CO129-021 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [9-12] — Page 201

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since

found, however, that I was

entirely mistaken

04

will be

seen in

in req a

to the sentry,

regard Captain Bruce's

perfectly plain Deposition, and I avail myself of this opportunity to observe how small," the value of private conversatione

a familiar

given in a

:liar and casual way,

and without the most distant idea of such

conversations her

being

a of.

raked up at a great

distance of time on any entret we

any outject whatsoever.

kriow

I now find and tenors that I was

entirely

mistaken- and that the mistake arre

from my seeing

the sentry walking

about at the time close to the verandah,

but outside of

it when the occurrence.

took place . It has been proved satisfactinly

that on coming into the open

air, and

having

occasion to

to go

down the stope of

would

the berandah, the Iudge slipt.

have fallen if he had not been assisted

by Captain Bruce. – I have

that, under the immediate

what had occurred in

this

no dou

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impression of what had

-solitary instance at my ore table, I might

have expressed, and probably did u express, great regret for it, and also- the difficulty of repeating my invitations ; but all this passed away

.

and nothing but the unfortunate u estrungement above alluded to presented from asking the Indge again house . Ae to the Judges general-

me

already

my habits, I have

impossible for

to

Me

my

over.

said

to

that it ie

of

depose to them

Knowledge - Shave had solittle

intercourse with him.

2. But, although subsequent to the 23rd ceused to ask the judge

July

1 you

to

Dinner, it has already appeared from the evidence before

the Camoil, in to

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