Ofício do assistente substituto do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Zhu, ao procurador de Macau, sobre o furto verificado na casa de João Pedro
This archival document is an official Qing dynasty judicial memorandum issued by the Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture, on 12 April 1742 (15th day of the third lunar month, Qianlong 7), received on 7 April 1742. It concerns the urgent resolution of a burglary case at the re...
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/F95NHUN4/viewer_F95NHUN4.html |
| Summary: | This archival document is an official Qing dynasty judicial memorandum issued by the Acting Magistrate of Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture, on 12 April 1742 (15th day of the third lunar month, Qianlong 7), received on 7 April 1742. It concerns the urgent resolution of a burglary case at the residence of Jiabide—a Portuguese resident in Macau—under investigation by the county’s *Lishiguan*, the Qing-appointed Portuguese ‘Western Affairs Officer’ responsible for liaison with Chinese authorities. The memorandum, transmitted under authority of Wang, Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate and concurrently Governor of Guangdong Province, directs immediate verification of the stolen property’s value and accuracy of the initial report submitted by informant Chen Yaqiu, requiring formal examination (*xunming*) of the complainant and submission of a verified statement (*quegong*) alongside an itemised inventory valued according to *medium-grade* (*zhongwu*) market standards as stipulated in the *Da Qing Lüli*. The document underscores statutory time limits for case adjudication, cites prior non-compliance, and mandates completion within one day of receipt to avoid administrative sanction. Archival references T03/474 and T3/1442 locate the original in the Xiangshan County yamen records; the text reflects formal Qing judicial protocol, inter-imperial administrative practice, and Sino-Portuguese legal interaction in the Pearl River Delta during the early Qianlong reign. |
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