the doubtful character of the man who told him of them, attached so much importance as to deem them sufficient to warrant him in charging me with a crime, calculated in its nature, totally to blast all my prospects and success in life, for to use the words of a public writer when dilating on an indictment for conspiracy, "If a man be once charged with the commission of crime, no matter how clearly he may be able to establish his innocence, the accusation sticks to him for life."
In conclusion My Lord, I have to express the sanguine hope that you will be pleased to order my re-instatement in a position in Her Majesty's Service, equivalent to that from which I have been displaced, the duties of the office which I filled when suspended having been amalgamated with other duties under the Land Department and performed by a junior clerk; and also that your Lordship will take into your consideration the public service which I have performed in bringing to light the ruinous extortions practised on a portion of Her Majesty's Subjects, and that in accordance with the regulations of the Colonial Civil Service I may receive full pay up to the time of your Lordship's pleasure being known in this Colony.
I have the honour to be
My Lord
Your Lordship's most obedient
and humble Servant,
WILLIAM TARRANT.
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the doubtful character of the man who told him of them, attached so much importance as to deem them sufficient to warrant him in charging me with a crime, calculated in its nature, totally to blast all my pros pects and success in life, for to use the words of a public writer when dilating on an indictment for con- spiracy, "If a man be once charged with the commission of crime, no matter how clearly he may be able to establish his innocence, the accusation sticks to him for life. "
In conclusion My Lord, I have to express the sanguine hope that you will be pleased to or der my re-instatement in a position in Her Majesty's Service, equivalent to that from which I have been dis- placed, the duties of the office which I filled when suspended having been amalgamated with other duties un ler the Land Department and performed by a junior clerk; and also that your Lordship will take into your consideration the public service wich I have performed in bringing to fight the ruinons extortions practised on a portion of Her Majesty's Subjects, and that in accordance with the regulations of the Colonial Civil Service I may receive full pay up to the time of your Lordship's pleasure being known in this Colony.
I have the honour to be
My Lord
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Your Lordship's most obedient
and, humble Servant,
WILLIAM TARRANT.
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