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conversations on the subject he had simply complied with my
8.
J was my instructions. certainly anxious
to have the case withdrawn and I most
willingly did everything that I could honourably do, to aid Dr. Eitel in securing that result. Your Lordship will however see how defective Dr. Eitel's memory is when comparing his allegations in the original letter enclosed dated 17th December, 1881, with his letters to me of the 15th and 23rd of November, 1881.
9.
In his letter of the 17th of December, Dr. Eitel says:-
# "A on making the retractations I "did make to bring about the withdrawal "of the case I was from first to last.... acting under the instructions and with the approval of His Excellency the Governor; in allowing the case to "be withdrawn I was sacrificing my own interests, which demanded a public enquiry to the interests of"
"His Excellency the Governor"
In his letter to me of the 19th of November Your Lordship will see he writes most earnestly. This letter was written four hours after his Private Secretary had been dispensed with.
entreating that the case for the sake of his wife and family should be kept out of Court. He says:-
"My having left Government House & will prejudice the jury & even more, and an unfavourable verdict.... "would be certainly pecuniary ruin to our family. I am therefore preparing