CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5] — Page 382

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In I writing, which he declined to do, as her

had merelys,

rumour.

heard

of

I was then,

the matter at an

inquirits, informed byp

on making cautions

Bond one,

but I

cannot now remember by whom, that the rumour which had reached Out Falconer

had originated with the first of the,

e present Complamants, Mr. Jenny King Frame and that he had had some quarrel with Mr. Chin the Grung. I therefore suppaused that there was pime animus in the matter,

finding that one tharter, who,

And ow

as rumour had it, had not received aus gratuites at all humseth told me that he had peccurd his gratuity I dismissed the whole subject from my bind. But when I received the firsh of the ructured

documents marked A on Eaturday 19

19th

Instant

pirtant and taked Mr. Chen Chu ofane of

Next days if he had ever amp quarrel with

MW. Jancy thing ham or the other two complainants, Mr Chen chi opung imphatically stated that there had been no quarrel at all

the contrary, the three complaments and himself had been friend- all along.

and that ow the contin

have

Eu conclusion I have to state that I

good reason to believe that Mr Chri che Grung repaid on Monday, the 20th mistant, two days after the first of the

Enchored documents was handed to me,

all the mo

he owed to the three the mouse complainants. But as the gravamen of

the charge does not seem to me to tem a claim for every dur, but in the allegation that Mr Chu Chi Grung had

rained

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