CO129-57 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [7] — Page 127

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of His Excellency's Government, as

well as

mine, in the Course

of mine,

of which he indulged in much tion towards the parties

vituperation

they

came in

question, had

wearly exhausted the

his witresses be

when

day u

to be called

began to

into the box. By the time that

I was called on

the

Was

day, -

for my reply, the third of the trial_

already

ended, so that I had

scarcely light to read a note

when my speech began,

and

and

for some Eonsiderable time

roceed with it,

allowed to procee literally

in darkness.

Making

the most of

these

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untoward pircumstances, I told

that I would not

the jury

not weary

" them with any analysis of my

notes of evidence, but would simply

make a

comments one the

a few to

material portions; inasmuch as " they would presently have to listen "to a faithful recapitulation of all.

'the viva voce evidence at least

" from the notes of the Chief feration, "ared would be at liberty to inspect the documentary

evidence.

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"( comprising Mr. Mitchell's own ' letters ) for themselves ? at the close of my spuch I reiterated

the observations which I have underlined, and I conjured

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