing

with his family at

He had received education up to Form 3 level.

(5) Since leaving school in 1977 at the age of 17, your humble petitioner worked as a printing worker, starting at a wage of about $500 per month. He had continuously worked in the printing trade up to the time of his arrest, when he was working for the Hei Yip Printing Company earning $1,800 per month, of which he contributed half towards his family.

(6) Your humble petitioner has no previous convictions. He has had no connection with any criminal organization, and until the commission of this offence, has been, a useful member of society.

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(7) Your humble petitioner accepts and avers that by killing the deceased he has offended against the law of the Colony and morality in the most grievous

manner. He accepts and avers that nothing can be urged an his behalf, on that he forced a fight upon the deceased, in which he used a weapon so that the

deceased was killed.

(8) Your humble petitioner, however, does aver that the offence was an

aberration, in the nature of a crime of passion. Your humble petitioner in

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