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Whether or not to Allempt to prosecute

this case appears to mea

delicate question of expediency. I feel that either conclusion is fairly open to darbt, and I will therefore submit somewhat fully the grands for the one to which upon the whole

Schmed lean.

The

shong presumption is that no sufficient evidence will be procurable

and again

where no ill treatment io

alleged, and the mortality though large

below the A

Average, it is not improbable

that there will be great reluctance

to envial for a mere absense of famal documents, and a failuro in a prosecution would probably produce a worse effect than tacitly allowing, the matter to drop. If indeed the Enactments