CO129-133 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [10-12] — Page 15

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4.

enquiry

was

In due cause aw instituted before the Police Magistrate

Mr May, and after several days' I investigation, the puriserers taken evere

discharged, aving

to the evidence

against

cheur being insufficient to implicate

itieur. I may and downes and confused character of

add that, from the

the fray, as well as the numbers taking part in it, it would have been extren

extremely difficult to have brought conclusive

evidence against any

S

are

The Coroner's inquest

individual),

on the body

of the man Killed ended similarly, and during the investigation it was clearly shown that the officus of the "Tigre had evented thunelow strenuously

and gallantly to seperalis the combatants, and did their duty most effectively.

b.

There world, therefore, be nothing

remarkable in this pase), or

very remo

calling

for a special report to Your Brace, wome

Vide Enclosure it not for the complaint officially madi

101.26 Dept

1868.

to me by the French Consul of the conduct

of the Police in attempting

attempting under

authority of a Wavant from the local Magistrate to board a trench refel, though the Officer on duty had refused) to allow them to board) his vessel) without

an order from the Prench Consul).

The French Consul's complaints.

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and regrets

are all aimed at the claim to British jurisdiction over-crimes

committed in

Merchant vessel at