CO129-057 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [7] — Page 81

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diquity of this Court by gritting that Poruch to which he had been so emirtemely sunited, to resonce the foriemer of the bout, and to avva.lt "it's officer, I could put, and would unt, until that nitrage war properly stored for, or other vine ruthiontatively decided, admit Mr. Kecuanto a part sepon very Bench sprom which I presided. &o four from this refurah lemoving been uttered by by me in any "invulling language", I subunit in this letter, allmost verbation, the identical words used by mou

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ow to a midictive auch insulting " and manner", my bother Magistrate, Captain Wathins, bears me out in Saying that my words and conduct ivere gremed by perfect temper and Self-firoversion! If M. Keenan neved newest

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it differently, it is possible he may have seen in me the reflection of his now pssitement. It fuch a length did M. Keenan's temper emfuve ment hie ut on the recasion, that he judgment, not mely repudiated the charge of revene, but turned that charge upon his asensers! _ the authorities of this On o Colony living, as he started, committed outrage upon leie by tooking out of his lawful custody, and bringing before this Court, an Amerison subject, who soleley amenable to his Arow jurisdiction as American konsul. It now only remaines for the to notice some minor points in Mr. Keenan's letter. M. Kanan having funt in on protest ingament the jurisdiction of "the bout, I duly inted the same upon