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been presumptuous on my part to express, that 

 the opinions cited by &quot; General &quot; Booth s solicitors 

 were like the famous broken tea-cups &quot; wisely 

 ranged for show &quot; ; and that, as Messrs. Clarke 

 and Calkin say, they &quot;do not at all meet the 

 main points on which Mr. Hatton advised.&quot; I 

 do not think that any one who reads attentively 

 the able letter of &quot; A Barrister not Practising on 

 the Common Law Side &quot; will arrive at any other 

 conclusion ; or who will not share the very natural 

 desire of Mr. Kebbell to be provided with clear 

 and intelligible answers to the following in 

 quiries : 



(1) Does the trust deed by its operation 

 empower any one legally to call upon Mr. Booth 

 to account for the application of the funds ? 



(2) In the event of the funds not being properly 

 accounted for, is any one, and, if so, who, in a 

 position to institute civil or criminal proceedings 

 against any one, and whom, in respect of such 

 refusal or neglect to account ? 



(3) In the event of the proceedings, civil or 

 criminal, failing to obtain restitution of misapplied 

 funds, is or are any other person or persons liable 

 to make good the loss ? 



On December 24th, 1890, a letter of mine 

 appeared in the &quot; Times&quot; (No. V. above) in which 

 I put questions of the same import, and asked 

 Mr. Booth if he would not be so good as to take 

 counsel s opinion on the &quot; trusts &quot; of which so 



