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concerned in the
being conce
th
the poisoning
the
of the 158 January and of measures which I may have
deemed advisable to tatie in
Consequence.
on.
me with
i receipt of your despatch I desired. Mr. May. the then Superintendent of Police to furnish any additional particulars which he might necessary to add to the
deem it
explaciation already published in the Government Gazette of
the 14th February
Mr. May
Auswer did not arrive in
sufficient time to be
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forwarded by the last Mail,
Therewith enclose it as well
as a minute made thereow
by the acting Secretary
and a
Colonial
letter I
directed such officer to write to Mr. May conveying my
opinion as to his conduct.
I shall not attempt to
conceal from you my conviction that the police
were
- quilty of great negligence
and a certain amount
of
inhumanity in this matter which would not have been
tolerated for a day
: for a day had their
action come within the
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