1
INDEX. 727
PROSTITUTION , -- Continued.
the case against Chow Sam Moocy for keeping a brothel and the conduct
of the police, 309
quasi-tax on, 133
See also Caine, W.; Chinese ; House of Commons ; Police .
PUBLIC DECENCY.
outrages upon, 327
PUBLIC MEETING .
adjourned, 222
memorial sent home, 224
on local grievances , 257
regarding position and prospects of the Colony, 217
See also Attorney ; Justices of the Peace ; Secretary of State.
PUISNE JUDGE.
necessity for, mooted, 397, 658
PUNTI See Buccaneering .
QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY. See Free Pardon ; Prison .
QUEEN'S EVIDENCE . See Too Apo .
QUEEN'S ORDERS -IN- COUNCIL. See Royal Orders-in- Council.
QUEEN, THE. See Piracy.
QUEUE. See Tail Cutting.
QUICK WITH CHILD . See Perkins, G.
" RAIKES , ESQ., THE JOURNAL OF T. "
character of Sir J. Bowring in, 387
RANDOLPH, P.C. See Police .
RECLAMATION. See Land.
REFORMATORY.
incentive for starting of a, 644
REGISTRATION.
a failure, 93
based on Chinese principle of mutual security, 127
census and registration office, 73
dreaded by Chinese , 255
duties of census and , officer performed by Mr. May, 285
effect of opposition by natives to local laws , 69
Englishmen accused of tampering with the Chinese in their opposition
to, 68
opposition to, 67
parliamentary discussion, 69
precursor of, 42
public meeting against, 67
opinion, 44, 66
strike of Chinese labourers, 67
REMISSION OF PENALTIES . See Penalties.
RENNIE, MR.
objected to as a member of the Legislative Council, 564
the appointment approved of, 600
728 INDEX .
RENT. See Land.
REPORTER. See Press .
RHONE, THE See Heycock, R. C.
RICKETT, MR.
report on the gaol in 1858 , 644
RIOT. See Anstey, T. C.
ROAD.
the law of, 123
See also Door Lamps ; Lanterns ; Lighting of the Town.
ROBERTSON, B.
acting consul at Canton, 332
appointed consul at Amoy, 331
vice-consul for China, 55
ROBINSON, SIR H.
acting under instructions, 653
appointed Governor of Hongkong, 595
arrival of, 604
a stigma upon his administration, 624
comes out with instructions , 616
observations as to the constitution of the Legislative Council, 616
on the local press, 653 , 654
stigma of cruelty attached to his administration , 616
ROSS . See Prisoners .
ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY .
dispute between Sir J. Bowring and Mr. Anstey at a meeting of, 426
meeting in Supreme Court building, 232, 303
papers read by Mr. Austey, 406 , 411
ROYAL MARINES . See Navy .
ROYAL ORDERS -IN - COUNCIL.
1833, 9th December, 2
1840, 22nd May, 43
1843, 24th February, 581
— — 1st June, 18
1844, 17th April, 43 , 142
1853 , 13th June, 336, 337, 581
1859, 2nd February, 429
3rd March, 581
RULES AND ORDERS . See Supreme Court .
RUSSIA.
declaration of war against, 348
SAILORS' HOME.
creation of, suggested , 328
SAMARANG. See Executions.
SARGENT, LIEUT. See Army .
SCANDAL.
the noisome scandal of the East, 405
unique in all, of the government of Colonies, 405
INDEX . 729
SCHOOLS . See Interpretation ; King's College, Londou.
SCOTT, ALEXANDER.
appointed recording officer, 19
death of, 34
SCOTT, JOSEPH.
appointed governor of the gaol, 537
confirmed in his appointment, 538
SEAMEN. See Executions ; Merchant Shipping and references ; Navy ;
Police ; Prison.
SECRETARY OF STATE .
amusing speech of Sir E. B. Lyttou in House of Commons on Hongkong
affairs, 582
apathy of home authorities relative to Hongkong affairs, 641
despatch of Lord Palmerston in the Compton case, 117
Earl Grey's reply to local grievances, 24
memorial of residents, 257
letter from Earl of Carnarvon expressing regret at Mr. Anstey's suspen-
sion, 589
public memorial to Earl Grey, 217 , 224
refusal to confirm two Ordinances without alteration, 570
Sir E. B. Lytton's despatch dismissing Mr. Anstey, 585
takes no notice of accusations against a public officer except through
the Governor, 585
See also Aberdeen ; Anstey, T. C.; Attorney- General ; Church ;
Civil Service ; Compton Case, The ; House of Commons ;
Land ; Newcastle, Duke of.
