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QSA17619 1855 Letter from Francis Nicoll to Commandant 11 April, Letters to the Government Resident by the Colonial Secretary, Sydney & Inspector-General Police on Native Police Matters, DR52067
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but, through weakness, fell from my horse about three miles from the Barracks which I only reached on the morning of the 20th. I trust you are satisfied that I did all that lay in my power to overtake the murderers. I attribute our ill success to Gillies having lost his way on the 14th not arriving and at the Barracks until night, and to the almost impassable nature of the country in which the Blacks dispersed -
Enclosed are the depositions of Mr Bennett and William Gillies.
I have the Honor to be Sir, Your most Obedient Servant
Francis Nicoll Lt [Lieutenant] Native Police
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[written in right margin, beside line 10] See Deposition of Gillies