statements which he was unable to substantiate
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Extract from Report of
Mr. Grant, Assistant, Dept of Police, dated 10th May 1855 - page 60.
"Next day at about 4. p.m.,
"two sailors accosted me at the
"Central Police Station, and said,
"that Madison, the Carpenter of the
"Revenge", had requested them to
"come and inform the Police that
"he had been ill-treated, and was
"hand-cuffed to a gun on board the
"ship, close to the China door. Upon
"this information I called on Mr.
"May and reported to him what I had
"heard from the two sailors.
"Mr. May then said, although one