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I must confess you will be able to obtain directly or at second hand the testimony of every guest at the Governor's table, on the night in question to the Land effect. In two cases where direct testimony was impracticable, I can to a certain extent supply the deficiency. The late Governor (in discussing this question) stated to me his conviction that he himself held the charge against you to be unfounded, and that the Chief Justice entertained the same opinion and lamented that Mr. Sulley should have mistaken mere hilarity for drunkenness.
Acting your pardon for being obliged to use such a word in connexion with your name.
I am, my dear Sir,
with profound respect your faithful servant,
Liqued W. H. Mitchell
Act? Chief Magistrate
The Double The Chief Justice-
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My dear Sir,
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Having been requested as one of the Guests at the Governor's table on the 15th Instant to give my Opinion relative to an assertion made in my hearing by Mr. Chichester Bulley that you were drunk on that occasion, I have very great pleasure in stating that in my Opinion you were on the occasion referred to perfectly sober.
Yours faithfully,
Reginald R. W. Romer, Captain 39 Reg-
His Honor
The Chief Justice.