Board
of
Trade
E.1]
Mice
although I am thankful to
say
endeavour has met with the
that.
any approbation of the whole of my superiors, the unpleasantness of my duties contrasted unfavorably with my periods of 28 hours in which I previously served my Sovereign in the capacity of a soldier. I may therefore I trust, without the charge of egotism, be deemed of sufficient standing and experience to form an opinion of the means requisite to coerce to good order those placed
under
and to be believed when
I averre, as I now do; that if it were
my misfortune to be similarly situated, I should most probably adhere to the same determined and stringent measures which I consider
to
have protected the lives and property of the British public here.
Mr
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W. Hittan the present Chief
Magistrate has had
equally hard
task to perform. He has patrolled
night after night
every ... times; and I should beg
particularly to draw attention to
his recorded decision, vide appendix
CASE
Set aside
by the Judge, when A. Hittier then Chief Magistrate was publicly informed in Court that his decision was illegal. On this occasion 14 Lawless ruffians
were
let loose upon the Colony. I
respectfully ask you
Sir, as one
fit to
judge; and discriminate on so harsh
a
procedure, if this was the support of Magistrate, by repudiating his decision in the presence of the whole assembled multitude : I tell
Sir, that the reproof nearly
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