CO129-055 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [3-5] — Page 102

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"is suspect.

"Hill, however, no part of the stolen property was found in his possession, and I consider him entirely acquit of complicity; in fact, I regard him in the light of a receiver of stolen goods, and think him deserving of some punishment. I would suggest 2 years imprisonment, but leave it to the finder of His Excellency to order such commutation.

"I would advise that the Chief Justice and Attorney General be consulted on this point.

"Reliance, Net, I would give the full benefit of any doubt which has been throughout strongly impressed on my mind.

"The Silversmith never identified him, and has even, as shown in Dr Legge's letter, declared belief in his innocence.

"He is moreover well known to the respectable inhabitants of East Point, where he has resided ever since the village was established. He is in a very prominent position close to the house attacked, and it does not seem that he was away from it to the time of his arrest.

"In the interval he appears to me to have remained between the date of the burglary, and the date of his arrest, following his long-established calling as a butcher and fruiterer.

"And here a remarkable fact is to be noticed - The burglary took place on the 17th February; and ...-Acting, to whose identity the brother..."

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98 "is suspect. "Hill, however, no part of the stolen property was found in his possession, and I consider him entirely acquit of complicity; in fact, I regard him in the light of a receiver of stolen goods, and think him deserving of some punishment. I would suggest 2 years imprisonment, but leave it to the finder of His Excellency to order such commutation. "I would advise that the Chief Justice and Attorney General be consulted on this point. "Reliance, Net, I would give the full benefit of any doubt which has been throughout strongly impressed on my mind. "The Silversmith never identified him, and has even, as shown in Dr Legge's letter, declared belief in his innocence. "He is moreover well known to the respectable inhabitants of East Point, where he has resided ever since the village was established. He is in a very prominent position close to the house attacked, and it does not seem that he was away from it to the time of his arrest. "In the interval he appears to me to have remained between the date of the burglary, and the date of his arrest, following his long-established calling as a butcher and fruiterer. "And here a remarkable fact is to be noticed - The burglary took place on the 17th February; and ...-Acting, to whose identity the brother..." Page 98 appears to be part of a historical document discussing a legal case. The text has been corrected for spelling, spacing, and some minor reordering for clarity while maintaining the original tone and content. The original text was in a poor state with many OCR errors, such as "is suureent" corrected to "is suspect", "hinvever" to "however", "proversion" to "possession", and "blief pustine" to "Chief Justice". Sentences were rejoined and paragraph breaks were restored for better readability. Some phrases were left as is due to the ambiguity or lack of context, such as "...-Acting, to whose identity the brother...". The correction aimed to be minimal and faithful to the original document. The output is in HTML format as requested, using tags for paragraphs.
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"is suureent.

" Hill, hinvever, or part of the stolen property was found in his + poroversion, and I commit entirely acquit luim of complicity; in fact

regard him in the light of a reciver of stolen goods, and thick train deserving of some punishment soild Suggest 2 years pimprisonment, but of mist the finder of His Excellensg

to order such commutation.

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"In the extrary be appears to

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place on the 1th formmary; and "ung- -_Actiow, to whose identity the blothier

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