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Read,committed any offences according to the laws of this Colony. I

subuit te this inquiry that that an embly had, in fast,committed a 522

number of offences against the laws of the Colony. I submit, firstly,

that it was an unlawful assembly, and I am going te ocrry that still

further and say it me a rietens asuembly, Then we seme te doal with

the definitions of an unlawful assembly and a riotene assembly we

shall appreciate that one is an extension of the other. Then we

have reviewed those definitions and judicial decisions as to what

are unlawful end rieteus assemblies,I do not think you will have

any difficulty in coming to the conclusion that this particular

ssembly with which we are dealing was not only an unlawful assembly

but a riotous assembly. Both of these are offences according to the

laws of this Colony. I submit that the assembly was an unlawful

pssembly and a ristous assembly and, also, that it was guilty of

criminal conspiracy. I will meto authorities to establish that in

the mind of this inquiry. Further, I submit that this assembly was,

in effect, a pro-conocived contravention of the laws of thie

Colony. There are various laws, one of which, according to recently

passed legislation,was that ne ene might leave the Jeleny vi thout

obtaining prepeer permissica, I submit that the assembly was guilty

of assaulting the Pelios from which certain umbo, uonos a flow: that

it obstructed the Felice in the course of their duty:that it

disobeyed the lwful orders of the Felice: that it was quilt of a

breach of the peace: that it completely defied the Government of

this Colony:that it did ita utmost to hold the Government of this

Celeny up to contempt and ridiculo, I further submit it was guilty

of releasing a parson under arrest of a police officer. The assembly

wes,in feet,guilty of no less than ten brasakos of the laws of this

Colony. I will deal with these offences one by one and quote you

the legal authorities referring to them. There is no very direct

authority as to whet justifies the pelion or military autheritios