CO129-474 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [1-4] — Page 527

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His Vershim, You have justified homicide here en grounds based en

■ starting neint of unlawful assembly. Asanaing the Jury dees net accept that starting point have you any other stification?

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Mr. Shenten.

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You have not been herd on that. Do you wish te be

„Shenton. If the Jary come to the oanclusion that this is not an unlawful assembly there ere ether considerations. It is for the Jazy to say, when as ansault is committed, whether the force used te repel it is cecoive or net. If the mob are attempting to ferce beok the Pelics and ds,in effect,force then beok, that is en zesnult, There is another consideration, I submit a very large amount of force may be used in dealing with an assembly which has sat the Government of the country at nau ̧ht: which is soting in a way that would say the very vitals of osvilised gevorment. Taon there is the question af releasing a man under arrest. tether considɔration is that this meb was entirely imregarding the laws of the Colony, There are a number of miner effences,but all of these effences, being: committed,are ferns of "unlawful assembly". It all comes down te that and I fail to see how the Jury can find that this was not

an milawful assembly on the Txips må en March 3rd.

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