CO129-068 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [5-12] — Page 209

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exerience to place hardly

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any reliance

in the prudence of the advice which I have

a right to cxset from

him him as my legal recounce in times of perplexity riffically danger. And I been guided by the "Prinion of the Attoring serural on several intortant recasios results would have followed seriously compromising the

Sovernment which would have made

it not the thoughtful quantiam of the permanent interests of the Community but the instrument of pacing paccions, tu promulgaton of nudien alarms and which would have given to our Lyulsta Arbitrary and capricions character litth necessitated by the demands dangers of the insment and

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and certainly not justified in the proper and develokment & wents

of events. Irefer particularly to the views

which M. Anetry took of the coure to be

case.

He append

Kabheared

pursued.

crewed in the poisoning to me under the influence of the mort unicasonable and extravagant apprehensions. He had determined in his oron mind that Abeum the Baker was the Chief Prisoner and that whether by Meiliting Law or an extraordinary violation of the Ordinary fromms of Justice by instrumentality

the

come a

au.

other

man must

hanged. He told me that if I did not hang hire Lyrich Cow would do so

Lynel In the same Shirit AW. Anstey advised

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