"were ascertained to contain such evidence as to make " of the man's systematic guilt " his pardon impossible, Mr Caldwell "having denied that they contained " evidence of guilt, it " any " follows that len " 1 follows " May's two Memoranda and Mr Wake's " certificate "Certificate were the materials which " His Excellency had before him, and on " which he formed his judgment. I know that these memoranda were in existence "Within a week before M. Wade proceeded "with Lord Elgin to the North. Mr. "Wake and I had a long Conversation "about them and their contents about that time, and he told me there was "no doubt that the Accounts and papers "contained the evidence of the Convict's guilt.
395 "He further states . "By the by I have my certificate upon the whole finished "of those papers"," and he added either "that he had sent them in or that he would send them in without delay ? It is quite certain that I did not Make any report upon the papers examined by Mr Mongan. I have shown above why I did not, but I kept the papers until the last moment in the hope of having an interval of leisure which never came, and my abandonment ultimately of my intention to examine them was I must think, due to this circumstance, and not, as Dr Bridges believes me to have stated, to the determination of the Council to let the law take its course with
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"were ascertained to contain such evidence
as to make
" of the man's systematic quilt " his pardon impossible, Mr Caldwell
"having denied that they contained
" evidence of guilt, it
any
llows that len
1 follows
" May's two Memoranda and Mr Wake's
"cutificate "Certificate were the materials which
" His Excellency bad before him, and on
" which he formen his judgment. I know
that these memoranda veure in existence
"Within a week be
before M. Wade proceeded "with Lord Elgin to the North. Mr. "Wave and I had a long Conversation
"about them and their contents about
that time, and he told me there was
"no doubt that the Accounts and
paper:
contained the evidence of the Convicts guilt.
395
"He further states . "By the by I have
my certificate upon the whole
finishen "of those papers","
and
he
added either
"that he had sent them in or that he
wooned send them in without delay ?
It is quite certain that I did not-
Make
any report upon the papers examined by Mr Mongan. I have shewn above why I did not, but I kept the papers until the lask moment in the hope of having
an
interval of leisure which never came, and.
my
abandonment ultimately of my
intention to examine them was I must
think, due to this circumstance, and not, as Dr Bridges believes me to have slated, to the determination of the Council to let the law latte its course with
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