CO129-021 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [9-12] — Page 345

18.

familian

"with

manner, and (as Lord Grey observes) or view to publicity . "

его

thave received with reference to this

subject the subjoined letter from the Major General since the last founcil - The actual

words used by

me seem to have been these

"Rolled against the Sentry

and then fell flat

upon his back " _ The Major General's evidence

admitted the words "staggered

and

6 fallen against

the

Sentry ""

which

The Minutes show that.

charge the Members of the founcil

19.

339

the second

avere

equally

ow

divided; and it was the addition of the word

my

own Verdict whick

"partially" to proved in

alone turned the scale in the Judge's favour

"Victoria, 30th December (November ? )

18477 Inesday Rooning

At the meeting of the breecutive Council

The imperfections of memory,

wo have all had to largely to plead may have

rendered these terms different from those actually

used; but they

are not more

different from the General's statement, than he declared his

own

he

impressions socre from the real facts when ho

were

more accurately ascertained them. With regard to what the Major General remarks about my dining with the

with the Judge, I have merely

observe that, after what I heard

on

to

my reducin

from Chusaw, I never met the Judge at

dinner

any

more

Shaw himself

this

day.

I was surprised to find that certain

questions which had been originally put by Your Corpcellency to Witnesses, and recorded as such during the proceedings against Chief Justice Hulme,

to be transformed, with the Caine and Mr.

the Council.

Ir Johnstow,

Concurrence)

wvere

of Major

into questions from

I

objected

to this.

Orore

especially to

the question put by Your Excellency to Captain Bruce, wherein the name

of the thief Justice

is

associated hypothetically with the words _ Rivate