CO129-012 - Sir John Davis - 1845 [5-7] — Page 372

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refused.

Having done all in my power by

the letter above cited to disserade. His excellency from the ex officers prosecution, a court from

which I had abstained in

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with at least equal provecation, I considered that an officer of the high rank of the Naval Commander in Chief, might himself sustain the responsibility of a proceeding on which he insisted with so much pertinacity and vehemence, and that it was not desirable to impair the cordiality

- which had hitherto so fortionately subsisted between us by continuing to refuse his often repeated application.

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The ex-officis information accordingly filed, and the result of the trial

a

verdict for the defendant.

was

I have the honor lobe,

With the highest respect,

Your Lordships,

Most Obedient,

Humble Arvant,

535

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