Ofício do magistrado do distrito de Xiangshan, Peng, ao procurador de Macau, sobre a morte de Jin Ya-Yi perpetrada por um estrangeiro, em Macau
This is a Qing dynasty imperial edict and magisterial proclamation, dated 23rd day of the tenth month of the 54th year of the Qianlong reign (1789), issued by Magistrate Peng, Chief Magistrate of a county under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. The document concerns the homicide of local subje...
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1790-01-08
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| Online Access: | https://macau-legacy.usj.edu.mo/docs/TPWEPG7T/viewer_TPWEPG7T.html |
| Summary: | This is a Qing dynasty imperial edict and magisterial proclamation, dated 23rd day of the tenth month of the 54th year of the Qianlong reign (1789), issued by Magistrate Peng, Chief Magistrate of a county under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. The document concerns the homicide of local subject Zhang Ya-yi by the foreigner Bima Huan-ti-huan, identified as an ‘Yí Fàn’ (foreign offender) under the authority of a ‘Yí Mù’ (Chief Foreign Representative or consular/community head). It records the magistrate’s formal censure of the foreign official’s delayed surrender of the perpetrator and rejection of his petition—deemed incoherent and legally unsound—which cited the accused’s purported good character and lack of intent. The edict confirms the conviction for non-intentional homicide, specifies the sentence of strangulation carried out by hanging, notes the concession permitting religious rites per foreign custom, and contrasts this with the harsher penalty prescribed for intentional murder. It further underscores procedural expectations, asserts accountability of the Yí Mù for custody failures, and conveys urgent directives from the Guangdong Provincial Administration Commissioner mandating immediate delivery of the offender for judicial examination in Macau, under threat of disciplinary consequences. The text bears multiple red-ink official seals, including that of the Guangdong Provincial Administration Commission, and marginalia indicating archival classification and urgency. |
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