He Hoped,
That If There Were Any Goodenough Present That They
Would See And Not Mislay Their Notes While He Briefly
Brought Three Things Before The Meeting; The First
Concerned The Meeting And Himself, The Second Concerned
Himself, And The Third Concerned Those Present.
The
first was easily disposed of - have I, as I promised,
done my duty as member of the Local Court to your
satisfaction?
(Yes, and cheers.) Very well, the second
matter concerns myself - personally he was under no
obligations to the lawyers - the services he received
at the trial was done to him as a state prisoner,
and not to Carboni Raffaello individually; when
individually, he requested to be supplied with six
pennyworth of snuff by Mr. Dunne, it was promised,
but it never came to him. It would not have cost much
to have supplied him, and it would have greatly obliged
him, as habit had rendered snuff-taking necessary to him.
With the permission of those present he would take
a pinch now. (He took a pinch amidst laughter and cheers.)
The admission of lawyers into the Local Court would give
rise to endless feuds, where valuable interests were
concerned, and so much time would be lost in useless
litigation. As he had no wish through any personal
obligation to see the lawyers in the Local Court,
and as he considered that it was for the advantage of
the miners that they should not be admitted, he opposed
their entrance.
The third matter concerned those present.
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