CO129-239 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1888 [9-12] — Page 32

he

Sinirally

approval of your action

in connexion with

# and I consider that

in deserving home. M. Dune Water blame.

we for

butt for having In the first

instance treated a

1 gross

breach of discipline by a police sergeant

to be dealt with

as a matter

by

action

in a civil court and also

for harring afterwards, when ordered instructed by the

Joann

to deal with it

as a breach of police duty,

~ required

the Shopkeeper

prosecute the charge before

the

magistrite, and hailin No steps to have the case

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brought properly before him. I In so doing "M2 Deane

Wanner controny

acted in a manner

to his plain hot only

duti and to the Shirit and

Spirit o

letter of the police ordinance but also to my predecessora despatch of

the 4th of Sept:

88. upon

which he lays

stress but which directed

that charges of breach of discipline should be dealt with under the police ordinance. 13. I must add however that from this case alone I should not have gatheret

inferred

a disposition on the part of M. Deane

to malle a

distinction between Chinese