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the
judged rightly in advising
Superintendent of Police to give up - property, supposed to be in the mere
custody of the Convict, to person who should prove themselves owners
of it, and to require,
a
condition
of such delivery that they should. quarantee him
it the con-
against -requences of such delivery, and ___ should consent to pay their share. of the expenses of the Police; and to request the Colonial Government ohould pursue, supposing Her Majesty's
• Government prepared to give up all to the convict's property, for right the good of his Creditors.
us to advise what Course
In
In obedience to your Grace's
commands, we have taken this matter into consideration, and
have the honor to Report That, in our
opinion, the House and Furniture of the Felon Stanford, having been, previous to his Conviction, his own exclusive X property, became, on such (onviction, forfeited to the Crown.
The receiving ship, the "Gropie,
not having been the exclusive property of the Felon, but belonging to a Firm
in which he was a Partner, did_
not, as an entire Chattel, become liable to forfeiture, on the conviction of Stanford : his share alone was
his,