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Mr. Streeter was kept in confinement in jail, 26 days before his trial, and the charges and specifications ^[[insertion]] were not read to him [[/insertion]] until the eighth day before his trial. He had no copy of them until the very day before the Commission sat.

Mr. Streeter had no counsel, had indeed no time to prepare a defence, but trusted to the wisdom of the Court, and made no attempt to break down the witnesses whose testimony bore strongly against him. Col. Whittlesey and myself were at the time upon the Island and Mr Streeter expressed a wish that one of us would sum up the evidence briefly for him. But by the rules of the Court neither of us could be present unless we should appear as his counsel which considering our official position, would not be proper.

I had myself no idea, after reading the charges and specifications and knowing Mr. Streeter's business intimately for nearly two years since he has been in my employ, that any case could be made out against him, unless it were of some technicalities, implying no fraud or intended crime, but at the worst only indiscretion in things comparatively trifling. 

My intercourse with him through this whole period has left upon my mind the strong impression that he is an honest conscientious faithful man, diligently attempting to do his duty according to his understanding of it, and ability in it.

I have ^[[insertion]] had [[/insertion]] no opportunity to peruse the evidence given in this case, but believing that some of the colored people agreed togather beforehand what they would swear to and knowing the perverting influence under which they testified, I have the same opinion of Mr. Streeter still. He is fifty four (54) years old, is a member of a church in the city of Lowell, Superintendent of a Sabbath School, was four years a member of the Common Council in his own city and held an important office of trust, which he resigned