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The Commissioner
of Police
Brisbane
64. 846

October 25^th 64/125.

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 10^th Instant, and in reply to
state that I have hitherto refrained from report-
ing on M^r Corfield's letter respecting the Conduct
of Serg^t Brown inasmuch as I myself at the
request of the Honourable The Attorney General
had to proceed to Gigoom to hold a Magisterial
Investigation into the Cause of death of the two
Aboriginals lying dead in that Vicinity, and
as to whom suspicion had attached to Brown -

The Inquiry was held by me on the 15^th Instant
and I conceive that under the circumstances the
best report I could furnish you with would be a
copy of the evidence taken on that occasion,
[on right] which