Kuang-yii-i-p'u-ying-lien, Commissioner of the Military post roads, reports that a degraded official by the name of Wen Tu, who had been sent to him as un exile to military post road beyond Kalyan, success expiate his offences us: convict on the fully escaped back to Kalgan on' the 23rd of July last. As soon, however, as memorialist received news of the man's escape, he at once gave orders to the military police at Kalgan to search for the missing convict. Subsequently memorialist was informed by the said police that they had succeeded in recapturing the run-away on the 30th of August in a kitchen-garden on -plant Hill beyond the Chanyii Barrier ofthe Great Wall. Memorialist thendeputed the sub-prefect of Huachow to make an enquiry as to the causes of the convicts escape; but the latter on being summoned to court attempted to commit suicide by cutting himself with a broken porcelain cup which he had broken for the purpose. The sub-prefect therefore went himself to the place of the convict's confinement, to investigate the matter, but found that the said Wen Tu had injured himself but slightly, while on the other hand the mother and wife of the said convict made a good deal of disturbance, stating that Wen Tu refused to re ise the authority of the sub-prefect who was a Chinese, and that as a bannerman he had the right to demand that his case he turned over to the Board of Punishments, The same objections were made by the convict himself, who further said that he tried to commit suicide because he thought that he was going to be turn ver to the sub-prefect for trial, in which ease he preferred death, Memorialist, however, forced the man to submit to examination by the sub-prefect who ited the above facts of the case, to which the said convict further added that the reason of his escape was the unbearable and half-starved life be had to lead as a convict on the military post roads. Memorialist therefore takes the present opportunity to turn the said Wen Tu over to the Board of Punishments with request that he be punished to the full extent of the law for his attempted escape and contempt for the laws of the land.—Rescript: Let the Board of Punishments try the man and deal out to hin the proper nieasure of punishment.
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