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Captain of An (American Merchant mand
in this harbor.
There is a great deal of irrelwant
matter in the Evidence
As I
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Examination, which I took down I thought it might be a history of provocation on the part of the Prosecutor continued up to the kine and place of Assault - This however was not the fact and I had Simply
to deal with an im injustifiable case of Assault.
improvotied and
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Imight have committed the linse to Pitty' Session; where the Lifendant might have been adjudged to pay amends to the Rasecutor -
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Action for the bird injury in the Se pome
Court
Saunt this wons unnersary-
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As a
Magistake I could have imprisoned
the Defendant for Six wicks or have fined him $25. I accordingly inflicted a fine of $ 25, although had the defendant ben a private person I hould most certainly have imprisone him for the full town - I stated in poosing Sur tince that I abstained from doing so merely out of r respect for the office of the accused, And I now buy the facts before this Excellency The Goumor as he
may
possibly surfit to represent to the