CO129-182 - Governor Hennessy - 1878 [9-12] — Page 410

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that Mr Auffan had confessed

to

a tre

mendous crime.

Friday night.

So far

I

no

RC

his

own

words,

n

my memory

gewes me

never said anything to a voul

AC. C. Smith which could

ексеру give colour

As the latter assertion, and to him I

only, in the confidence of a private conversation.

few half jesting word the purport

need

W

of which he totally misinterprcted. It must have been from him, or from A whom he repeated the

Arme

one

statement,

that

you

heard about the assured I could

said anything an impression

"advice", for I feel assured never have personally intentionally conveying,

far from the truth.

Ov

"The whole of my conduct with reference & Stuff is totally inconsistent

· with

my part & facilitate

my

any

Au

intention a

his escape from justice. It is one to the steps I took, and in accordance with

intention in taking those steps, that was placed before you on - Saturday morning, and it was

quite in- Posible

Matter

imposible for

re

to have anticipated

that after the confession of the tremendous

crime he placed in

my

hands;

the

man

could have been allowed of enjoy hours liberty when once

one

it had gone

to

the right quarters. Moreover, I personally visited the Attorney General and gave hine

tistinct warning about the probability of the maris excape to Macao there being then ample time to have stopped him.

It is really inconceivable that I could have attempted in

any wave therefore to get

him out the place.

clearly

What I did was to place ab

الترس شدی

his

I could before himself and his friends the extreme danger of position, in other words, to deation the sense of false security in which he had wrapped himself; and that,

and that, doubtless, led to his intention to fly.

Very truly Zouis,

? The C. Hayllar.

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