Enclosure No.3 to Governor's Despatch No.268/
From Inspector J.Mills.
To the Executive Council.
764
HONGKONG.
11th July, 1901.
YOUR EXCELLENCY AND HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
The charges brought against me in the letter of the Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary in his letter No.9 of the 13th June, 1901, I have admitted in my reply to him on the 18th June.
In that letter I also gave, what I respectfully submit to be a reasonable explanation of my action.
I also described the circumstances by which I was surrounded, which induced me to act as I did.
I did not know that in endeavouring to raise a sum of money to engage the services of counsel to defend me on a charge, the most serious that can be brought against an officer (namely that of causing the death of another creature), that in doing so I was committing a breach of the rules of the Colonial service.
I do not even know now that such a breach of the rules was committed, because the rules alleged to have been broken have never been specified to me.
I never attempted to conceal my action in the matter. In fact, in my letter of the 20th May 1901, sent through Dr. Clark to the Honourable the Colonial Secretary, I wrote as follows:-
This will show that if such a breach of rules was committed, it was committed in ignorance, and in the midst of a most trying and extenuating circumstances.
I occupied the position of an Officer of the Crown being tried for the death of a man, which occurred through no fault or direct
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Enclosure No.3 to Governor's Despatch No.268/
From Inspector J.Mills.
To the Executive Council.
764
HONGKONG.
11th. July, 1901.
YOUR EXCELLENCY AND HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
The charges brought against me in the letter of the Honourable the Acting Colonial Secretary in his letter No.9 of the 13th. June, 1901, I have admitted in my reply to him on the 18th.
June.
In that letter I also gave, what I respectfully submit to be
a reasonable explanation of my action.
I also described the circumstances by which I was sur-
rounded, which induced me to act as I did.
I did not know that in endeavouring to raise a sum of money to engage the services of counsel to defend me on a charge the most serious that can be brought against an officer (namely that
of causing the death of another creature),
that in doing so I was committing a breach of the rules
of the Colonial service.
I do not even know now that such a breach of the rules was committed, because the rules alleged to have been broken have never been specified to me.
I never attempted to conceal my action in the matter. In fact in my letter of the 20th. of May 1901, sent through Dr.Clark to the Honourable the Colonial Secretary I wrote as follows:-
This will show that if such a breach of rules was com- mitted, it was committed in ignorance, and in the midst of a most trying and extenuating circumstances.
I occupied the position of an Officer of the Crown being tried for the death of a man; which occurred through no fault or
direct
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