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Identifier: britishmalayaac00swet

Title: British Malaya: an account of the origin and progress of British influence in Malaya; with a specially compiled map, numerous illustrations reproduced from photographs and a frontispiece in photogravure
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Swettenham, Frank Athelstane, Sir, 1850-1946
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Publisher: London, Lane
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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igade were dispatched to SungeiUjong, and the defile was eventually carried on 20 Decem-ber by the courageous action of Captain Channer, of theGoorkhas, who had gone forward scouting with a few men,and, seeing his opportunity, rushed a stockade which com-manded the rest of the position. Captain Channer wasawarded the Victoria Cross for this gallant action. TheMalays, driven over the border without further loss to us,were completely demoralized, and gave no further trouble. When the military operations in Perak were concluded,I was called to Singapore to be Secretary for MalayAffairs. Mr. J. G. Davidson, of Selangor, succeeded Mr.Birch as Resident of Perak, and Captain BlomfieldDouglas was appointed Resident of Selangor. Commissioners had been appointed to inquire into allthe circumstances which led up to the assassination of Mr.Birch, and the evidence they collected was of such acharacter as to prove the complicity of Sultan Abdullahthe Mantri, the Dato Laksamana, and the Dato Shaban-

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SIR WILLIAM JKRVOIS 2II dar. These persons were therefore removed to Singapore,and after a lon^ residence there, during which the case wasgone into most thoroughly, they were severally deportedto the Seychelles. The Maharaja Lela, Fandak Indut, and others, weariedby months of wandering in the jungles of Upper Pcrak,came south in July, 1876, and gave themselves up toemissaries from the Maharaja of Johore on the sole condi-tion that they should receive a fair trial. They wereconveyed to Johore, from thence to Singapore, and finallyto Larut, where they and the Dato Sagor, who hadalready been secured, were charged with the murder ofthe Resident, his interpreter, and two of his people. Theaccused were tried in December, 1875, before Raja Yusufand Raja Husein, with Mr. Davidson and Mr. W. E.Maxwell as British assessors. Colonel Dunlop and I pro-secuted for the Government, and the prisoners weredefended by an able member of the Singapore Bar, Mr.J. D. Vaughan. After a trial which lasted seve

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