was an examination of the Chinese mentioned by me at the Chambers of the party Officiating as Attorney General : b. at the enquiry was held with closed doors, so one out of the coterie by whom
was conducted could then
the
- future # : assertion / by said being Attorney General ) that the examination -the in proving nothing (& gross falsehood as will be shewn by fecation onf
as prosecu. The left consequence was Fow at the Police Court where I was
charged with conspiracy to injure Poresaid Colonial Secretary Caine's character and reputation ; that is to say,
prosecuted criminally for reporting
superior the besitiess of the 1st the I was appointed to conduct ! "When the Sessions of the Supreme
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it to which I was committel came however, no evidence was of arthicone. ding and I was addressed by the Judge thus. "Mr. Farrant, if you wish it a nolle prosequi
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"prosequi shall be entered ; but this is a case in which the highest interests of "The Colony its public character are " involved, sinot I would suggest to you "The advisability of letting the matter "stand over till next Sessions The
b. that time, can,
get the Prosecution,
" evidence alleged to be required, and "The same shall be thoroughly sifted. hud I followed that advice. but to what purpose: Before the period for such Sessions, the Judge who so address-
ed me was
suspended from
office, and went home - his words to me on return after re instatement, being - "I should never have been sub- "jected to what I have undergone but for your case -
necessary lat "that trial should be quashed so result only to be attrinish by any ressons!
It was necessary
"from the bench. "
much arrived
b
at, and the case ended by the Acting "Juctor affecting a delicacy to by what