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“Shipmate, Donevan is a man I never liked; and as far as my oath will go I will hang him above all men ever hung in India.”
I turned from him, and a few days afterwards, being in the main guard, repeated his words to the prisoner at the bar.
I met Hastings last May. I abhorred his company bec on account of his being confined on a charge of murder, and I thought he was accusing an innocent man. he said nothing about Russel. He seemed that night a little intoxicated.
John Sullivan. Sworn
I am a Soldier in the Company’s Service.
I was in the Guard
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