John Jackson Smale

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8. London Gazette, 17 March 1874, p1692
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10. Re Kwok A Sing (No.1) [2001] 3 HKC 710 and Re Kwok A Sing (No.2) [2001] 3 HKC 737. Privy Council case: Attorney-General of Hong Kong v Kwok A Sing (1873) LR 5 PC 179, 42 LJ, PC 64. North China Herald, 28 December 1871, p1003-4 for details of the case against Pauncefote.
11. Peter Wesley-Smith, Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography, 2012, pp397
12. Norton-Kyshe, History of the Law of Hong Kong, pp358-359

John Jackson Smale
Chief Justice of Hong Kong
In office 1866–1881

Legal offices
Preceded by William Henry Adams	Chief Justice of Hong Kong 1866–1881	Succeeded by George Phillippo
Preceded by William Henry Adams	Attorney General of Hong Kong 1860–1866	Succeeded by Julian Pauncefote