CO129-229 - Acting Governor Marsh & Public Offices - 1886 [11-12] — Page 282

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Enclosure to

280

Address to His Excellency the Acting Governor and the Executive Council.

I submit to Your Excellency and the Gentlemen of the Executive Council that the position in which I am now placed, I have not chosen for myself, for opportunity has been afforded me of choosing deliberately whether I should stand here to-day under these charges or not.

It is usual, I believe, when an officer is in a doubtful position, to give opportunity to withdraw from it, but this was not done in my case.

When I heard on Saturday night (6th instant) that Your Excellency expected me to do the medico-legal work during the short time that Dr Marques would be absent, I did not look upon it as an order, and there were several reasons which I believed justified me in declining the responsibility on Sunday morning, and therefore

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Enclosure to 280 Address to His Excellency the Acting Governor and the Executive Council. I submit to Your Excellency and the Gentlemen of the Executive Council that the position in which I am now placed, I have not chosen for myself, for opportunity has been afforded me of choosing deliberately whether I should stand here to-day under these charges or not. It is usual, I believe, when an officer is in a doubtful position, to give opportunity to withdraw from it, but this was not done in my case. When I heard on Saturday night (6th instant) that Your Excellency expected me to do the medico-legal work during the short time that Dr Marques would be absent, I did not look upon it as an order, and there were several reasons which I believed justified me in declining the responsibility on Sunday morning, and therefore
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Address to His Excellency the Acting Governor and the

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