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"determine or not whether ^ or not I deemed it
"sufficient to put a Prisoner on his
"Trial" - I therefore naturally supposed
that after such an inclination on my
part the Bench would act on their
own responsibility

2. By the next mail from Rockhampton
further depositions in the case mentioned
in the Margin were received in this
Office, proporting to have been taken
on the 27^th day of November 1860 by
which it appeared that the Prisoners
were remanded by the Bench until the
following day for further evidence,
but such further evidence (if any was
taken), has not been received in this Office.

3. I have received no further communication
from the Bench on the subject, and therefore
(even if justified in so doing) should be
unable to offer any opinion as to the
advisability of releasing or committing
the Prisoner Toby.

4. With respect to the Prisoner Alma
I have received no depositions whatever
referring to him

5. In conclusion I would suggest that
the Bench should carefully consider the
whole of the evidence taken against
the Prisoners Toby, and also the evidence
(if any) against the Prisoner Alma,
and themselves decide either upon a
release or a committal of either or both
of the Prisoners.

I have the honor &c

[signed] T.S. Ratcliffe Pring Atty Gl

The Police Magistrate

Rockhampton }

[written diagonally, in left margin]

"Gulliver" & "Toby" Abns [Aborigines]

"determine or not whether ^ or not I decided it
"sufficient to put a Prisoner on his
"Trial" - I therefore naturally supposed
that after such an inclination on my
part the Bench would act on their
own responsibility

2. By the next mail from Rockhampton
further depositions in the case mentioned
in the Margin were received in this
Office, proporting to have been taken
on the 27^th day of November 1860 by
which it appeared that the Prisoners
were remanded by the Bench until the
following day for further evidence,
but such further evidence (if any was
taken), has not been received in this Office.

3. I have received no further communication
from the Bench on the subject, and therefore
(even if justified in so doing) should be
unable to offer any opinion as to the
advisability of releasing or committing
the Prisoner Toby.

4. With respect to the Prisoner Alma
I have received no depositions whatever
referring to him

5. In conclusion I would suggest that
the Bench should carefully consider the
whole of the evidence taken against
the Prisoners Toby, and also the evidence
(if any) against the Prisoner Alma,
and themselves decide either upon a
release or a committal of either or both
of the Prisoners.

I have the honor &c

[signed] L.S. Ratcliffe Pring Att'y G'l

The Police Magistrate

Rockhampton }

[written diagonally, in left margin]

"Gulliver" & "Toby" Ab'n's [Aborigines]