No. 42
21 April 1870
Sir,
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are desirous of being informed what amount of punishment was awarded to two men named Lyons and Shakespeare, who were convicted in the Colonial Court at Esquimalt in 1869, for having assisted two men in an attempt to desert fromHerManuscript image Her Majesty's Ship "Satellite."
I have to request you to furnish me with the information required.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant
Robret G. W. Herbert
for Earl Granville
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The punishments gives to Lyons and Shakespeare, signed by Hankin.