f
Mr Ackroyd to be Acting Attorney Geveral during Mr O'Malley's absence
request,
a
on leave and that, in accordance with
mny request, a copy. copy of my letter would be forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Prin
As it may appear to the Secretary
of State strange that I should have
addreeced such 어유
letter to the Govencior
of the Colony at a time when no
official
application from the Attorney becceral
for leave of absence was
before the
Government, and that I should
have introduce Mr Justice Russell's
name into
my protest, apparently
needlessly, perhaps I may be permitted now to explain that when I wrote
my
letter of 16th December, I knew,
upon the best authority,
and I
have
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have had 110 reason sivice to doubt the
perfect correctives
then
given me,
of the information that His Excellency the
Governor (Sir George Bowen) had
been
informed (1) that all O'Malley ( was about to proceed on leave, and (2) that Mr Justice Russell and
all? Ackroyd
were desirous of
of
filling the acting appointinent. Knew also, partly from my own personal experience, that matters of
often, I might say
this sort are
always, sensiofficial
the
subject of private
or
discussion and
t and are
practically
arrangement. settled long beffore they take official form
and become officially cognisable I therefore thought.
well that
it
if my protect were sent