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MyCatelettintothisExothway.HadheallowedmetodosointwouldhavebeenquiteregulartodirecthisExcellencyinTheQueen'sNametoappearandgiveevidenceunderPenalty&c,andthusthedelacacywhichunhappilypreventedhimfromextendingtome,inanyshapeorway,-whetherbyorderingMr.SuperintendentGrandprétodisclosethetruth,orbygivingmethebenefitofhispersonaltestimony,theprotectiontowhichmyofficialcharacterentitledme,mighthavebeenovercome.
AsithashappenedIampositionnowtodispensewithboth.Yourtimelyarrivalafteranadjournmentofthecaseforthedefencehasbeenconceded,andyourhonorablereadinesstobearyourtestimonytotheLonafidesofmyimpeachedconduct,relievesmefromallfurtherAnxiety.
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My Cate lettin to this
Exothway. Had he allowed
me to do so,
it would
have been quite regular
to direct his Excellency in The Queen's
Ard
Name
to appear
give evidence under
Penalty &c, and thus the delicacy which unhappily prevented him from extending to me, in any shape or way, - whether by ordering. Mr. Superintendent Grandpré to disclose the bruth, or by giving me the benefit of his personal
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testimony, _ the protection
to which my official
character entitled me,
might hav
keen overcome.
As it has happened I am
in a position now to dispense with both. Your
timely anival after an
ment of
adjournme
of the
case)
for the defence has been
Conceded, and
your
honorable readiness to
bear your testimony to the Lona fides of my
impeached conduct, relieves
Ine from all further Anxiety.
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