CO129-57 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [7] — Page 108

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5:34

this day private

at 2 P. M. at

M. at my

residence.

to appear

and

He has failed to

in his stead I have been

favored with a visit from Mr Mitchell himself, followed by his tive present advisers, Mr. Parsons the attorney; and Mr. Day the barrister. Mr Day after demanding my authority to issue such a

summons, or indeed

any

summons to that witness,

!

and informing

me that he

Mr Parsons, and Mr Mitchell

to call

disputed my right t

for any testimony whatever

ended by Selling

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meil

what

it would have been less

offensive for Ly asi himself

to dove without such a

that ) that.

demonstration as

Lyy

asi would be advised, or

had been advised, not to

appear.

He has not appeared at

any

am

rate, and I am now

preparing to close the case. But I subruit to His

Excellency that this

grose interference of the acting Chief Magistrate with the office of the law and its course of action ought not