CO129-474 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [1-4] — Page 552

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moraly because it was their purpose to leave the Colony, eru th

that purpose was, at that time, illegal. In passing I wi

opportunity of saying that the discharge of firearms inte-polla d in the presence of persons who have ea yot committed no disturbanco

of the public poace seems to me of doubtful vis? as.

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I will ask you to excentrate your thoughts on the spot whore the

order to fire was given. You are not bound to e acidor what "0

or further preparation might have been made in advan ca.

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comment on this in riders to your vordiee if you jsh hut it.

concern with the verdict itself. Equally it is not a mostior

what other stops tr. King might hero telon in the interval of time

When he left e house and the ting thon he placed himself in

advan co of the orové, The point 18, having not the erová, und

stopped them, ith the support of two ropean police, on: of fi oor,

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dan Indiana? throe Sepoys, with his nearest reinforcement s

over a mile away, and having parleyed with the crowd unsuccessfully

for several minutes, and heving warned them that he vald Fre if

they attempted to force their way through the point is whether,

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on their display of force or on their tumultuous employment & forco

he came to the right decision when ha Zacidad that in ord

maintain and restore order it was ne connary to give the cam në to

iro on tho orowd. In your consideration you will give duo weight

to the fact that the crowd was unɛrmed and was mennging only by

reason of numbers. The evidence is that of the crowd tuo thirds

had nothing more than umbrolles while possibly one third carried

ordinary walking sticks. The degree of 99688is necessity is also

evidently inoro:sed by the fact that I, King had at his disposal

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