CO129-157 - Sir MacDonnell Acting Governor Sir Kennedy - 1872 [4-5] — Page 277

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I cannot if I am right in my belief have a fair trial before the Council and I shall with all respect - protest against any proceeding in the Council on these charges should it come to that.

What more can I add? I wilfully deny that I have ever or habitually disobeyed important orders of any description issued for my guidance - as set forth in charge one.

The Committee in their Report say that I admit the delays in sending forward the monthly Requisitions were my fault - I sought thereby to relieve subordinates from any imputation. If there was any fault it was mine - but I do not admit a fault.

In the same paragraph the Report it is said. I gave as a reason for not sending in Requisitions in due time that the form was defective but that I failed to convince the Committee.

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Council - and that His Excellency is acting by advice of Council - in calling on me to answer charges - What else can I suppose - when I find your letter addressed from the Council Chamber and signed by you as Clerk of Councils! I cannot if I am right in my belief have a fair trial before the Council and I shall with all respect - protest against any proceeding in the Council on these charges should it come to that. What more can I add? I wilfully deny that I have ever or habitually disobeyed important orders of any description issued for my guidance - as set forth in charge one. The Committee in their Report say that I admit the delays in sending forward the monthly Requisitions were my fault - I sought thereby to relieve subordinates from any imputation. If there was any fault it was mine - but I do not admit a fault. In the same paragraph the Report it is said. I gave as a reason for not sending in Requisitions in due time that the form was defective but that I failed to convince the Committee. Page 275 At CLS Id. has been removed and re-formatted to meet the requirment. The original text has been corrected for spelling, spacing and some re-ordering to form complete sentences. The output is in HTML format using for paragraphs.

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