SECRET ASSOCIATIONS . See Chinese.
SECRET SOCIETIES .
branding, 73
existence of, in Hongkong, 14
Hongkong head-quarters for South of China, 127
meeting of triad, 137
obnoxious members of, 93
raid by police, 70
suppression of, 73
triad society flourishing, 127.
See also Branding.
SELECT COMMITTEE . See House of Commons.
SENTENCES .
curious, 30
See also Death Sentences.
SERVICE OF PROCESS . See Supreme Court.
SEYMOUR, ADMIRAL SIR M. See Navy.
SHANGHAI .
superintendency of trade removed to, 348
SHAP NG TSAI. See Piracy.
SHEFFIELD.
petition to the House of Lords from , re Mr. Austey and Hongkong affairs,
581
See also Newcastle.
730 INDEX .
SHELLEY, MR .
audits registrar's accounts , 91
Hindustani interpreter, 82
promoted assistant auditor-general in Mauritius, 142
SHERIFF . See Extortion ; Holdforth, C. J.
SHORTREDE , MR.
abandonment of charge against , for removing his printing establishment ,
171
on extortions from prostitutes , 80
SHUCK-PAI-WAN. See Aberdeen.
SIAM.
treaty of commerce with, 359
See also Hillier, C. B.
SINCLAIR. See Piracy ; Prisoners.
SINGAPORE. See References from Straits Settlements.
SIR JAMSETJEE JEEJEEBHOY, THE. See Buccaneering.
SIRR, H. C.
admission to the local bar, 65
articles in The Dublin University Magazine attributed to him, 177
a vice-consul for China, 55
his chequered career, 55n
starts practising at the bar, 55
SLAVERY .
existence of, in the Colony, 35
See also Anstey, T. C.
SMITH , F.
appointed deputy registrar, 83
death of, 287
public liberality and sympathy to his family, 287
surrogate of vice-admiralty court, 173
SMITHERS , J.
death of, usher of the supreme court and clerk, and sexton to St. John's
Cathedral, 602
SMITHERS, T. See Police.
SNOWDEN, MR. JUSTICE .
speech in the Legislative Council upon the supreme court house, 237
SOLDIERS . See Army.
SOLICITORS . See Attorney and references therefrom.
SONG.
66"You
may go to Hongkong for me,' 581
SOVEREIGNTY. See British Sovereignty .
SPECIAL CONSTABULARY.
meeting at chief magistrate's office respecting, 412
the attorney-general and the form of oath, 412
voluntary enrolment, 412
See also Police .
INDEX. 731
SPECIAL JURY. See Jury .
SPEECH, FREEDOM OF . See Legislative Council.
STACE, MR.
daring robbery with violence on, 478
departure for England , 600
STANLEY.
Chuck Chu named , 79
6
establishment of a magistracy at Chuck Chu, ' 48
tenders for building a residence for the assistant magistrate, and Police
Stations, 56
See also Hillier, C. B.
STANLEY, LORD . See Land Transportation.
STATUTES .
careless introduction of, in the Colony, 542
inapplicable to the circumstances of the Colony, 571
6 Geo. 4 C. 69......43 11 & 12 Vict. c. 46......371
2 & 3 Will. 4 c. 92 ......329 12 & 13 Vict. c. 29......601
3 & 4 Will. 4 c. 41 ......329 c. 68......467
c. 93 ...... 1 , 322 c. 96......251 , 276 , 282
6 & 7 Will. 4 c . 66 ......348 14 & 15 Vict. c. 19 ...... 355
-C .112 ......329 c. 76......367
c. 114......38 c. 99-100.325
6 & 7 Vict. C. 34......355 15 & 16 Vict. c . 24 ......355
c. 80 ...... 28, 142 17 & 18 Vict. c. 125 .....367
C. 83......371 18 & 19 Vict. c. 42 ......401
C. 85......355 c. 104..... 363 , 546
C. 94......631 19 Vict. c. 117 .....543, 546
-c . 96 ...... 355, 556 20 c. 47...... 543
s. 8... 561 20 & 21 Vict. c . 85 ...... 471
7 & 8 Vict. c. 62......355 21 Vict. c. 14 ...... 544
8 & 9 Vict. C. 47......355 c. 54...... 544, 546
c. 89 ......601 c. 57 ......544, 546
9 & 10 Vict. c. 24...... 371 -- c. 77......544
c. 25......355 c. 85 ...... 544
10 & 11 Vict. c. 66...... 355 22 & 23 Vict. c . 9 ...... 601
c. 83......89
See Attorney-General ; Secretary of State .
