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however
The Commission howorn weenk far buyma the Canto
of Law in their determination to shat out evidence).
FFor instance, they decided not to allow evidence
of reputation, either as to relationships
Characte
1. Cluk, anw
to
and conduct, to be lathen down by
for
the
several most important days, during
which the brothers' connectim was undu investigation,
1. acted rigidly a pow
that narrow rule of
of their
own
making. My protect above refered to led them to
relax it, thus far, that the evidence of subsequent
intresses to reputation
Mischief the first.
was
depob
it
was muo
heaway
-evidene); an as
erroneous.
every lawyer knows to be
difficulty and for
Another
aw not
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assumption which
ofor which the Commission
entirely responsible they acternsleaze to bee
minutes of evidence the reluctance
9-10-22-52-61. for por for
haw no
of witnesses to give evidence ?
power of Compelling witness
attending, to give
to
They
attend, or,
evidenced, and the example of
the
wetnew who availer himself of the defect of
Jown, Mr. Dixem
Dixson was
was
taken down, but the
Captain Rickett,
IR
of
already done, by the exclusion of
And, even as
regarded those subsequent
fpuitresses, it is clear from the Report that their
evidenced, albeit not absolutity rejected, was absolutity doregarden, and that upon the assumption, that
it
Minutes of Widene pp. 82
whom declined to
Answer
followed by others, one
I every questions font from
the chaw. The Lieutenant Governor declined
to
give
evidena
of schat has fonesia in the Excentive Corinail with respect to Meah chow wing,
although I obsnow that this incident is one
of the
Many omissions from the minutes. Gr Bridges, the thin Acting Colonial Secutary declined
1.
Answering