communication on,
the
Subject:
with Whip Justice Hulme, I
understood from him, that if
the case were brought before
him, he should decide that the prisoner Nichols was not legally
in custody, and the indictment
for rescue was not
and he
laws and
t good
in
in
concurred in
the suggestion that to enter a nolle prosequi would be the most satisfactory arrangement
of the matter I determined to direct as nolle prosequi, and of instructed, the Colonial Secretary
to intimate this conclusion to Mr. Keenan's Counsel."
True
True Extract
Colonial Secretary
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