CO129-087 - Sir Robinson - 1862 [7] & Acting Governor Mercer - 1862 [7-9] — Page 186

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6.

I have

perrised the last paragraph

but one in the last mentioned letter and

I have also carefully perused all the

abovementioned documents and in

my opinion there is not

is not a word in either of them which can justify Mr. Murrow

in making the statement contained in

the abovementioned letter, and that if all

of

them

were Communicated to My

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the execution of documents of a formal nature and it would be according to the

Ordinary

put

routine

of

business that he should

his na

name to the papers without Consideration

of the effect of their contents..

I have ton

(Signed) John Smale,

Attorney General.

the above copy of

P.D. Since

writing

a

Murrow

it could in no

way

assist him

letter and the translation

of

Setter have

in substantiating his assertion.

ل

may add that trive it is that

Mr. Mercer's name appears upon some

of

the documents, but it is only in

a ministerial character as having

registered

or as

having

declarations as to or as

received.

having altested

been submilled to me.

The letter being from Hei's Excellency Sir John Bowring dated the 8th of April 1857 N 358 addressed to His Excellency. Governor Guimaraes. The translation being No 13 dated the 10th of April 1857 the reply of His Excellency Gournor Geumarmes.