TNAG-1212-FCO40-1515-Crimes-and-sentences-in-Hong-Kong--including-death-sentences-1982 — Page 29

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

jealous rage when his former girlfriend,

left him for the

deceased, could not control himself. Your humble petitioner was

so shocked

by what he had done that he attempted to commit suicide by throwing himself

from the roof of his apartment block, but was dissuaded from so doing by his

friends, and the police, to whom he surrendered himself without a struggle.

In the premises your humble petitioner avers that the chain of events developed

in such a way as to be beyond his control, and he now bitterly regrets that

he used such violence.

(9) Your humble petitioner deeply regrets and repents the consequences

of his action; he fully appreciates the disgrace that he has brought upon

himself, his widowed mother, and the rest of his family, as well as the grief,

remorse and loss that he caused the family of the deceased. He realizes fully

his error in doing what he did, which was completely out of character.

Your

humble petitioner vows that he will never again act in such a manner, or use

a weapon in a fight. Therefore, your humble petitioner is appealing to His

Excellency the Governor, to exercise the royal prerogative of mercy for the

act of your petitioner, by commuting his present sentence of death by

substituting there for one of imprisonment, so that your humble petitioner can

repent and atone for his grievous wrong doing for the rest of his natural life.

(10) le will remember for all times this most grievous crime and devote

himself to living an honest, industrious and useful life for the benefit of

the community.

(11)

I,

, hereby certify that I have

read over the above-written petition to the petitioner,

and confirm

that he stated that he understood and agreed the contents thereof.

LINK

&c.

&c.

and your Petitioner as on duty bound will ever pray, 呈請人將感恩不盡

Prisoner's Signature.

犯人簽署

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