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[Page 14]
January 1808
23rd Captain Kemp, Lieutenant Minchin, and Lieutenant Lawson declared the Judge Advocate should not commit McArthur; and Captain Kemp added that he would commit him (the Judge Advocate).
24th. The Judge Advocate being refused to sit, quitted the House loudly calling out, there was no Court, and sent back a Constable to bring the public documents which he had prepared, and made ready for the prosecution; but the six members refused to give him up the papers, and he came to report the case to me, saying that he had been used extremely ill, and looked for my protection in supporting the law and justice which the colony called for (vide full statement). [In margin] 3.
25th. Mr Campbell and Mr Palmer Justices of the Peace, Mr Griffin my Secretary, Mr Fulton Clergyman and Mr Gore Provost Marshall were present and heard and saw all that passed, and certified to me that Mr Judge Advocate Atkins had done all he could do and that the tumultuous conduct of Captain Anthony Fenn Kemp Lieutt. [Lieutenant] John Brabyn, Lieutt, [Lieutenant] William Moon, Lieut [Lieutenant] Thomas Laycock, Lieut [Lieutenant] William Minchin and Lieut [Lieutenant] William Lawson, the six members obliged Mr Atkins to retire.
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