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have acted in opposition
regards.
the liberation of
the
the opinion of
Seikh Soldiers, were at
once carried into effect
In
to the
the
reference concluding observations of despatch last referred to, I however feel it due to myself to explain
I had entertained.
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that
if
clear
conviction as to the propriety
& remitting the sentence
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passed
on
there men
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should not have hesitated
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the Judge. Brut
finding that the mitigating circumstances brought to
my
notice by both the Counsel ofor the prisoners and "Hope Grant had all been
by Sir
doubly considered at the trial, and had led first the Jury
to return
a
verdiet
of
Manilaughter instead of Wilful murder, and next the Judge to reduce the sentence to four years from penal servitude for life, which it