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which may be due to him from any 
Native: that is, every man who is not 
considered as an European; and the con¬ 
sequences naturally to be expected from 
such a state of tilings, have been but too 
often experienced. No difficulty has 
ever occurred in settling, even by the 
present defective Regulations, every dis¬ 
pute of a civil nature, wherein Natives 
only were concerned, or where they were 
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only Defendants; but then there is no 
redress for them against the many usurious 
and shameful practises which some Eu¬ 
ropeans are but too ready to employ; nor 
can one European recover against another 
in the Court established here, even upon 
the clearest and most undisputed pica* 
The want of a Criminal Code has been 
also a serious evil to the Community at 
large; many persons are now, and have 
been for a long time confined in Jail, 
