CO129-020 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [5-8] — Page 338

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Chief Magistrate's Office, Puesday Jul 17 1 Deferral W. Tarrant, back in the employ of Gost Charge. Conthiracy.

12. Ditness. W. Caine.

th

sworn.

sworn.

I am Colonial Secretary, On the morning of the 6th of July. Contracta Aphison sent two or "three messaged to me stating that he wished to see I had declined receiving him on the previous day as well as that morning, but as I was told, he had something to communicate to me about Wr. Tarrant, I deemed it important and said he might come. he

me.

ation

for

came ufe stairs and told me that he was very sorry what had happened, alluding to the investigation the about to sit that the

igvestig which was about to take place was not.

his

doing. that Mt Tarrant made him bring it forward, he

spoke in the broken language, but this was the substance of what he said, that he withes

Care

of him.

told mein to

Ssuppose to protect him,

meaning Suppose

to go

best

to take

to the Attorney General, he chin

chin'd and went away:

Next mornitig about mine o'clock the Government Office Comprador named toan came to me in a considerable state of alarm, and bold that W. Tarrant had visited his house they

me,

preceding evening, after he (Bran ) had bist the

Court

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