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BY AUTHORITY, j— ! ) VR O CLAMAT1ION.By HU Exqcllencii Sir Thomas JjoitN Cochrane, Knight, Governor and Commander (L. S.) in Chief in and over Taos. CociuUNB. the Ssluna of New foundlund \and its Dependencies, and Vice Admired cf the same, Etc, Etc. Etc.WHEREAS by the firming of a Coruuer’s luques', held at Fer-mu« f oil the day of December, and Src.i J iiV of January lost past, it is us-C*. Mined that JAMES MilKPHY, lata of r.-1 in use, aforesaid, was, on the oight of the 2ffih day of December aforesaid, by some Person or Persons then unknown to the Jurors of the said inquest, most cruelty Murdered at Admiral’* (Jove, at Per muse aforesaid ; and it being of the greatest importance to the safety and well-being of all His Majesty’s liege Subjects, that persons guilty of such atrocious crttr.es should in j every instance be brought to Jastice.—[ I DO, THEREFORE, Strictly enjoin : and command ul Magistrates, Constables,I and oilier Peace Officers, to ntske the most nirtct and diligent enquiry and search, in order to discover and apprehend the Murderer or Murderers.— And I do furthar call on all U s Majesty’s loyal Subjects to aid and assist the Civil Authorities, and to \ give such information to them herein as may come to their knowledge, and not to Withhold (he same, or conceal or harbor the said Murderer or Murderers, at their -peril of incurring the severest punishment ■ j of the Lbw, And I do hereby oflu a He- !I wa.d oi ONE HUNDRED POUNDS Ito be paid to Such Person or Persons by j whom means the said Mtirderer or Mur- j derers may •*» apprehended and convicted, And I do also promise to an accomplice in die said Murder to recommend him to His Majesty for n free pardon, (provided such accomplice be not the Per-f sou who inflicted the Wounds o! whichJ the suid JAMES MURPHY oied,) in CH»e such accomplice will come forward end declare the truth anu be the means oi \ convicting*the Person or Persons who gave I the moiihl blows 10 (ha said JAMESMUHPilY.Given under my Hand and Seal, I at the Government House, j St. Johns, Newfoundland, I this 20th day of February, in tlia Seventh Year of the * lieign of 11 is Majesty King George the Fourth, and in the A: ear of our Lord 1826.By His Excellency's Command,E. B. BRENTOX,Secretary.COO SAVE THE KING.
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Saint Johns Newfoundland Mercantile Journal
Saint Johns, Newfoundland, CA
Thu, Mar 02, 1826
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