14th
日期
April, 1982
WALMA
To His Excellency,
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THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG
The Petition of ..
香港總督閣下
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呈請人
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a prisoner in Hong Kong Prison humbly showeth
監獄囚犯謹陳
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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.
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Your humble petitioner is seeking the mercy of your Excellency
The Govemor to save him from this punishment.
(4)
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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.
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(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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