CO129-087 - Sir Robinson - 1862 [7] & Acting Governor Mercer - 1862 [7-9] — Page 204

6.

and calamity throughout the belong

dients I declined to tathe the-

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Government instituting in England an criminal prosecution agamat Dr. Bridges

After a careful perusal of the-

and although I

was

pressed

to do so by

my

charges prosecution

slightest port in the preliminary proceedings against the felon other -

Counsel doing it and there being sufficient evidence on

nform the trial which an indictment I presented to - conviction. Against the man charged with

to forund

a misdemeanor I in like manner abstained

from

rm all interference before the Magistrate.

I see nothing in baldwell's case

which should make his proscention different

in its mode of

condnet

from that

of either

of those individuals.

there is

I am alos asked to advise whithin

any ground for Her Majesty's -

و

am

of opinion that

would

fail

any such

and that no such

prosecution shoved be instituted.

I have Yen

(signed) John Smale,

Attorney General

(

Time Copy)

MAAlexand

Acting Colonial Leautony.

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