532
expect that should there be
any
reason for treating the Avai differently
from any
other vessel, the subject of
the arrest would be mentioned at
Government Case
(3). Apart from the two reasons
merely
above mentioned which are
obvious
ones, the practical answer
remains that I had
from
the Marshal to the time when
he asked me to
I had not more
to spare, during
which time I was
lying off the Ava in
Government Offices
have
to go
to the Colonial Secretary's
private house and back would have
taken
time to apply
for instructions. The Ava had at
that time steam
up,
she
could therefore leave at
any
moment. I had also to
go off to the westward
of
in board the
Police Quek to obtain the necessary
boats and
men.
As a matter
of fact
from the time I received the requisition
at least twenty minutes, I
should therefore have arrived too
late to
have
assisted
the Marshal. I have no hesitation in declaring my
belief, and this could be substantiated by independent testimony, that had I not been present where I was,
the Marshal would have been carried
out
of the jurisdiction of the Colony
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expect that should there be
any
reason for treating the Avai differently
from any
other vesel, the subject of
the arrest would be mentioned at
Government Case
(3). Apart from the teve resums
two reasons
merely
above mentiared which are
mental
ons, the practical answer
remains that I had
from
the Marshal to the time when
he asked me to
I had not more
to spare, during
to the Commodore,
go
than three minutes
which time I was
lying off the Ava in Government Offices
have
gover
to a D
my
boat.
closed, and to
to the Colonial Secretary's
private house and back would have
taken
time to apply
for instructions. The Ava had at
that time steam
up,
she
therefore leave at
any
might mamenti I-
had too to
where she
Was
lying
go off the westward
of
in board the
Police Quek to obtain the necessary
boats and
men.
As a matter
of fact
from the time I received the requisition
at least twenty minutes, I
up should therefore have arrived too
late to
have
assist
the Marshal. I hesitation in declaring my
belief, and this could be substantiated by independent testimony, that had I not been present where I was,
the Marshal would have been carried
art
of the jurisdiction of the Colony
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