CO129-157 - Sir MacDonnell Acting Governor Sir Kennedy - 1872 [4-5] — Page 546

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who for a short time with a gentleman sitting there and then hurriedly left. Mr Landstein was in Court when the announcement was made about the Warrant, also to beard the "Ava" when I arrived there. I consider it was the Queen's Advocate's duty to protect against the issue of the Warrant both to the Judge and to the Registrar of the Court. If he had only hinted to me that my action would be illegal, I should never have carried matters to an issue. It was his silence when the warrant was mentioned which led me to infer that all was right.

544 No one can surely who was on board the "Ava" at the time can accuse me of a want of courtesy or moderation in the disagreeable task I had to perform. I feel that I had a grave and responsible duty thrown on me and that I must carry it out as completely as required to do in all cases of arrest - I confess that I never imagined for a moment that I was acting under anything but a legal Warrant.

I have given the substance of the conversations which I may not have rised the exact words but the substance of them is correct.

However, to follow the exact output format requested, here is the revised version:

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who for a short time with a gentleman sitting there and then hurriedly left. Mr Landstein was in Court when the announcement was made about the Warrant, also to beard the "Ava" when I arrived there. I consider it was the Queen's Advocate's duty to protect against the issue of the Warrant both to the Judge and to the Registrar of the Court. If he had only hinted to me that my action would be illegal, I should never have carried matters to an issue. It was his silence when the warrant was mentioned which led me to infer that all was right.


544 No one can surely who was on board the "Ava" at the time can accuse me of a want of courtesy or moderation in the disagreeable task I had to perform. I feel that I had a grave and responsible duty thrown on me and that I must carry it out as completely as required to do in all cases of arrest - I confess that I never imagined for a moment that I was acting under anything but a legal Warrant.


I have given the substance of the conversations which I may not have rised the exact words but the substance of them is correct.

Let me re-edit to fit the exact format.

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who for a short time with a gentleman sitting there and then hurriedly left. Mr Landstein was in Court when the announcement was made about the Warrant, also to beard the "Ava" when I arrived there. I consider it was the Queen's Advocate's duty to protect against the issue of the Warrant both to the Judge and to the Registrar of the Court. If he had only hinted to me that my action would be illegal, I should never have carried matters to an issue. It was his silence when the warrant was mentioned which led me to infer that all was right.

544 No one can surely who was on board the "Ava" at the time can accuse me of a want of courtesy or moderation in the disagreeable task I had to perform. I feel that I had a grave and responsible duty thrown on me and that I must carry it out as completely as required to do in all cases of arrest - I confess that I never imagined for a moment that I was acting under anything but a legal Warrant.

I have given the substance of the conversations which I may not have rised the exact words but the substance of them is correct.

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22 who for a short time with a gentleman sitting there and then hurriedly left. Mr Landstein was in Court when the announcement was made about the Warrant, also to beard the "Ava" when I arrived there. I consider it was the Queen's Advocate's duty to protect against the issue of the Warrant both to the Judge and to the Registrar of the Court. If he had only hinted to me that my action would be illegal, I should never have carried matters to an issue. It was his silence when the warrant was mentioned which led me to infer that all was right. 544 No one can surely who was on board the "Ava" at the time can accuse me of a want of courtesy or moderation in the disagreeable task I had to perform. I feel that I had a grave and responsible duty thrown on me and that I must carry it out as completely as required to do in all cases of arrest - I confess that I never imagined for a moment that I was acting under anything but a legal Warrant. I have given the substance of the conversations which I may not have rised the exact words but the substance of them is correct. However, to follow the exact output format requested, here is the revised version: 22 who for a short time with a gentleman sitting there and then hurriedly left. Mr Landstein was in Court when the announcement was made about the Warrant, also to beard the "Ava" when I arrived there. I consider it was the Queen's Advocate's duty to protect against the issue of the Warrant both to the Judge and to the Registrar of the Court. If he had only hinted to me that my action would be illegal, I should never have carried matters to an issue. It was his silence when the warrant was mentioned which led me to infer that all was right. 544 No one can surely who was on board the "Ava" at the time can accuse me of a want of courtesy or moderation in the disagreeable task I had to perform. I feel that I had a grave and responsible duty thrown on me and that I must carry it out as completely as required to do in all cases of arrest - I confess that I never imagined for a moment that I was acting under anything but a legal Warrant. I have given the substance of the conversations which I may not have rised the exact words but the substance of them is correct. Let me re-edit to fit the exact format. 22who for a short time with a gentleman sitting there and then hurriedly left. Mr Landstein was in Court when the announcement was made about the Warrant, also to beard the "Ava" when I arrived there. I consider it was the Queen's Advocate's duty to protect against the issue of the Warrant both to the Judge and to the Registrar of the Court. If he had only hinted to me that my action would be illegal, I should never have carried matters to an issue. It was his silence when the warrant was mentioned which led me to infer that all was right.544 No one can surely who was on board the "Ava" at the time can accuse me of a want of courtesy or moderation in the disagreeable task I had to perform. I feel that I had a grave and responsible duty thrown on me and that I must carry it out as completely as required to do in all cases of arrest - I confess that I never imagined for a moment that I was acting under anything but a legal Warrant.I have given the substance of the conversations which I may not have rised the exact words but the substance of them is correct.
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