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of Janain

that

you

have

the

Some

generally justified

course of action bich

you adopted on this occasion,

to

do nd feel able I am of Pinion

confer with

that

as of the expediques ofer You exercised the

ate

the emission of sentence tive Papardon ind

in' but

the caves.

Somewhat indiscriminate

manner.

3. Ineed scarcely protect

thank the cancelling

:

( such, for instance,

of long sentences for serious

inflicted

Crimes

is liable to misaf-

masmuch as it words & lead the

•prehension, leading

the

enfer

general public to suppose

that a sentence, whiche

has been remitted Shortly after being hassed, must

be thought than besin have been excessive;

in the first instance, dam dispone, & think and it appears to me that you would have

A.7. Chambers

the who stand first on the listy

For Conson

See the raft

I think so

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acted more judicionsly if, While Cable giving

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immediate liberation

to the mina offenous,

You had in the case

of

long sentence

Criminals

Course

followed thee:

acted

हु

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to the 2.05 Com" of the

K

and contented

admiralty, and

ed

yourself with remittan

only

fact of their sentences

I have

as get received

no report from you on the result of the Aime prime -nal proceedings instituted against the Engineers of

the Yesso,

dors tha

Ordinance for the Survey of Stearn Ships refered to in par 3 of your

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