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the evidence is the more to be regretted, because, in one or two important respects, that obtained from the defendant's own witnesses, greatly corroborated the evidence given for the Crown. A perusal of Dr Legge's evidence, particularly that part of it (the concluding part) which, under a highly proper appreciation of the duty confessed by him to speak the truth, he volunteered to the Court and Jury, will satisfy His Excellency of the truth of the last observation. Not only was the credit of Lee Asow established most fully, and the unworthy aspersion on the capacity and honour of the young man Mr Dick, which Mr Day had so sedulously laboured to imprint, effectually removed, and the apparent contradiction between the Turnkey's statements to you and me, and his evidence in chief, satisfactorily explained and adjusted, - but a new and important confirmation of the evidence as to the principal matter of investigation, the question namely whether the liability of Mr Mitchell to the bookshop man had been present

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the evidence is the more to be regretted, because, in one or two important respects, that obtained from the defendant's own witnesses, greatly corroborated the evidence given for the Crown. A perusal of Dr Legge's evidence, particularly that part of it (the concluding part) which, under a highly proper appreciation of the duty confessed by him to speak the truth, he volunteered to the Court and Jury, will satisfy His Excellency of the truth of the last observation. Not only was the credit of Lee Asow established most fully, and the unworthy aspersion on the capacity and honour of the young man Mr Dick, which Mr Day had so sedulously laboured to imprint, effectually removed, and the apparent contradiction between the Turnkey's statements to you and me, and his evidence in chief, satisfactorily explained and adjusted, - but a new and important confirmation of the evidence as to the principal matter of investigation, the question namely whether the liability of Mr Mitchell to the bookshop man had been present
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the evidence is the more to be

regretted,

because, in one or two

important respects, that obtained. from the

dant's own witnesses,

defenda

greatly

corroborated the evidence

7

given for the brown. A

2 perusal

of Dr Legges evidence

instance_

dence for ins

particularly that part of it,

art) which,

( the concluding part)

under a highly proper

appreciation of the duty confessed

reak the whole

by him to speate

"'" truth, he volunteered to the

bourt and Jury, will satisfy His Excellency of the truthe

last observation . Not only

the credit of

ཀ

Jury

VVAS

Lee Asow established

11

122

most fully

and the unworthy

ersion on the papacity aspersion

and

honour of the young man Mr Dick, had so seduloraly

which Mr. Day had so

labored to simprint, effectually

removed, and the apparent

contradiction between

You ayang

the Turnkey's statements to

to you.

and me, and his evidence in

chief, satisfactorily explained

ared

adjusted, - but

a new and

simportant confirmation was of the evidence as to the

obtained

principal matter

of investigation.

the question namely whether the liability of Mr. Mitchell to the bookshop man had been present

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