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of
their evidence husbands; and as under
as their
to
But no
know the whole matter.
Missionary from the
of
the
spot was
produced
witnesses, and the
only
the special provisions local law of strangers (Ordinance
18 of 1843), the husbands, the prisoners themselves are competent to give
evidence,
I think that the evidence
of
these
women way
taken for what it is worth. But it should be borne in mind that they have the strongest possible interest in the matter, and that
for that reason their testimony does not carry much weight.
3. Bishop Raimondi stated
in his
letter
of
December
18, 1883 that his Missionaries
came
to the spot where the
took place, and that therefore he was in a position
to
Missionary who was produced
is Luigi Prazgoli who appears to know very
the matter.
4. As the
accused
knew little about
the crime
in this instance
three (3) witnesses only (all brothers) were called for the prosecution. Their evidence is direct to the point, but their story is very slight; it is told without
any
description
of the circumstances and really amounts
to hardly
more than
an accusation
coupled with identification
of the persons accused. On the subsequent inquiry three (3) more witnesses were called
for the prosecution, but they