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and every facility afforded to him for proving his case from the Archives of this Government,
a verdict of "Guilty"
was returned accompanied with the following depreciatory finding
"We unanimously find the Defendant
"Guilty of the libel charged against him: And
also that he has totally failed to connect
we find also that he
"Lieutenant Colonel Caine in even the remotest
degree with the various corrupt practices falsely
alleged against him therein."
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"me and Gost; at Hongkong" 28. and pp. 38 to 47.
2. Mr. Farrant was accordingly sentenced to be
imprisoned in the Common Gaol at
Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong for
Twelve Calendar Months and pay a fine of
Fifty Pounds to Her Majesty and to be further
imprisoned till the said fine be paid.
3.
It cannot, I am confident, be otherwise than satisfactory to Your Grace to learn,
that so grave a public scandal has been removed, and that the charges of
malversation and Corruption, against a Gentleman who for so many years has held
high office under the Crown, have been proved to be totally devoid of all foundation
4. The statements which constituted the libel in this case have, I observe, been
advanced by Mr. Chisholm Anstey both in his published letter to the "Times", and in his speech at
Southern Darling, Newcastle upon Tyne on the 20th June last: 21 June 1859.
The groundless nature of Mr. Anstey's accusations in this respect, which has now been clearly established, cannot fail to cast doubt upon the remainder of his ...