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A man named Thos. Tobin has been arrested and committed for trial in the Criminal Court, on a charge of enticing soldiers to desert.

 

Several attendants who have recently left the Lunatic Asylum have called on us with a long statement of what they conceive irregularities and unfair treatment, which they desire published. Before publishing such a statement it would seem to us more desirable that they should represent the matter to the government. If their complaints have a good basis, and the government take no action, then they may state their case through our columns.

 

Halifax Morning Sun, Jun 2, 1865. Page 1 Column 6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=D90uR9ClOh8C&dat=18660403&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

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