CO129-130 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [4-5] — Page 390

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Mor" bbark in telling him he lied. On

the

Contrary

of his having

Mr Wilson refers to the fact

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said "Oh. then I was mistaken. Enclosure I

words spoken with his back tumed to

Me blank. who

was

at the other end of

the room ao

constituting

ww

adequate

"withdrawal of his words. That is the

Levidence

Imyself

of

and

Mo? Potts

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taken down

by

signed by him. Mr Milson

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encloses a pubsequent Memo of Mr Potto.

I for whom he sent but that Memo does

not help him as it corrobarates the evidence of Mo2 Patto

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given to myself, merely smitting the important facts

important facts of Mo Wilson's

position at the time, and also that "the

words were not in

any

manner intended

as a retractation sa apology. Loven to M.

or

Para b.

Vide Enclosme

No 2.

Milson Mr Petto

only stated that the exclamation "Juas mistatten" could

easily have been heard by everyone in

the room.

The

inference, therefore, of Mo Wilson that Mo" blank "must" have

heard them is not conclusive, especially

as

owing to the relative position of the two parties

MTM Potts

reported to me

that Mo" blank " might not have heard:

them."

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be regarded

27. that, however, may quite irrelevant. Neither Your Space

any

other English gentleman

See in the off hand

con

aus

mor

papilly

hand ejaculation of M

Wilson that atonement which

was due

1 so grofoly

to a quilleman whom he had so and unwarruntably moulted. Mo" Wilson

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