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had been pointed out as the parties who created the disturbance and that the first- was the one who had rapped so

hard as to

of the wooden slides at the

break one

window. I went out to them, they

declined to

give

me their names - I said

if they did not. I had no alternatives but to send them to the station - I told the

Assistant Post Master to lake them to the

station and charge them with the offence.

They then offered to give

addresses, they

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Abite

after

Aome

their names and

-brought inside and

difenssion then wrote down

Stremselves their names and addre

addresses.

excessive).

The noise they made was that the business of the offices

retarded. It was

-post-lew at night.

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the

office

was

not

open

to the publies at

the time. The damage done to the

slide was not-

Mallu to the

very great - I reported the

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Government who desired,

me to Seemsimon the Defendants

Antonio de Aquilaw, sworn deposeth-

I am employed at the Post-office- I wro

the night of the 19th at about.

thew

in

rleven o'clock, the slides of the windows were shich the office was not open - I

heard a noise of somme

body striking the

toindow from outside with a slick. It lastedt

- for about half an hour - I was sent

out to sev

who it was -

I went out and

saw the seameds defendant knocking.

at the slide with a cane. I did not