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however

The Commission howorn weenk far buyma the Canto

of Law in their determination to shat out evidence).

FFor instance, they decided not to allow evidence

of reputation, either as to relationships

Characte

1. Cluk, anw

to

and conduct, to be lathen down by

for

the

several most important days, during

which the brothers' connectim was undu investigation,

1. acted rigidly a pow

that narrow rule of

of their

own

making. My protect above refered to led them to

relax it, thus far, that the evidence of subsequent

intresses to reputation

Mischief the first.

was

depob

it

was muo

heaway

-evidene); an as

erroneous.

every lawyer knows to be

difficulty and for

Another

aw not

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assumption which

ofor which the Commission

entirely responsible they acternsleaze to bee

minutes of evidence the reluctance

9-10-22-52-61. for por for

haw no

of witnesses to give evidence ?

power of Compelling witness

attending, to give

to

They

attend, or,

evidenced, and the example of

the

wetnew who availer himself of the defect of

Jown, Mr. Dixem

Dixson was

was

taken down, but the

Captain Rickett,

IR

of

already done, by the exclusion of

And, even as

regarded those subsequent

fpuitresses, it is clear from the Report that their

evidenced, albeit not absolutity rejected, was absolutity doregarden, and that upon the assumption, that

it

Minutes of Widene pp. 82

whom declined to

Answer

followed by others, one

I every questions font from

the chaw. The Lieutenant Governor declined

to

give

evidena

of schat has fonesia in the Excentive Corinail with respect to Meah chow wing,

although I obsnow that this incident is one

of the

Many omissions from the minutes. Gr Bridges, the thin Acting Colonial Secutary declined

1.

Answering

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