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Particulars of and concerning Johnson who then was and still is the Managing Director of the Mercantile firm of Jardine Matheson and Company of this Colony was contained certain false and malicious statements concerning the Plaintiff in a letter which
a) The said false and malicious statements were to the purport and effect and in the following words, thereby the Plaintiff
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that is to say, "disgraceful insult to a lady"
On the said 20th day of September last the said Francis Bultitude Johnson having read the said letter and the malicious statements therein contained said to the defendant "I heard it stated on Eitel's authority" meaning thereby on the Defendant's authority that the alleged disgraceful offence (meaning thereby the alleged disgraceful insult to a lady in the said letter mentioned) consisted in Mr. Hayllar (meaning the Plaintiff) having exhibited indecent prints in the private sitting room of Lady Hennessey's boudoir (meaning thereby the room of the wife of the said Sir John Pope Hennessey).
Whereupon the Defendant falsely and maliciously spoke and published to the said Francis Bultitude Johnson of and concerning the Plaintiff and in reference to the false and malicious statement in the said letter contained and hereinbefore set out the following words, that is to say "What I said was true" (meaning thereby that he had said and that it was in fact true that the alleged improper and disgraceful conduct of the Plaintiff consisted in his, the Plaintiff having exhibited indecent prints in the private sitting room of the said Sir John Pope Hennessey).
The Defendant in further explanation of the said false and malicious statement went on to say as follows:
"The Governor (meaning thereby the said Sir John Pope Hennessey) had the habit of going out with Mr. Hayllar in a steamlaunch on several occasions when these appointments had been made, Hayllar had sent excuses at the last moment and in consequence of that or of various other circumstances the Governor's suspicions were aroused and on the last occasion of their engagements Government House apparently to go left the Governor to the steamlaunch but"
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Partiver.
of and
Johnson who then was and still is the Managing the Mercantile firm of dardine Matheson and Company of this Wolony
was contained certain false and malicious statement of
the Plaintiff
letter which
and ca
concerning
a)
The said false and malicious statements were to the purport
and effect and in the
thereby the Plaintiff "
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lo
vvor de
wao
that is to say,
following turned out of Governme
disgraceful insult to a lady"
"/
"he"
menning
went House for a
sands
faler and
On the said 20th day of September last the said Francis Bulticle y Johnsar having read the said letter and the malicious statement therein cartained said to the defendant "Theard! "it stated on & Eitel's authority" meaning thereby on the Deferidants
"that the authority
disgraceful offence (meaning thereby the alleged die graceful incult to a lady in the said letter mentioned,
1) consisted in Mr. Hayllar (meaning
the Plaintiff) having exhibited indecent printo
in the private sitting in Lady Hennessey's bondour (meaning thereby,
room!
it
of the wife of the said Sir John Pope Hennessey)
Whereupon the Defendant faleely and maliciously spoke and published to the said trancie Buckeley Johnson.
Johnson of and concerning the
Plaintiff and in for offered explanation of the false and malicious statement in the said letter contained and heranbefore set out the
that is to say "
following
"What I said was true" (meaning thereby that he had said and that it was in fact true that the
alleged unproper
and disgrace fue.
of the life of
conduct of the Planchiff consisted in his, the Plaintiff having exlicbited indecent prints in the private sitting room the card Sir John Pope Hennessey) and the defondant in further explanation of the card fate and malicious statumento went on:
follows:
say
#
and said as
"
mrade,
to
Mr.
"The Soven or (meaning thereby the said Sir John Pope Her mossey ) the habit of going out with Mr. Hayllar in steanolaunch on " several occasions when these appontinents had been "Hayllar had sent excuses at the last moment and in consequences "of that or of
vane other circumstances the Governor's suspicions
• aroused and an the last occasion of there
engagements Government House apparently to go "left
wvere
the Governor
to the steamlaunch but_
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