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to be the responsible head of the Vice Office, I was anxious, not to be offered by saying Then arose the question of the medium of communication which His Excellency has decided, contrary to what I conceive to be the understanding with which I left England.
I soon became evident that the Chief Justice was not desirous that I should proceed with winding up bankruptcies with which convict Huffam was connected, for when I first mentioned them to him he angrily demanded to know at whose instigation I was acting, and when I answered, as was my manner and said that he knew Mr Brereton had "pect up" to doing about, which was not the fact, although I have since been in communication with no Brereton firm (who represent some of the creditors) on the subject.
Not only did the Chief Justice act discourteously towards me when I met him in Chambers, but he treated me in a manner publicly in such a way that the Public Press commented on his behaviour on that occasion.
I had previously brought to the notice of His Excellency the fact that I was reflected in a passage in one of his judgements, not prompted by any one, he contradicted a statement sent to the Press for publication which
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