STEELE, THOMAS.
committed for trial, 286
conviction for stabbing , 276
escape from gaol, 285
re-captured drunk, 285
sentence for prison breaking, 289
See also Prisoners .
STERLING, ADMIRAL. See Navy.
STERLING, P. I.
acting chief justice, rice Hulme, 321 , 331 , 347
acts for Chief Justice Hulme on summary jurisdiction side of the court,
309
732 INDEX .
STERLING, P. I.- Continued.
admitted to the local bar, 65
appointed puisne judge at Ceylon, 365
appointment as attorney-general rumoured , 43
arrival as attorney-general, 56
departure of his wife for England, 256
on leave, 107, 359
encomium on law societies, 354
first recorded unpleasantness concerning, 290
gazetted a member of the Executive Council, 56
his attitude respecting Chinese oaths, 310
- career and death, 107 , 365 , 366
- decision upheld by the Privy Council on appeal, 333
judicial affairs at the time of his arrival, 56
magic words attributed to him, 309
member of the Executive Council, 332
objects to a juryman on account of his views re Chinese oaths, 312
on the division of land lots, 282
opinion that counsel coming to Hongkong having no salary ought to be
well paid, 309
rebukes the jury , 326
requests a local journal to remove his name from list of subscribers, 290
resumes duties as attorney-general, 185
strictures passed on him, 290
suggests a simple affirmation in lieu of oath, 312
taken to task for flaws in indictments, 289
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL . See Church.
ST . PATRICK'S DAY. See Supreme Court.
STRACHAN, MR. See Assault.
STRAITS GUARDIAN, THE.
anonymous letter on Hongkong affairs in, to the Earl of Harrowby, 447
letter attributed to Mr. J. Y. Murrow, 447
on the condition of the Hongkong Police Force, 495
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS . See Caldwell, H. C.; Oath ; Police; Straits
Guardian, The ; Transportation.
STREET . See Road and references therefrom.
SUBSCRIPTION.
fine of Mr. Tarrant paid by , 444, 622
public, to meet Dr. Bridges ' bill of costs against Mr. Tarrant, 621
towards the expenses of The Friend of China for libel, 83
See also Smith , F.
SUICIDE. See Chinese.
SUMMARY JURISDICTION. See Day, John ; Justices of the Peace ;
Magistrate ; Supreme Court.
SUMMERS, J.
adventures of, 244
amenable to jurisdiction of Hongkong authorities , 246
appointed professor of Chinese at King's College, London, 348
his arrest at Macao, 244
--qualifications as professor of Chinese, 348
INDEX. 733
SUMMERS, J.- Continued.
his return to Hongkong, 248
meets a religious procession at Macao and refuses to uncover himself,
244
released by captain Keppel, 245
SUNDAY.
desecration of day of rest in Hongkong, 53
government notification as to, 407
order of Governor-in-Council as to, observance, 53
the labour question and the desecration of the Sabbath, 407
SUPERINTENDENT OF TRADE.
appeal from consul or vice-consul to the chief, 387
assistants in office of, and the study of Chinese, 348
duties of, during vacancy of office or absence, 601
of governor and, 187
office of, created , 2
of deputy, abolished, 24
- governor, plenipotentiary , and, combined as before, 331
plenipotentiary and, separated from that of Governor of Hong-
kong, 594
removed to Shanghai, 595
power of, under Consular Ordinance No. 1 of 1847, 138
separation from governorship of Hongkong believed beneficial, 323
See also Administration of Government ; Consular Courts ; Con-
sular Decisions ; Consular Jurisdiction ; Consulates ; Shanghai.
