CO129-190 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [10-12] — Page 119

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He appears to have at one time withdrawn these charges, which were made in writing to the Governor, but afterwards to have desired to proceed with them. The reason assigned by him for having temporarily withdrawn the charges does not seem to me to have been sufficient. The matter has a disagreeable look. We are therefore further from the Governor.

Is it worth while to telegraph to the Governor to forward the charges against the C.J.?

In this matter Mr. Gibbon is altogether wrong: but it is impossible to dispose of it at its present stage. If the charges against Sir John Smale are serious, it is very likely that he has tried to harass Mr. Gibbons into resigning or deciding upon Mr. ...

We must know what they are before the C.J. must not be allowed to conceal them by neglecting to reply to them.

Wait for the next mail, & if nothing later again.

22:30 30/11 Commas Grun In Gibbon, cannot make out his grievances, he may be allowed to speak of the Chief Justice of the Colony (rude though he be) in terms of disrespect which he uses. His language reads like that of a person quite sober. It will be well if Cotterell & the Chief Justice relist.

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He appears to have at one time withdrawn these charges, which were made in writing to the Governor, but afterwards to have desired to proceed with them. The reason assigned by him for having temporarily withdrawn the charges does not seem to me to have been sufficient. The matter has a disagreeable look. We are therefore further from the Governor. Is it worth while to telegraph to the Governor to forward the charges against the C.J.? In this matter Mr. Gibbon is altogether wrong: but it is impossible to dispose of it at its present stage. If the charges against Sir John Smale are serious, it is very likely that he has tried to harass Mr. Gibbons into resigning or deciding upon Mr. ... We must know what they are before the C.J. must not be allowed to conceal them by neglecting to reply to them. Wait for the next mail, & if nothing later again. 22:30 30/11 Commas Grun In Gibbon, cannot make out his grievances, he may be allowed to speak of the Chief Justice of the Colony (rude though he be) in terms of disrespect which he uses. His language reads like that of a person quite sober. It will be well if Cotterell & the Chief Justice relist. 2 Dec. Page information is kept as is, assuming the original had "Page XX" format, but since it's not present here, no change is made. The text has been corrected for spelling, spacing, and some reordering for clarity while maintaining the original tone and content. Markdown was not directly applied as per the output instruction; instead, HTML tags are used for paragraph formatting.
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He appears to have at one hem withdrawn there charges, which were

made in writing to the Governor, hat afterwards to have desired to proceed with

them. The reason

assigned

bylim for having temporare

withdrawn the charges does

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Mr. 30/11

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+

retent. Mutt has or

wait as furpoud

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Dec.

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