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correspondence - all in consequence, of Mr. Wodehouse having perversely misconstrued the instructions received from Government, which, whilst deprecating unnecessary delays, in no way prevented the Magistrate from dealing with the case in the ordinary course, and hearing the evidence the prisoner was prepared to produce in his defence. Mr. Wodehouse has forwarded in his Memorial only those portions of the newspaper reports which bear out his own view of the case.
I have enclosed the whole of the reported proceedings, both at the Magistracy and the Supreme Court for your consideration.
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The condition of affairs in question is becoming so serious, that it is very necessary there should be no misunderstanding on the part of the Magistrates, as regards the proper mode of