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that we think that something ought to be done by the authorities here to release the man.
Minnick from preson, who by the
way
was
only convictect upon the evidence of a couple of- unrehable Chinese, whose Account of the
as it appeared in the papers, was
charge, certainly not one which would have been
Court sustamed by an English
- We have thus gone fully into the matter at for as regards the seaman of the Glenbyou and we will now proceed to make a few comments upon the proceedings in to far as the Ship was concerned, and we would briefly bey to remark that some of the finding's are not according to fact as we daresay we can easily prove
In the first finding it is stated that the ship had 2500 to 3000 tons of cargs
on
ti
you.
board now to far from this being the case she had when leaving London about 2160 tons of bargo, at Singapore the chocharged 2o10 tons of cargo, and took on board something under 100 tons, thus thewing that the had mistead of 2500 to 3000 tons certumly
not more than 1990 tons; with these remarks
we
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