CO129-020 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [5-8] — Page 229

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The Earl Greys.

Sir JH Davis.

9th August 1847.

Victorias, Hongkong,

Received

Reporting suspension his Clerkship in the Land Mr William Farrant from

Office

on

a

the Colonial heretiary.

prefered against him by

charge of conspiring

Mr Nawes.

"The consideration ofthis case must await

of the meclomeres. Of. 220

Oct. 22

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WB.220.

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172

223

Mr. Merivale.

In the month of July

This precis is drawn last Mr. Ferrei

up by Mr Brooke. You

will

sel from it, and from the Documents which accompany it that the case.

Cleit under the Land

Iffice in Hong Kong, a dhofed is that of a public officer, who having a letter to Mr Cleverley, the

heard certain rumours.

to at Hong.

concerning the a integrity of curtain othe public offre nasad thing to regon General, Holing delayed bringing them under the

"The

notice of the bout for 9 months after that he had been. they had reached him.

themselves having.

Charges

on

iniomed that certain

Chines. Servants of thes

investigation been reported to be groundless the preferrer of them stands committed for Seal for local, conspiring against the character Yort had- of the Colonial Secretary whom he had?

the

traduced. Pending the Trial comingtime bres in

the Sovernor has suspended habit of colorting money

on,

the Accuser, on the

ground

he / the Sovernor has no confidence

in the decisions of the Supreme from their countrymen under Count (with the presiding judge false

of

which

of

thing

which he is upon any the,

but amicable hours -the effect of

which is, to

tences partially

pacienta

relations acludedy to the case deprive

a

f

the suspended person of the Salary & Chinese named. Afore, of his office. against this

• proceeding the officer remonstrates, Oberseer of the Yort Cential

and, as

have?

it appears to me with justice; for whatever may been the grounds and they are not

to

my mind satisfactory -

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Market, who had becer

was replesented to have

- on which paying

the sum

f$100

he reframed for so long aperiod from for month to Major.

mentiming de rumours he had Cainis heard affecting the reputation of a Compraglore. This sum

puble Servant it is scaredy consonant

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with our motions of equity in this counting ban being the primali by

deprive

a man of his situation before

the Law shall have declared him.

of the offence imputed to him.

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15 Nov. 1847.

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