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Jership. You tried net to kill?
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Hr.king. I complied with paragraph II rather than that, that the
fire must be effectivo. I endeavored to get the effect at the slightest possible cost.
His ership. So far as your general instructions are concarned then
you thought it necessary to fire general departmental instructions – under instruction Ia, that this viclont web was engaged in danger eus vielanca,er threatening te engros in dangorens visience to the person - yourself, your fellow police and the military behind you? Mr.King. That is one of the grounds.
His Worship. Apart from the "Instructions" had you any other gronds
for firing on this orawd?
Mr.King. I had other grounds,
Your Worship.
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His Worship. Would you like te state what they are?
Mr. Eins First, I am a Justice of the Peace of the Colony, The whele situation was abnormal and the times extraordinary, Strict orders had been received from the Government that strikere were not to leave the Celemy by land routes. The meb had brøkon threugh one armed
at the "ater orks. pelice barrier -two Euronoans and nine Indiane If I allowed that mob to pass my rost the following consequences
would have ensued.-
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(a) Embeldonad by two successos law and order would go by
the board, as far as the strikers were concerned, and the pelice might as well støy functioning.
(b) It was extremely improbable, if not impossible, thrt I
could regain ommand at the hand of the meb which would then, in all probability, attain its object of reaching
the border.
(o) Here bleedshef still would be caused, since Mr.
Burlingham,‚S.F.,et Paipe, with lose man than I had
at my near disnosul,would have to deal with the mob in
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