CO129-182 - Governor Hennessy - 1878 [9-12] — Page 430

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his

Chief Justice, so far from facilitating escape from justice. I did all that properly lay in my power to put the authorities on

their guard with reference to his probable

escape.

17.

seems to be

No further explanation from

required,

we

but I would take the...

liberty to add that the Acting Chief Justice's ....

letter to me

of

October 6th, which as he informs

me, he has forwarded to the Secretary of State,

has filled.

Ane

with surprise

and pain.

His

Honour had made use of a private conversation

with me in a maner

-pointed out was in

which, as I have already - my opinion totally

to this I objected,

unauthorised. It was

was

to his mentioning my

Is

he

seervrs

to

suppose.

NAME as

کار گیر

not

his informant,

Had I," says His .~

A

Honour, "omitted to give you as my authority

#

now, it might, who knows, have been said.

کو گھر

to the

#!

Secretary of State that I had avoided....

mentioning my

"

untrue and

ally

austrer

informant, that it was

utterly undeserving

to this

grave

of credit?

insinuation, ought,

I think to form part of the correspondence

-and.

you anight - a

officially published. On October 8th. I wrote to His Honour "If I understand "I earnestly trust I may not - you

moved to do se

by

the

-

Avere

chiefly

apprehension that His

"Excellenay the Governor might, in his repert the matter, stoop

to the Secretary of State

}!

usion

to the infamy of wilfully falsifying facts. " "Who Knows"," as you put it,

Permit me to

that the insinuation strikes my mind unworthy.

say

as an.

one and makes matters worse; and

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