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Now Sir, I wish to bring before your notice a few events which greatly led me into this unfortunate affair. The prisoner Brown by whom I have been accused of assault, has ever since his term of confinement up to the present time of assault, which has been five months and a week
Has been dire... of ... and aggravating the most troublesome new that it has been my lot to deal with, the prisoner report book can uphold this here, I have had several occasions for reporting him for breach of Gaol discipline. Not less than three times has he been reported for insolent language towards me and other officers; and several other times for various other causes He has tried to injure my character by making false statements to the superintendent about me.
He is a man that has, I believe already fulfilled a period of imprisonment in India amounting to two years; which could be proved by a gentleman of high standing in the Colony, and therefore he is no novice at inventing tales for the purpose of injuring an officer before his Superiors. The fact it could be proved
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