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took upon themselves to make one of them prisoner, 
but of course did not venture to bring him before 
the magistrate. 
44 These facts incontestably prove, that, notwith- 
standing the Aborigines are called British subjects, 
and in spite of the so-called protection system, there 
is no shadow of protection for them, while they are 
debarred from the first and most important of all 
liberties, namely, that of being heard in a Court of 
civil Justice. 
44 Several instances have occurred during my 
residence in this district, in which natives have been 
arraigned before the administrators of the law, 
although I was morally convinced of their inno- 
cence; in other cases, they have sought redress 
through me, for wanton attacks on their person and 
lives, without being listened to. 
44 Only a few weeks ago a native was very nearly 
being taken up, on the charge of having thrown a 
spear at Mr. Smith’s shepherd, without, however, 
any felonious intent, the distance being too great. 
This circumstance saved the man, or else he would, 
no doubt, have been tried and found guilty on the 
shepherd’s evidence, who would not allow that he 
could be mistaken in the individual, although the 
accused native came boldly into town and court (a 
circumstance that has never before occurred since I 
have known these natives), although he was an 
intimate friend of the shepherd and his wife ; and 
although all the other natives could prove where he 
