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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