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" had been his secret informer. And
on
the 5th betober 1857-" He would Digiton temin
again "be difficult for
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me to state all the 7.
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115 in Appunkt #Minutes flirl
" cases in which I have been concured that the en
"Whether in the Capture of
Pirate Vessels
of offenders in this Colony, where in
"I have derived my information
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" hom Wree (machow.wong), but I
may with safety say
that in six
cases out of ten he has assisted me."
If therefore Machowtoony
was
the
notorious vagabond and "Jonathan wild"
which he is asserted by every
one
but.
Mr. Caldwell to have been, it is only reasonable to exppose that he would wield the immense power which be paressed, and which he derived from
Arguing. –
It then
having
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his intiruancy and connection with Mr. Caldwell, for the protection of his friends, and the destruction of his
enemies, instead
15.
of for
the
public good.
Mr. Disson the Write of the
9 China Mail Newspaper, who described... himself as at friend of Mr Caldwells, stated in his evidence before the Caldwell Commission:-
Pages 98, 99, 150
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"The man (Machowlborg) had been
notoriously bad character, and I
"have known him
as such aluat
"from my first arrival in this Colony
( 1846). xxx I have heard from
chinese that he was
"
many
notorious extortioner, owner of
Pirate