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Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd were closely questioned by the Commission. It appears that about 9 p.m. on Wednesday 6th June they called on the Godbers, returning home some time after midnight. According to the Lloyds, Godber drank a considerable quantity of wine, condemned the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance as being "against natural justice" and "an invasion of privacy",
and said that his counsel should "use his case to challenge
the validity of the Ordinance".
It appears from Ir. Lloyd's evidence that, in the course of the evening, Godber insisted that his wife should
leave Hong Kong at once because "it was unfair to her to put
her through the degradation of his trial and expose her to the
contempt of neighbours". The Godbers were in process of packing
up the contents of their flat at this time preparatory to
retirement; and Godber asked Mrs. Lloyd if she would "supervise the packers" as he expected "to be charged with little likelihood
of bail".
According to the Lloyds' evidence, Mrs. Godber called
at the Lloyds' flat at 1.30 p.m. on 7th June; and she gave
Mrs. Lloyd a key to her flat; and the two women then proceeded
to Kai Tak by taxi.
Godber called on the Lloyds about 8.30 p.m. on the
evening of 7th June. He said that the Prevention of Bribery
Ordinance was "contrary to the Strasbourg agreement on human
rights". He had instructed Mr. Gunston to write to the Attorney
General requesting further time to prepare his representations;
and the Attorney General had refused this request. 1. Lloyd
said that Ir. Godber appeared to be bitter about this. He also
said that Godber was in a highly agitated and excitable mood;
that he voiced his sorrow at sending his wife away; and, as he
left the flat, he said something about packing a case and moving
to a hotel. The Lloyds said that Godber gave them no indication
that he intended to leave Hong Kong the following day.
As regards the letter addressed to Godber by Mrs. Godber
which she enclosed in her letter to the Lloyds written from Sussex ("G" attached) Mrs. Lloyd said that she returned this
to Mrs. Godber because Godber was no longer in Hong Kong. She