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the decision previously arrived at in conformity with that despatch" which contained instructions to Mr Tarrant's transfer to the Debtors' Prison with which, as I have before reported, I had not legally the power to comply. (3) Nor was "Mr Tarrant's imprisonment at
once put
put an
"
and to
upon
the
receipt
of the Despatch from the Colonial "Office" (11th February), inasmuch the period previously fixed for his
liberation - i.e. the termination
of the first half of the sentence - did not arrive for nearly six weeks afterwards. (21st March)
The "Times" further attributes
"
Despatch as above.
to Mr Fortune the statement that
"Mr. Tarrant
was
then and had been
for some weeks at liberty, but this
was not the case as
that Mr. Tarrant
on the same day
was liberated from the Criminal Jail, he was arrested under Civil process for debt, and he has since that date been confined in the Debtors' Prison This imprisonment, however,
is a matter with which this Government has no concern, and no power to interfere with either
his detention or liberation
I have the honor to be,
My Lord Duke,
Your Grace's, Most obedient Servant,
George M. Robinson