SUPREME COURT.
abolition not aimed at, 220
admissions to practise in, 65
accommodation in, 282
a military guard in charge of, 183
appeal to, from consular decisions withdrawn, 137 , 226
applications in early days for probate and administration advertized, 74
April, 1848, criminal sessions held in new, 189
block in business owing to illness of Chief Justice Hulme, 366
British subjects deprived of right of appeal to , 138
cases adjourned without assigning reason or for want of interpreter, 454
Chief Justices Hulme and Adams on the Court's vacation, 658
civil appeals to, from consular decisions, 301
condemnation of fees charged in, 218
confidence in , 126
cost of law proceedings in, 218
crowded state of the, hall, 309
deemed creditable to the Colony, 195
disallowance of rules, 136
dissatisfaction at non-opening of, 38
Earl Grey as to simplification of legal procedure in, 258
encroachment upon powers of, 146
establishment at time of suspension of Chief Justice Hulme, 168
in 1850, 288
extension of summary jurisdiction, 222, 233
favourable reference to working of, 81
fees in, not exorbitant, 258
on the insolvency side, 113
first criminal case heard in, 65
sessions of, 65
734 INDEX.
SUPREME COURT, —Continued.
forms and fees in, 223
frequent postponements and referring of cases to arbitration, 454
gift of law books to, library by Chief Justice Hulme, 161
ground floor of, considered fit for a police court, 237
how utilized , 237
used as a church, 233
heavy work in, 140
held in large upper room for first time , 282
inconvenience caused by passing door nearest the bench, 319
increase of pay to registrar and deputy registrar, 629
jurisdiction in civil actions between Chinese subjects when originating
out of the Colony, 301
melancholy condition of, as presided over by Mr. Campbell, 204
military guard withdrawn from Court House, 429
necessity for a new Court House mooted, 397
new rules of court, March, 1847 , 130
notice board limiting passage to professionals and others, 319
notification of day on which court would sit on summary side, 81
regarding admission of persons within bar of court, and arran-
gement of seats, 628
oath of attorneys in, 65
office of clerk of court and deputy registrar merged, 288
opening of, 64
order of court re rules to be observed in drawing of special jury in civil
cases, 629
re writs of capias ad respondendum, 629
that cause list be gone through in regular order, 631
orders of court disallowed by home government, 70
point of practice in, 398
powers as to consular civil appeals and committals for trial, 336
precedence of cases for hearing settled, 398
press reporters in, 282
removed from Wellington Street to building in Queen's Road, 182
renewed complaints as to non-opening of, 60
re-opens at 10 a.m., 604
report of proceedings of first criminal sessions of, 65
result of scandalous delay in opening, 60
rule of court regulating criminal sessions, 354
respecting service of process on military officers disallowed ,
78
rules and orders of the courts at Westminster introduced , 544, 647
-
of practice in, simplified, 235
satisfactory working of, 81
scene between Mr. Anstey and Dr. Bridges in, 432
Mr. Hillier and Mr. Mitchell in , 379
service of process and fee payable in the summary jurisdiction , 274
Sir J. W. Carrington and the notice board, 319
sittings at nisi prius, 231
skit at non-opening of, 59
summary jurisdiction improved , 75 , 81
the Compton case the first appeal against a consular decision , 118
hall of, described, 397
Irish celebrate St. Patrick's Day in the old Court House, 183
unsatisfactory state of affairs in, 454
See also Administration of Justice : Appeal ; Attorney : At-
torney-General ; Bar ; Campbell, C. M.; Compton Case, The:
INDEX . 735
SUPREME COURT, -Continued.
Consular Courts ; Consular Decisions ; Consular Jurisdiction ;
Gambling ; Gaskell, W.; Hulme, J. W.; Interpretation ; In-
testacy ; Japan ; Law Library ; Legal Profession ; Magis-
trate ; Parker, N. D'E.; Press ; Puisne Judge ; Royal Asiatic
Society ; Translators.
SURRENDER OF CHINESE. See Extradition.
SURRENDER OF CRIMINALS . See Extradition .
SYDNEY . See Australia and references therefrom .
