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New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 35, 27 December 1873, Page 11

Mr Whalley, has, as usual, been making aa ass of himself in the House. His only reason for supporting tha " Claimant," is that the succesJ of Orton would be a fatal blow to an old Catholic family; and this v- how the worthy M.s. spok« in defence of his protege — " The Government have supplied money for the defence of murderers, traitors, Fenians, and other scoundrels, and why should they refuse itin a case of this kind ?" They did though, and the House supported, them.