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then unda investigation had already been disposed on the mecutive Government.
The Attorney General Knew better then
any one chie
that (nothough of cource quited by the maxime of not believing suy my to be guilty until the was
proved to be so
I declined
rucking
Auan
with himself to
conclusions which must cover
Mur
I had
Caldwell with infarny)_ nevertheless from the first rusicted. upon a full and complete investigation not by the recentive Government but by third parties reserving to
to myself the
ultimate decision between the accuser and the accured. Forternate infeed
was
sons it that I did so for the very charge
confidently asserted by
lus
There
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to be proved beyond dispute though
at first supported by prima facie cvidence has been mint catisfactorily
ho
met and disproved . _ Of still more sirions a character whether
regards Mrs. Anitey's reputation for veracity or the worth of his opinion as a Lawyer is the paragraph I have noticed at Page 32. You will find, Sir, that Must Amety to himself the position before
assigns
this Commission not
Faccuse
accuser but
of an Officer of the Government bound to attend its sitting in consequence
appearing
in the
the general directions Warrant appointing the Commission_
in this particular instance. I will
that Mr. Arritey did appear in
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