The Archive · 1871

R, v. Five Chinese Firemen

Desertion from the 2.2. Yuentzsfei.

Captain Harvey, sworn, stated, on the afternoon of the 24th October last, he gave orders pas are ede" any of Tatton ary for 1872, a work designed "for univerbal usefulness, but which has featarée of for' steam to be ready at 1 a.m. on the 25th.

About 1.30 am. on the 25th October, the value specially "Yo: foreign: residenta; and. chief engineer to him that there was no offices at "home in' commanication'-with steam and also that the five prisoners had left them. Letts's Diaries: are: 20" well- known the ship. As soon as practicable, he that we may but adver a: one word oth "other men to take thir places and p right quality of the-paper used for them and' the his voyage, the having been detained until delivered it re-strength of their binding. In the one: 10 hours in consequence of prisoners going on was not subject to fore us, some special information is for the shore.

Chinese authorities, first time introduced; the'histotical ealen-Charlds Fail, chief Engineer, sworn, stated, in opium at the dar, 20: familiar in all' works: of the kind, that on the morning of the 25th October, find-igners under the being abandoned in favour-of a postal one, ing that steam was not ready of the time 'Treaty of Tientsin. 'This right carries the right pointed, he went into the stokehole to ascertain to deliver it to the Chinese purchaser. And if for all parts of the: world, which is nccomthe cause, and found these men' had left the undoubtedly the. fore ought not to be the opiuth has been sold subject to delivery, Banied by. table of mail route and ports, ship without his permission, bles of colonial governments, and-of the To forfeit the wages due for the current interfered. with while effecting the same. values of Eastern: weights, measures and month, The case becomes different, however, when moneys, have also value'for business men, clandestine means are taken to effect delivery. and not leas the Banking, Postal and'Tele-th November.

It then becomes'probable that the foreigner is wphie information given. - Indeed, for in-R. Cuanues Movxrrmmy, either defrauding the revenue or putting his Kermation which is-of a'general rather then Parchaser in" position to do so. In my opinion the case of the opium in question, was of a local character, the "offic" Directory about 8 pum. onthe 29th Oct, he heard, some Ford, pobliean wands stated hi an attempt to enable the purchaser to evade will be found achandy'vade mecum, aid the sculling going on in a carpenter's shop in the the Lo Kin tax. If this was not the case, memorandum portion-a convenient: record Broadway. On entering the shop he saw why did Mr. Deslandes not deliver the opium and remembrancer. three foreigners beating the complainant, in an open. way, instead of placing it in Wong: abyer Prisoner was one of the three. packages which-seemed to be those of an He'(prisoner) had a saw" in his hand. Com-ordinary traveller? now-to be witnessed at' the excavations. bein, ne of the, strangest natural. phienomens is mant's face was covered with blood. On further examination he found a wound on posed to consider the decision of the Magistrate Under these circumstances I am; not, dis-carried on at Noge. It will be: remembere by: those who" have been the' complainant's head, about 3 inches long and fa.at all unjust or unnecessarily severe. In-railway towards Kanaws, that just' outside {of an inch wide, Prisoner was intoxicated" deed, were it not a first case 1 might entirely the: station yard large excavations' are being "at the time and very violent. decline to interfere. Claimant, has. the right in the side of -the hill. - A near inspec-'Edward Wade, ard officer of the ' Ailsa," to appeal—Courier._ sworn, stated he saw prisoner fighting with. these will show that at one-being: thrown down the complainant. He also saw complainant throw ~Glippings.

1) it finding " prisoner. did "not hooey but fading that prioner did "aot water 00 prison r, and immediately afterwards 8 returned and took him on was

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