CO129-020 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [5-8] — Page 344

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Individual, whom before His Excellency Governor ; and the Honourable the Members of the leverytive Council, Scharged on Tuesdays the + 13th sultimo, with having dared to use the

of the Honourable the Colonial Secretary. To cable him to extort Money from Pam Achoey the Contractor who applied for a license for Market, and who has got witnesses beside myself to prove, that Hoar ( the Individual in auction) did attemit this extortion on him,

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In exculpation of the Charge against me I beg bo say that I botally dead having uttered a single word of that which Aran in his evidence makes me to have said, and it is perfectly apparent to me,

that he has made this accusation for the sole purpose of screening himself. _ That far from wishing to injure the character of the Honourable Major Crime, in the course which I have baken, My object in bringing the matter to the notice of the Government has, with a view to enable that Gentleman to have the circumstances properly investigated, and Irespectfully urge that the course I book was a proper one, and calculated to effect that object, and put an immediate stop to the reports getting

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would have been criminal in me to have passed

over

longer unnoticed, and that there could be no conceivable motive for my wishing to injure the Honourable Major Caine, either in his private or public character. _ The evidence of

evidence of Wei Afoon

at the Magistrates Court was not at all at variance with.

with facts.

his

I pelly gamit that I insisted upon stating to Wolengely 1 the thead of my Department and the proper Chahnell for the commencement

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investigation) what he had repeatedly hold me and others, but I am entirely at d' loss to-

having discover the criminality which exists in my sakan this method for the performance of what I conceived to be my bounden dutes to the Honourable

me

Major Caine, and to the Puble service queraty..

In conclusion I have to express hug deep regret. that before the charges made against, thave been Investigated by a Jury of my Countrymen (by whom I and convinced my instocence will (fully shown) His Excellenby the Governor in Council should have deemed it necessary to

Be

sushend me

from

Office.

and

my.

Searnestly hope that this Excellency the Governor in Council

moderate this extreme degree of

will see fit bo,

censure, and to reinstate me in my Office until

the