2.
of His Excellency's Government, as
well as
mine, in the Course
of mine,
of which he indulged in much tion towards the parties
vituperation
they
came in
question, had
wearly exhausted the
his witresses be
when
day u
to be called
began to
into the box. By the time that
I was called on
the
Was
day, -
for my reply, the third of the trial_
already
ended, so that I had
scarcely light to read a note
when my speech began,
and
and
for some Eonsiderable time
roceed with it,
allowed to procee literally
in darkness.
Making
the most of
these
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untoward pircumstances, I told
that I would not
the jury
not weary
" them with any analysis of my
notes of evidence, but would simply
make a
comments one the
a few to
material portions; inasmuch as " they would presently have to listen "to a faithful recapitulation of all.
'the viva voce evidence at least
" from the notes of the Chief feration, "ared would be at liberty to inspect the documentary
evidence.
}
"( comprising Mr. Mitchell's own ' letters ) for themselves ? at the close of my spuch I reiterated
the observations which I have underlined, and I conjured
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