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did not

vary

that I considered

the charge against him

"technical insubordination", neither

did I use words conveying

such meaning.

Any

I

pointed out to the

Defendant that as the

printed

rules and regulations framed

under clause 13 of Ordinance 4 of 1862, and approved by

His Excellency the Governor

on the 29th August 1872, had

been in his possession from

the 16th to the 27th March and he had taken no

objection to them until the 27th

of

March, when he

objected to Rule 2, in

particular,

he could have

no excuse

in defence; but I said I would give him time to consider

the position he had placed himself in, and advised him

to comply with all the rules and regulations, stating that upon being assured that he had done so,

I should be inclined to take a

lenient

and merciful view of

his

case;

otherwise I had

no alternative

but to put the stern law in force against him, and that I should not hesitate in doing so.

was called

as

if any

member of

the

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