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Instant during the investigation at the Police Court in Libel brought against Mr. Tarrant, Mr. May was called as a witness: during Cross Examination by the defendant he was asked, if to his knowledge I knew anything of the Chinese written language, and also whether I had ever translated Chinese documents. Mr. May gave a negative reply to both these questions.
In consequence of Mr. May's replies, Mr. Tarrant spoke in very strong language against me, calling me an Impostor. I bring this matter to the notice of His Excellency because I conceive it to be one which I should be blameable in not representing. I have an abundance of proof to show that Mr. May is perfectly aware that I have a knowledge of the Chinese written language.
So palpably untrue were Mr. May's replies, that I have not the slightest hesitation in charging him with wilful and deliberate intention to injure me by giving evidence which he must have known to be false.