was proceeded against, by way of information, for having conspired with one Wei Afoon, a Chinese, to bring
false charges against Major Caine
the Colonial Secretary. That the
proceedings
were taken into
The Supreme Court, and there abandoned
in October and December 1847, for
want of
evidence. Nor does this
Appear censurizing, since the
only
distinct piece of testimony against
him was the unsupported story
of
The Chinese Woman, herself
a
party under suspicion. You state,
indeed, that Mr. Farrant did not
deny having held with her the
conversation imputed to him. But
it appears to me that in his letter
of
The 5th August 1847, written on
the occasion of
his
suspension,
Mr. Farrant did honestly deny
3. under these circum
:stances, I can
have no
hesitation
in saying, that Mr. Farrant is
entitled to the full
amount
of his
salary from the date of his suspension
to that
of the abolition of his
Office.
that
She stands in the
ordinary position
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