CO129-087 - Sir Robinson - 1862 [7] & Acting Governor Mercer - 1862 [7-9] — Page 154

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explain the impossibility of acceting

to Mr Murrow's request.

11.

I should add that whatever No. Murrow wished to

M. Caldwell

say of

he had ample opportunity to exy in

and

F

A such

his own newspaper, opportunity I believe the largely

availed himself.

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for libel._ The Newspapers of the "Colony at the time sympattizing I presume with their brother witor one and all persisted in the most vindictive misrepresentation of me (and of Mr. Lyall alsoj

the occasion on

in question, and

neither Mot

as

Lyall

reply

to

12.

Next come the charges against

myself -

The

first is that I voluntarily,

acted with M. Lyall with intensify the punishment

a view to

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лич

Tarrant then a prisoner in buol

nor myself condescended to their slanders, I am not sorry now

to have an

opportunity of explaining

a very simple matter.

13.

The Prisoner Tarrant made

a

complaint which on being laid before the Governor, Sir Hercules Robincon,

was

referred in the ordinary course to the visiting Justices on the weekly Pota

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