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defence.
4.
In the meantime I am going on with my reply which I
hope to place in His Excellency's hands on or atout the 25th
instant.
5.
In my defence I have right to state it in a way that I
find necessary for the purpose of olacing myself in a proper
position and His Excellency will have to consider when it is read
that it is not intended in any way to be offensive,
3. I am compelled to take a stand for my own protection,
considering the manner the Commission has been conducted. The
Ordinance (27 of 1888) enabling His Excellency to appoint such
a Commission I have read and considered and that Ordinance has
not been framed for the purpose of stopping any one from defending
himself to the fullest extent when such wrong and grave charges
are made against one. It must be remembered that we are acting at
the present date in liberal times: not the arbitrary times of two
and a half centuries ago when a Commission had the power of life
and death. As one perfectly familiar with the State Trials I
think I am ouite justified in quoting them.
7.
I intend that this matter shall be enquired into to the
fullest extent and thoroughly sifted, and, if necessary, to be
taken to the highest tribunal. It is on these grounds that I am
now carefully preparing av defence as I cannot but expect it will
have to go to a higher tribunal. With all due respect my meaning
is not to be intended to be disrespectful as it is by anxious
desire to show every regard to the position in which I have been
placed,
(30.)
I have to..
J.W.Norton Kyshe.
Registrar.
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