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informing him that he is charged with violently assaulting a prisoner named Chun & fai-far.
Read also O'Donnell's reply dated the 4th instant.
The Council are of opinion that the answer is not satisfactory and that O'Donnell should be called upon to show why he should not be suspended from office in terms of the Colonial Regulations and in reply to questions put by the Attorney General, he wishes his case dealt with at once, and repeats the statement he made before the Acting Superintendent of Police on the 19th ultino.
O'Donnell is then directed to withdraw.
The Council find that, as in the case of Ryan, O'Donnell's total emoluments exceed £100 per annum. Having duly considered his defence, and permitted him at his own request to address the Council, he is called in to the formal chamber; they advise his suspension from office pending reference...