TAIL CUTTING.
authorities shave off place where ' tail ' was, 133
cases of cutting off the tail,' 108
colonel Malcolm's evidence and opinion as to effect of, 132
cutting off of tail, ' 30
fifty-four Chinese ordered to have tails cut off for having no registration
ticket, 92
Governor Bonham orders practice of, to be discontinued , 203
Mr. Campbell's orders respecting, and shaving of ' crowns,' 203
no authority by law for, 132
' queues of pirates cut off to prevent suicide before execution, 241
sailors execute Lynch law ' by cutting off Chinese ' tails,' 209
tail cutting in prisons introduced by Mr. Campbell, 132
unknown to Chinese usage, 132
testimony of Mr. Matheson as to effect of, 132
See also Campbell, C. M.; Chinese ; Ma Chow Wong ; Prison .
TAM ACHOY, CAPT. BAKER, AND OTHERS . See Buccaneering.
TARRANT, H. J.
admission as an attorney of the court, 300
departure for England, 600
Messrs. Cooper-Turner and Hazeland take over his business, 600
TARRANT, W.
abandonment of charge against him for conspiracy, 170
acknowledgment of injustice, 240
acquitted by the jury for an alleged libel on the government, 562
addresses the secretary of state regarding Dr. Bridges, 438 , 444
admission as an attorney of the court, 7
apology to Dr. Bridges for a repeated libel, 449
a public subscription raised on his behalf, 624
as a boy at sea, 566 n.
asks Chief Justice Hulme to intercede for him with Earl Grey, 170
asks the government to take steps consequent upon return of Major
Caine's compradore, 265
at liberty to receive and send out letters in gaol, 620
attack upon Dr. Bridges, 437
author of Early History of Hongkong,' 625
bequeaths file of The Friend of China to City Hall library, 625
case against him and Afoon for conspiracy postponed, 150
of the Crown against him in the House of Commons, 581
committee of inquiry as to his complaint against Major Caine's com-
pradore, 143
convicted of libelling Colonel Caine, 613
criticisms upon treatment of, 615
Earl Grey's reply to, 239
736 INDEX .
TARRANT, W.- Continued.
fined £ 100 for libelling Dr. Bridges, 443
heavy sentence against him for libelling Colonel Caine, 614
his attack on the report of the Caldwell Commission Inquiry, 511
case and his treatment, 280
investigated in Colonel Caine's action for libel against him, 241
- death, 625
fine paid by subscription, 622
index dedicated to Chief Justice Hulme, 280
to the Ordinances , 280, 625
property ruined , 617
- sympathizers pay his fine and costs for libelling Dr. Bridges, 444
incarcerated for four months for Dr. Bridges ' ' little bill ' in a criminal
action, 624, 653
inquiry by Mr. Campbell as regards, how constituted, 609
investigation into his repeated accusations against Colonel Caine, 605
lays his case re Major Caine's compradore before the secretary of state,
170
minute of visiting justices removing him to the commou gaol, 619
months in prison for Dr. Bridges' costs, 623
never ceased recurring to the subject of his grievances re Colonel Caine,
557
obituary notice on, 625
on his release from gaol is confined for costs due to Dr. Bridges, 622
ordered back to his former cell , 617
origin of quarrel between, and Colonel Caine, 607
owed his dismissal from government to Mr. Campbell, 608
petition to government to allow him to be confined in debtor's gaol ,
618
poor compensation to, 239
pretext for getting rid of him, 239
prosecuted by Dr. Bridges for libel, 438
for libelling the government, 556
prosecution of, and Afoon for conspiracy to injure character of Major
Caine, 144
for libelling Dr. Bridges, 440
public feeling that punishment of, in excess of offence , 617
publishes list of subscribers to the fine imposed on him for libelling Dr.
Bridges, 444
purchases and edits The Friend of China, 280
recovers damages against Cheong Ahlum, 434
released after undergoing six months' imprisonment, 622
removed to the hospital ward, 617
reports extortion by Major Caine's compradore to government, 143
libel against Dr. Bridges, 448
spirit of revenge as regards, 617
the Colonial, Indian, and Home Press on treatment of, 621
--- Duke of Newcastle suggests his removal to debtor's gaol or remission
of sentence, 621
--
- Friend of China revived, 625
justices' recommendation as to, 620
public decide to stand by him, 624
severe treatment meted out to him in gaol, 617
writ against his chattels at suit of Dr. Bridges for costs, 623
trial of, for libelling Colonel Caine, 613
See also Anstey, T. C.; Bridges, W. T.; Caine, W.; Conspiracy ;
House of Lords.
