2.
From the List your Excellency will observe that Prisoners James Wilton and William Vance were sentenced to Seven years' transportation so far back as the 9th May, 1848, being upwards of eighteen months ago; and considering the length of the imprisonment they have undergone, the nature of that imprisonment and the respective circumstances, I should, under ordinary circumstances, have considered their sentences to have expired, but as they have been sentenced by a Court Martial and are Military Prisoners I think it preferable to bring their case to the notice of Your Excellency, that I may be instructed how to deal with them.
3.
I cannot well receive a reply to this communication before the 20th April, 1850, by which time these two prisoners will have undergone twenty-three months' close imprisonment, and perhaps, under these circumstances, Your Excellency may be pleased to direct their release, when opportunity offers for sending them home. It would be obviously impolitic to let them loose in the Colony, after the fact of their being released.
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them.
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From the List your Serdstrip will observe that Prisoners James Wilton and
Billiam Vance were
to Seven
Sonteverd
years' transportation
so far back as the 9th May, 18418, being upwards of eightien
months and considering,
ago;
the length of the
undergone,
nature of that
this climate, I should, under
imprisonment
they
have
and the
of that impri
imprisonment
ive
ordinary
ted
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ling their
espective
circumstances, have
considered myself
anting
sentences to tive
• years!
imprisonment, but as
have been sentenced by.
Court Martial aud
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they,
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preferable bring their case to the notice of Your Serdship, that I may Imay!
be instructed how to deal with them.
3.
I cannot well receive
reply to this cou
ication
before the 20th April, 1850, by: which time these tive prisoners will have undergone twenty .
three months' close inprisen= ment, and perhaps, under- there circumstances, Your Sirdship may be pleased to
direct their release, when opportunity offers for sending, them home. It would be
the
obviously impolitic to let them loose in the Colony, fact of their being released.
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