CO129-072 - Indviduals - 1858 — Page 75

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by Mr.

false change against the man, and bus teniment

ileage of the

of Receiving stolen goods was entertained

addressed M

one one.

Semelied by Mill aldwell in person and alone, and upon the unsupported evidence of an anonymous letter in Chinese alleged to have been adotebook to the Galdwell, and to have been reecived from some unknown by Mrs Caldwell in her husband's absence, and by her forwarded to him by the same messenger.

The Report of the Commission Condemns thes salpatle offence against Common Right and justice. But how could the trembling Climeve witnesses who after the 12th ulting were to be Housined, divine from the silence of the Wommissioners that

their report "The condemnation for their

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the

+they livened

Another difficulty, and I shon to have imagined greatest of all, was the untoward destruction of the fermous books and papers of Mahshow_wny by ador of the Asting & clomial decretory, & /ridges, in the month of March last.

Ader

Repat.

thelus de Minutes!

These dronments contained, inter alia, the Scandalous pastianlous entered by M-May- "Memoranda" (which dreuments wer sile they laid before the Executive Cormeil in October Past have

were

" also inysteriously disappeared) and humerated by

lain from me

in his tordener

that svidence is throngthioned by the evening of Mr. Disson, Dr. Bridges himself, Withings mitt,

of

evidence of t 23 June 1887 4.41.

for

Minentes of God

17f the 28th 17 the 28th

sund the Chief Magistrate Mr. Davies, – and I need not 18 50.63.00

rewind you that the very day after I was called

was called upon by It is excellency for my prevent defence, asemasthable moonation of the accuracy of Mr. May's recollection. 1 to 21.6 of the summerated particulars of the Two

Letton to the

Bolonial Soroting

the Jarly 1858

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Memoranda, av getracted from the other item nuts, was forwarded by the officially to your Department to

gudosures there in! hu's reply of the

Party 1868.

Whereto

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indes offiidence

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Report

4.52.

in

another cave

In

me

drements,

#rove papers M. Caldwell's

connection with that of the convict Mak-

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norme affecred_ :

Chorntony. No matter, as I'liqued in my letter-

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the 13th May, whether the entries were made with or without lil's authority. He knew that they were there and the knowledge dim ished in no degree this Beat. for the enviet. On the contrary he made those very documents the scension of a how display of youth, He presented a Report ufione theme to the Rafeentive Commeil, affirming that they contouned nothing of any Consequence, and when confronted with M.Many cond this Two tuemoranda, persisted in that 2

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This startling ontradiction on Lake Midges furth

immediate birth to emother grouption

obverves, gou apart from Martochow-wong on to whether. M/F Caldwe land. May were credible pervous ? or which of the ? and the papers

were referred to Mr. Wade, woh to howcon had not made any report before the prouected to the Peilio in Febr...ay.

Now Ader,

That painful question of credibility thus loved and their waiting for a solutions, the papers which alone afforded to the means there to one destroyed_ by

Bridges.

And the Commission therespon report that the think it crazy

to make any other observation "Regarding "Charge lot, than there is no evidence of M "Caldwell's Moving deceived the Excentive Concil!

But at the very bind

end of their the post, and inpropos very

of nothing they exferder then with to state, _

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