INDEX. 737
TAXATION. See Attorney ; Bill of Costs ; Chinese.
TEPOS .
Chinese peace officers , 338
See also Chinese .
TESTIMONIALS . See Addresses to Officials.
THOM, MR.
Chinese interpreter, 256
THOMSETT , LIEUT.
appointed acting harbour master and marine magistrate, 646
TIMES, THE.
suggestion respecting Sir J. Bowring's disgraceful administration, 583
the allusion to Sir J. Bowring and Dr. Bridges, 583
upon the chaos in Hongkong, 583
See also Anstey, T. C .; House of Commons ; Land ; Navy.
TONG ACHIK . See Interpretation .
TONG AKU .
charge of receiving bribes against, at instance of Ma Chow Wong, 445
Mr. Edwin James moves Parliament for papers as to, 588 § 7
unfair allusion to, by Sir J. Bowring, 525
TOO APO.
admitted as Queen's evidence in the Chimmo Bay piracy case, 189
becomes a piracy approver, 139
charged with extortion, 190
conviction obtained on his unsupported testimony, 175
of, for extortion , 191
how he contrived to deceive , 190
jury return a verdict of guilty on his evidence, 174
prisoners sentenced to transportation on his evidence, kept back, 198
receives a free pardon for assistance in Chimmo Bay piracy, 139
sentenced to transportation for robbery, 139
taken on as police informer, 174
the authorities and , 192
-- victims of, 192
through fear of his influence he is not denounced, 190
turns Queen's evidence in the Chimmo Bay piracy, 174
victims of, pardoned, 206
See also Caldwell, D. R.
TRADE. See Aberdeen ; Obnoxious Trade ; Superintendent of Trade.
TRADESMEN AND MECHANICS .
illegal combinations, 24
TRADES UNIONS . See Chinese.
TRANSLATORS .
rule of court admitting, to the supreme court, 182
TRANSPORTATION.
Chinese convicts transported to Seinde , 121
Chun A Yee, a transported convict, found at large in the Colony, 349
convict Sinclair sentenced to, pardoned , 142
convicts sent to Penang, 195 , 198
738 INDEX.
TRANSPORTATION, —Continued.
convict soldiers transported to the Cape of Good Hope, 210
or Van Diemen's
Land, 250
convicts transported to Penang, 259, 293 , 331
escape of Chinese convicts at Penang, 221
mutiny of transported convicts on board the General Wood, 145, 151
objection in the Straits Settlements to, thither, 301
of Asiaties to Singapore , 121
report respecting first batch of transported European conviets, 71
sixty Chinese transported to Labuan 440
-more 99 553
tenders for conveyance of Chinese convicts to Singapore, 350
European convicts to Western Australia, 353
tenders for passage of convicts to Penang, 145 , 292, 338 , 341 , 354
-the Cape of Good Hope and Penang,
227
to Norfolk Island , 43, 70
Singapore and Bombay, 107 , 113
-- Van Diemen's Land, 43 , 70
wreck of the Lord Stanley, with convicts on board, 301
See also Army ; Cape of Good Hope ; India ; Labuan ; Mor, The ;
Piracy ; Prisoners ,
TREATY OF PEACE. See China.
TRIAD SECRET SOCIETY . See Secret Societies.
TRINIDAD JUDICIAL SCANDAL .
judicial misconduct in Colonial Courts of Justice, 155
TROOPS , OFFICER COMMANDING THE. See Army.
TROTTER, G. A.
clerk to the Chief Justice, 171
his services, 171
proceeds ou leave, 331
resigns on suspension of Chief Justice Hulme, 171
return from leave, 353
TURNER, G. COOPER-. See Cooper-Turner, G.
TURNER, THOMAS.
acting clerk to chief justice, 647
UNITED STATES . See Americans.
UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY . See Assembly.
VACATION. See Supreme Court.
VAGRANCY.
paupers hunted up and flogged, 149
VAN DIEMEN'S LAND . See Trausportation.
VENEREAL DISEASE. See Navy.
VERANDAH. See Land.
VICE-ADMIRALTY. See Admiralty.
