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Council been otherwise, he would still
have insisted upon the second char
charge
being enquired into, although he most enterly recents to the news expressed by the Honorable Major General George B'Aquilar.
Captain Bruce stated in reply to the second charge
I have
as a
guest in
long resided the General's house, and I was his quest at the period set forth in the second charge, and therefore I consider it as duce not only to the General but to myself my profession to decline answering any question upon the subject, unless I - my failing to do so- a disrespect to Her Majesty the
and to
am told that
will be
Queen.
The Council upon consulting
Captain Bruce's objection,
was
opinion that his refusing,
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on
clearly of
would be
A mark of disrespect to the Queen, and that he is called upon by his allegiance
to say
The
all that he knows upon his cath.
Major General having made His
Protest, did not vote on
this
occasion.
2nd read a second time.
-Charge 2 ad
to Captain Bruce..
for
me
Captain Bruce said. It is impossible.
to
say whether the date mentioned in the charge be correct or not. I ____ remember however that the Chief Justice dined with. Major General D'aquilar
ab
a party given in the month of July 1846,
And
great
that occasion there
that on that
was a
deal of wine drunk,
wine drunk, and that the
Chief Justice appeared to me to have taken
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