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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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C.O. 537

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Shelton Horper :- Tomorrow, we wi*l get this and as soon as possible I will

correct mine and send it to the Secretary and everybody else

do that too and he can go through them –

The Chairwan - It is throwing too much work on the Secretary, and it is not

Mr Hump reys :-

saving very much time.

If the thing was sent round with the alterations in red ink

and everybody approved of them they could initial it.

'e Shelter Hooper :- I could not correct anything except my own quest fors.

Don't you think some very material change might arise ? We

The Chairman?—

have got to allow all the witnesses to correct their

evidence.

Shelto. Hooper :- I don't think we are bound to submit the evidence to the

witnesses.

The Chairman:- I think we are and I will ask the Attorney General.

Presuming you have to give evidence in a criminal charge,

all the notes of your evidence are real over to you and you

have to sign then. It would never do to take evidence here

and not allow the witness an opportunity of hearing his

evidence read over.

Shelton Hooperi- If we got any evidence that incriminated anyone, so that

there should be no doubt about it, their attention should be

The Chairman:-

called to it.

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The point I propose to put to the Attorney General is as to

whether we ought to read over the ovidenos. It soena to me

it is most necessary. Dr Clark wanta to make a lot of

corrections and sore of them we have disputed. If that

happens with Dr Clark how much more likely is it so kappan

with a man of less education 1

Evidence was proceeded with.

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