Original Documents on Aborigines and Law
1797-1840
Published by the Centre for Comparative Law History and Governance of Macquarie University, and State Records NSW
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Document 18
Col. Sec. to R Scott Esq. - Enquiry on black shot by police. R v Lowe decision: 9 October 1826[1]
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Colonial Secretary's Office
October 9th 1826
Sir,
I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to request that in conjunction with the other Magistrates named in the Margin [in margin "Capt Allman , Mr. Close, Mr. Webber, Mr. Macleod"] , or any two of them, in case of the unavoidable absence of the others, you will make particular enquiry and take depositions respecting the circumstances of the death of a Black Native who is reported to have been taken by the Mounted Police and that, soon after the Murder of Dr. Bowman's Servant, this being understood to be a case distinct from that of the three natives respectively whose deaths the Magistrates have already reported.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your very Obedient
Alex Mc Leay
To Robert Scott etc
Hunter's River
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Honorable the Colonial Secretary
Sydney 9th October 1826
to R Scott Esq
Directing enquiry respecting the death of a Native (black) taken by the mounted Police and Shot
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Note
[1] For the trial of Lowe, see R. v. Lowe, 1827.