CO129-187 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [1-4] — Page 111

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and the Domestic starrs an que Jusons in law : & I do not den that any angustion is mach In freeing there in Jach - The parties

an (from. no) to the "noscential hich apparently nothing is the dome with the children only Sir John', desprotend that they and the zinfart. to the fathing.

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bate

"Sir John Fomala Falk, loosely about English Having Acti gut being enforced : if he has looked into any at all, he probably refers to the act of 1524 (5.9. IV. c. 183) which prohibits the dale purchase an offerans the dealt with as lars. Most of the Hlavery Acti relate to the Enforcement of Henties with foreign Counties for the deffefsim The African slave hade _ The gaustion Inson of What is a Hlave ? is lift to the Common law definition to determine.

Of course with regions the facts

were clear; with the Turkia's hawerny Jemal slaves; with whom the mattine Jolien dr anything as they go thronest Malta ofrom African-they Always say they are going willing as sewants to the miskiss who is with them; but in timesking if the conditions of domestic servitude, and of adoptist children the not such

the treatment

asto

a

is

Cum Kaverman

Constituti slavery; the fact that money has or has not .` Rapone will not be sufficient to make the distinction

Ictwem slavery a predom -

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of these of? Eitals well written refoch (vine, I have, af. (3)

I exring our an Article in the Thina Parties) makes it impofit!! to accept Iin John Smalis pians: hit as something Must be written in reply, on this grant of the Iubject-

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the S. off. might ask whether Dr Sitils Statiment, an admittel bytte for. Thief Justice as accurate Elusen- - tation of the facts connectul with the adoption Whilchen & domestic servitude in Chinar Jamilies; if to whether

Jannhis

after they que recuivre into their new,

The heatment

of an adopted am, or of a girl in domestic servitude is equivalent to a state of plavery, & if Lo

define byttefin

why? Whether the transfn of a boy or girl into a new,

family

which

offence als

by adoption or servitech will or slaving supposing the tranger wno out freeland by the fragment of money?

also ask the

(Jan. 20), I Governor what is the precise offence, In Inoposes to prosente; and whether as an Common Law

Also ask the C. g. to specify the Acts of Pault which he

on

by Statuti

Considus amb

Sections to which ha

Astinanon

have not been inforced in Hauptung, and the

franticularly alludes: sxplaining

that it may

Or reassing to consult. The 2.0: and that the J. 57. wishes to be sure that he is in propagsi. ofthe Start views of the Governor and Chief Juster_adding as regards the latter (if it is considund advisable) that The T. IS. Juls at. Libute, to call upon him for the

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the firm for the Beach information, seeing that his declaration was set de

accing judicial decision upon a question at ihme befantin,

ferend

& did not Jared – when fails ascertained in suidhemen, not upon the argument of counsel, and the S.S. Sherfore is not precluded from inviting the assistance of So John Smale, which he might have filt.

difficulty

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in doing hand the declaration forme Made of an authoritation.

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