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who were well acquainted with the facts, and who might at least have

suggested

testimony of

the

tucaus

of testing the

the witnesses produced,

very greatly increased the labours

the Council, and to some extent

operated injuriously to Me Aaldwell

who was

left unaided to meet

charges of a very grave

often repending

character,

on bater and facts

which had occumes many years

before

6. The two first sittings of

Council were

the

mostly occupied in

considering inadmissible propositions.

On the third W. Munow handed in

in

M15- a list of 24 charges against Mr.

Appendin to anc

Sevin down Caldwell which were entered on and

Enquiry-

formed the starting point of

proceedings.

the

The Corneil did not,

however, confine their attention to

there charges but proceeded to investigate

others, which

grew

were incid

out of them,

incidentally alluded to

witnesses when under examination,

which

by

and which were

of sufficient

importance to call for inquing. The

resultory character thus given

proceeding

of

was

from

the

very

to the

nature

the invectigation unavoitable, the

matters to be inquired into not being

clearly defined, and no person appearing officially to arrange

a

bring

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