hit categorical comprehensive
to the charges brought against him. The
was informed that he had
failed to exculpate himself, and
was brought before the & Council but
It will be seen that
at the hearing he
attempted to bring forward
specific instances in support
of the charges of
habitual...
The evidence produced before the Court was that of the Chamber of Commerce
boarding house keepers who
deposed that the acts stated in
the charges were the result
of the practice of the Shipping Master
with regard to captains and crews.
Charge two men,
a reflection on their
But it will, I assume, be admitted
that this class of
testimony would normally
carry weight in such a
decision. It is in evidence
that men of this class
in the Colony,
attending at
being paid off
for the purpose of demonstrating
alleged wrongdoing,
were commercially ejected
by the Shipping Master. It is
clear that if our Government
actively responded to the proceedings
by women have
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