CO129-320 - Governor Sir Blake Acting Governor May - 1903 [11-12] — Page 55

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Submit that the change is not proved by

any adequate evidence

way

Which

the

and

the infper whole affair

conducted hands to create a presumption in

lus favour.

hit lox

I think he should be pausimed

how

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an not inconsistent

on

The notes of Evidua forwarded

with Scrypt Holt's story as told in his partition 34787/08. There is only the evidence of pre nation policeman who alleged that he handed the bribes

to Holt (but who was not prefaced to face the music in a court of law); and the fact that Holl made

questions is not no statement & asked no

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inconsistent with his assertion that be thereby practically intended to rease his defence. on the other hand I think it probable that Holt, berne, a policeman, knew perfectly will that he way browny dealt with departmentally (and not judicially ) under ose 24 of ander 14 of 1887, that he never axpected to be Cross, ut before chaseze of magistrati subacqueath, Cribery, and that, if he had so expected, incotand of merely "making no statement" he would, as the moult of his police experience, haves used some expression definitily rescoving

his defence until he was brought befor

the magistrats. He appears to have done nothing of the kind, and his

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bully consi- all the mstanner

case

conduct in this wopact is I think stranger widence against laim thran wittore the Evidence of P.C. 187

of his alleged confession. He be braved at the time as if he were

confiling, this with the Evidence

quilling and

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Evidence against hins for

what it is worth. I should on the whot bi inclined to represe to reconsider his case

hi Cox

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The case secunts difficult to decide but

I lean towards treating him in the

Same way

who wre

as the pot while

probably equally quilly or jugorent.

M. Lucas

Ishould decline to reopen

thi's

case. Of policeman knows enough of

law & practice not to act as

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if he had

Start did

a valid defence. Tape

with Mr Ridley?.

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Say that having communicated with the Gobain of Hongkong mi dyttelton is Ounable to comply with his petition to be granted a heusion in respect of

In the

his favice

colony, and this

and this ancare must

for considered as final tax let.

Let M. Cox see the lattad

mi-Cox

me see it

C.Pd. 9 at once