GA Robinson gave Merriman ‘slops’ otherwise known as sailors loose clothing
Robinson also found Merriman a seat on a cart heading north up the Sydney road that would take him home.
Merriman is keen to collect his ‘king plates’ from the police station where he left them for safe keeping.
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