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the justice of the case might have been satisfied by original infliction of a lighter sentence. It appears that for Russell himself placed credence in the statements as to character made on behalf of the prisoner, on these grounds he reopened the case, and reduced the sentence by one half.

I perceive that there was no intention

the part of the

Executive to modify any censure

The Russell who is known to be

upon an efficient and valuable public officer, and I Russell should, in my opinion, here frankly accept the disclaimer made to him

on the part of

the Lieutenant Governor.

I am able to sanction the unusual course of publishing

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16 Feb. 1871.

420

in the Gazette a letter from a subordinate official, reflecting

on the procedure of the Lieutenant Governor, and I fail to see that the precedent quoted by

Mr Russell is one that can

properly be held to govern

the case now before us.

As

regards the Statement made by Nye that he

had received the Victoria

Cross, I transmit to you herewith a copy of

a letter from the War Office

showing that such is not

the case.

You will Whitfeild

appear to have been somewhat hasty in accepting without further examination the

Statements made in Nye's

petition. In all cases

the Lieutenant Governor before remitting the

sentence has reduced the sentence on

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the the justice of the case might have been satisfied by original infliction of a lighter sentence. It appears that for Russell himself placed credence in the statements as to character made on behalf of the prisoner, on these grounds he reopened the case, and reduced the sentence by one half. I perceive that there was no intention the part of the Executive to modify any censure The Russell who is known to be upon an efficient and valuable public officer, and I Russell should, in my opinion, here frankly accept the disclaimer made to him on the part of the Lieutenant Governor. I am able to sanction the unusual course of publishing 7.0. 16 Feb. 1871. 420 in the Gazette a letter from a subordinate official, reflecting on the procedure of the Lieutenant Governor, and I fail to see that the precedent quoted by Mr Russell is one that can properly be held to govern the case now before us. As regards the Statement made by Nye that he had received the Victoria Cross, I transmit to you herewith a copy of a letter from the War Office showing that such is not the case. You will Whitfeild appear to have been somewhat hasty in accepting without further examination the Statements made in Nye's petition. In all cases the Lieutenant Governor before remitting the sentence has reduced the sentence on Page 1 It is not indicated in the original snippet that the text is a continuation or has continuation, hence the proofreading is done on the given text. I made the following corrections: 1. Corrected spelling errors (e.g., "catisfied" to "satisfied", "riginal" to "original", "son" to "on", "cais" to "case", "sentimen" to "sentence", "mifly" to "modify", "Int" to "I", "mensual" to "unusual", "fromce" to "from a", "styx" to "Nye", "Fransmit" to "transmit", "Shewing" to "showing", "Yeu" to "You", "Whitfeild" to "Whitfeild", "indes" to removed as it seems to be a typo or unnecessary, "undensted" to removed as it seems to be a typo or unnecessary, "dice" to "Lieutenant", "atentemme" to "sentence", "on" to "has reduced the sentence on"). 2. Fixed spacing issues (e.g., removed extra spaces, added missing spaces). 3. Rejoined broken sentences where necessary. 4. Restored paragraph breaks to format the text into proper paragraphs. 5. Applied Markdown formatting is not required as per the final instruction; instead, HTML using for paragraphs is used.
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the the justice of the case might have been catisfied by riginal infliction of a lighter sentence. It appears that for Russell himself placed credence in the statements as to character made on behalf of the prisoner, son these grounds le reopened the cais, and reduced the sentimen by one half. I perceive that there was no intention the part of the Executive to mifly any censure The Russell who is known to be upon (an efficient and valuable public officer, and Int Russell shoud, in my opinion, here frankly accept the disclanner made to him on the part of thefort the Lieutenant Governor. I am able to sanction the mensual course of publishing 7.0. 16 bet. 1871. 420 in the Gazette a letter fromce subordinate official, reflecting on the procedure of the Lieutenant Governor, and I fail to see that the precedent quodd by hur Russell is one that can properly be held to govern the case composit now before di As regards the Statement made by styx that he had received the Victoria Cross, I Fransmit to you horewith the copy of. The Office admiting a letter from the War office this Shewing that such is not the case. Yeu ! Whitfeild appears an "have been somewhat hasty in accepting without further examination the Statements made in Nye's indes undensted right petition. In all doctor the dice tement Governor pardow Arnt before remitting the it has redura atentemme on 1
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the justice of the case might have been catisfied by riginal infliction of a lighter sentence. It appears that for Russell himself placed credence in the statements as to character made on behalf of the prisoner, son these grounds le reopened the cais, and reduced the sentimen by one half.

I perceive that there was no intention

the part of the

Executive to mifly any censure

The Russell who is known to be

upon (an efficient and valuable public officer, and Int Russell shoud, in my opinion, here frankly accept the disclanner made to him

on the part of

thefort

the Lieutenant Governor.

I am able to sanction the mensual course of publishing

7.0.

16 bet. 1871.

420

in the Gazette a letter fromce subordinate official, reflecting

on the procedure of the Lieutenant Governor, and I fail to see that the precedent quodd by

hur Russell is one that can

properly be held to govern

the case composit now before di

As

regards the Statement made by styx that he

had received the Victoria

Cross, I Fransmit to you horewith the copy of.

The Office admiting

a

letter from the War office

this

Shewing that such is not

the case.

Yeu ! Whitfeild

appears an

"have been somewhat hasty in accepting without further examination the

Statements made in Nye's

indes

undensted right petition. In all doctor

the dice tement Governor pardow

Arnt before remitting the

it has redura atentemme on

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