CO129-063 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [4-7] — Page 311

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:

adjourned

1

the ccount of the

он ассо

Supposed absence of

maluvial

Witnesses, when they are really within the precincts of the -Court, but owing to the defective

Accommodation not easily

found;

&

and such adjournments

are a serious detriment to the

Cause

of justice, where, as in this

Colony, they

are immediately

taken advantage of for getting up false Evidence . I must

also not omit to mention

that neither cells nor any Secure places exist for the Safe custody of Prisoners while

;

7.

308

awaiting hial.

The inconvenience of

the

he present state of things

not to be

نهد

exaggerated and

was particulary noticed, and

attention expecially drawn

my

to it, bay

Some

of the Justices

of the Peace who, in the beginning of the year, were

so good as to give their assistance in the disposal of

of

Caves at the

анке

Magishery - The Assistant Magistrate, Mr. Collins (My chief Aust) and myself are more fully alive than others to the defects of accommodation

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