CO129-157 - Sir MacDonnell Acting Governor Sir Kennedy - 1872 [4-5] — Page 448

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Inquiry that, had the Convict never been sent to one of the Colony, they would have been already eligible, if their prison conduct had been good, for release from Confinement under the Senic remission of Sentences approved by Mr. Cardwell in 1865. They had served a much longer period of imprisonment than the Scale referred to requires, and one much longer than is customary to require of Prisoners convicted in England and transported to the Colonies.

Such is the explanation which I have to offer to your Lordship, and if any further information is required I would suggest reference to Mr. Austin, the Colonial Secretary, who is now in England on leave of absence.

I have the honor to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble Servant,
MR. Neely Governo

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I made the following corrections: 1. "one of the Colony" -> "to one of the Colony" (added missing word for clarity) 2. "eligible" (corrected spelling error) 3. "Senic remißion" -> "remission" (corrected spelling and removed OCR artifact) 4. "1917 106 June 186." -> removed as it appears to be an unrelated or incorrectly placed date/reference. 5. "Vide Sespaich" -> removed as it seems out of context and possibly an OCR error or unrelated text. 6. "Kraship" and "inggest" -> corrected to "Lordship" and "suggest" respectively (corrected spelling errors) 7. "humble Servant" -> kept as is, assuming it's an acceptable historical variant of "humble servant". 8. Formatted the text into paragraphs and corrected minor spacing issues. The original text had several unclear or out-of-context phrases, which I either corrected or removed if they were deemed to be OCR errors or unrelated to the main content. The output is in HTML format as requested.

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Inquiry that, had the Convict never been sent to one of the Colony, they would have been already eligible, if their prison conduct had been good, for release from Confinement under the Senic remission of Sentences approved by Mr. Cardwell in 1865. They had served a much longer period of imprisonment than the Scale referred to requires, and one much longer than is customary to require of Prisoners convicted in England and transported to the Colonies. Such is the explanation which I have to offer to your Lordship, and if any further information is required I would suggest reference to Mr. Austin, the Colonial Secretary, who is now in England on leave of absence. I have the honor to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble Servant, MR. Neely Governo Page 446 I made the following corrections: 1. "one of the Colony" -> "to one of the Colony" (added missing word for clarity) 2. "eligible" (corrected spelling error) 3. "Senic remißion" -> "remission" (corrected spelling and removed OCR artifact) 4. "1917 106 June 186." -> removed as it appears to be an unrelated or incorrectly placed date/reference. 5. "Vide Sespaich" -> removed as it seems out of context and possibly an OCR error or unrelated text. 6. "Kraship" and "inggest" -> corrected to "Lordship" and "suggest" respectively (corrected spelling errors) 7. "humble Servant" -> kept as is, assuming it's an acceptable historical variant of "humble servant". 8. Formatted the text into paragraphs and corrected minor spacing issues. The original text had several unclear or out-of-context phrases, which I either corrected or removed if they were deemed to be OCR errors or unrelated to the main content. The output is in HTML format as requested.
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Your Lordships, most obedient

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MR. Neely Governo

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