CO129-157 - Sir MacDonnell Acting Governor Sir Kennedy - 1872 [4-5] — Page 272

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Article 83. of the Rules and Regulations is the first step in the ordinary proceedings towards suspension from office.

I would meet respectfully submit for the consideration of His Excellency that your letter does not furnish me with a statement of the grounds on which the charges against me rest - a statement to which I am absolutely entitled by the terms of that article - and without which I cannot possibly explain away or refute the charges put forward.

The Report of the Committee of Enquiry, extracts from which you send me, does not afford any information...

They are opinions or findings of the Committee - certain points. In other words, they are the charges themselves. They are not and cannot be the grounds on which those charges rest.

The evidence given before the Committee, the facts alleged and proved there, and on which the Members formed their opinions, and based their Report - are the grounds on which the Report, and of the charges, are based.

I ought to be furnished with a copy of that evidence - I ought to be put in possession of the precise allegations made against me so that I can justify or explain...

A charge of being...

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Article 83. of the Rules and Regulations is the first step in the ordinary proceedings towards suspension from office. I would meet respectfully submit for the consideration of His Excellency that your letter does not furnish me with a statement of the grounds on which the charges against me rest - a statement to which I am absolutely entitled by the terms of that article - and without which I cannot possibly explain away or refute the charges put forward. The Report of the Committee of Enquiry, extracts from which you send me, does not afford any information... They are opinions or findings of the Committee - certain points. In other words, they are the charges themselves. They are not and cannot be the grounds on which those charges rest. The evidence given before the Committee, the facts alleged and proved there, and on which the Members formed their opinions, and based their Report - are the grounds on which the Report, and of the charges, are based. I ought to be furnished with a copy of that evidence - I ought to be put in possession of the precise allegations made against me so that I can justify or explain... A charge of being... Page 270 has been kept as is, assuming it was part of the original scan delineating page metadata. However, the text appears to be incomplete and may require further review for proper formatting and correction. The initial corrections focused on basic grammar, spacing, and rejoining broken sentences. Further proofreading may be necessary to ensure the text is fully corrected and properly formatted according to the given rules.

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