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Upon this advice which I thought it advis-

able to follow, 1 at once returned to the Chief Justice's

Chambers after having knocked at his door and told him, not "in a loud and offensive tone" as he so repeatedly asserts, but

after asking for permission to address him, that i had been

advised before the gentismen who had been present in Chambers

had dispersed, to ask him to apologise to me in their presence

for his false and unjust aspersions upon my character. He re- plied: "I refuse to do so. I must take down in writing what you

say. Please speak more slowly so that I can take a note of your

remarks". I replied "You have insulted me in the presence of these gentlemen, all gentlemen, fortunately for myself, you

have said that everybody in the Colony knew how I performed my

duties now I ask you as a gentleman to apologise. He again

said "1 refuse. i never said everybody in the Colony" - i said

"You did, Sir," and 1 appealed to Mr. Slade who declined to

interfere and 1 then left of my own accord the Chief Justice's

Chambers. I deny that he ever asked me to leave his room.

7.

I am at a loss to understand what Sir

William Goodman wishes to insinuate by his remark that from his

previous experience with myself, that recollection of what had

occurred were apt to differ. Until I am acquainted with the al-

leged incidents referred to, I am unable to go into them. I

have no recollection of them and look upon his mention of this

as an attempt to prejudice and which as he himself must know

is utterly irrelevant to the question at issue, although fully

agreeing with him, as he himself says, that the account attached

to his letter of what actually occurred is rather "involved".

With regard to his contention about my

having committed a contempt of Court, having never referred to

it in Chambers, shewing therefore the drift of his mind now, 1

would

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