VICTORIA .
city of, 20
VICTORIA, BISHOP OF. See Church.
1
INDEX . 739
WADE, THE JOHN.
trial of captain and officers of the American ship, for murder, 436
WADE, THOMAS.
appointed Chinese interpreter, 25, 94
interpreter of Chinese Customs at Shanghai, 351
private secretary to Sir George Bonham, 189
assistant Chinese secretary and interpreter, 130
attached to the suite of Lord Elgin as Chinese interpreter, 435
Chinese secretary to the British Legation at Peking, 594
- superintendency of trade, 361
resigns Chinese interpretership to the supreme court, 130
upon the supreme court house, 237
vice-consul at Shanghai, 331
WALKER. See Prisoners .
WAR. See Russia.
WARRANTS OF COMMITMENT.
chief justice's opinion on, sealed but not signed, 111
WATCHMEN.
bewailings in consequence of stoppage of bamboo -striking, 57
Chinese custom of bamboo-striking, 56
fine imposed by chief magistrate for contravening order against bamboo-
striking, 57
major-general D'Aguilar and the custom of bamboo- striking, 57, 58
suspicious character of native, 42
WATER.
run of, not to be diverted, 8
WATKINS , R.N., CAPT.
appointed harbour master and marine magistrate, 342
WEATHERHEAD, A.
clerk of the supreme court, 453
resigns , 657
takes leave , 595
WELCH, MR.
prosecution of, for having music ' in his house, 87
WELLINGTON, DUKE OF. See Duke of Wellington .
WHALERS .
deserters inveigled on board, 323
See also Desertion and references therefrom .
WHIPPING. See Flogging.
WILLIAMS. See Gibbons, Jones, and Williams .
WILSON, A.
prosecution and trial of, of The China Mail, for libelling Mr. Anstey,
565
WINCHESTER, H.M.S. See Navy.
WITNESS.
chief justice refuses to allow depositions of absent, to be read , 300
deposition of absent, to be read at trial, 295
practice heretofore of not requiring, to leave the Court, 284
See also Contempt of Court ; Depositions ; Evidence ; Oath ; Su-
preme Court.
740 INDEX.
WOMAN. See Perkins, G.
WONG AHLIN.
convicted of burglary, 436
See also Free Pardon .
WONG ALOONG.
trial and conviction of, for forgery of Chief Justice Adams' signature, 605
WONG A SHING .
the first Chinese juryman in Hongkong, 465
WORDS .
'a contemptible, damnable trick,' 511 , 556
' all that mass of mud which appeared to have encumbered society,' 616
: a pariah practitioner, ' 202
4
a puppet whose malice was checked by imbecility,' 220
·
a system of libel carried to a great height,' 622
a tribunal where neither quirks nor quibbles would be permitted,' 652
' better to hang the wrong man than confess that British sagacity and
activity have failed to discover the real criminals,' 417
' de die in diem ,' 529
'exfavore,' 529
hanging the wrong man will not further the ends of justice,' 418
' he who flees judgment confesses his guilt,' 240n
if Mahomed cannot come to the mountain, let the mountain go to Ma-
homed,' 255
'I'll dismiss this case without prejudice,' 309
in the multitude of counsellors there is safety ,' 458 , 487
' it is easier to raise ghosts than to lay them, ' 303
like a second Bottom , undertakes the parts of both Pyramus and Thisbe,'
171
'omnia præsumuntur contra spoliatorem,' 527
' only went out of prison for a spree on the Queen's Birthday,' 289
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reckless libels which had so long poisoned the very atmosphere of the
Colony,' 621
Shylock-like, thirsting for his pound of flesh,' 623
'the Court does not sit as a consulting surgeon,' 341
'the Governor and the governed at sixes and seveus, ' 407
'the noisome scandal of the East,' 405
'the vicious tool,' 221.
'tour de force, ' 532
'vires acquirit eundo,' 528
' with an eye to the future,' 509
' you may go to Hongkong, ' 584
WRIT . See Foreign Attachment ; Supreme Court.
WRIT OF CAPIAS .
power to registrar to issue, 327
rule of court of the 1st January, 1848 , approved, 173
YEH.
his detestable cruelty, 633
YUNG AWING.
articled clerk to Mr. Parsons, acts as interpreter, 389
resigns as acting interpreter, 388
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