CO129-021 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [9-12] — Page 310

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8.

the instructions then explicitly conveyed to mas. They pou

пого

They have

ken reiterated

Jupon

a

me

second

tione, and I have been referred back to them, and directed

to execute them " without further delay." _ Did the order regarding

"

immediate suspension" admit

construction than

of any

other

that which its clear and

distinct wording conveys, I

might have some excuse; but after having

compliance,

mee

postponed

a second injunction

to act "without further delay"

leaves me without

The

a

[

with

9.

one

of the Council

that Mr Hulme,

304

I recommending

be restored to ther Majesty's

Service...

in

a

Major-General. D'Aquilar,

Letter recorded

the

Minutes, has objected strongly

to a

question put by me.

to Captain Brice who

supported the Judge

in rep

verandah, and in

in his

reply

to

which Captain Bruces stated

that he could not have

allowed

"

to

plea...

the

propriety or policy of

measure

is

not left to the

Governor on the Council to Determine; but, having

as

I

Ime)

concur

was ordered, Ic

Common

Soldier

go upon duty in the condition exhibited

by

the Judges. -

have not the slightest objection

to appear as the author of the question._ It was most important

in

eliciting from

An

a

direct

answer

unwilling witness as

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