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convictions and sentences, is his minute of General
the 25th of May,
4 Days: -
" with the Attorney
regard to the
Second conviction, from the transcript
I
1 " of the evidence before
him. I do not
" know that " " "I had been sitting
" Magistrate I should have convicted,
but the magistrate had the opportunity
"
" of hearing the Evidence and better
means of judging - The prisoner
behaved certainly
in a most suspicious manner to say the least and I have
" very little moral doubt as to his Guilt.
"The remarks as to his punishment
" in the first case apply equally to
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"this".
IL
"
with regard to the 3rd conviction
Xxx.
This conviction is, I think, so
far
as
I
am aware
of
Somewhat doubtful."
the
the circumstance,
" With regard to the 4th Conviction
- first portion of the sentence seems good provided the prisoner still
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appeared to be under 16 years of age. The latter portion of the sentence would seem to be incorrect."
I see the prisoner has actually served out the various periods of
imprisonment
and sustained the floggings imposed upon him under
these sentences, one
of which the Attorney General admits to be somewhat doubtful and another incorrect, I cannot comply with the recommendation
that