CO129-339 - Acting Governor May Governor Nathan - 1907 [1-3] — Page 482

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“gross in such general terms

his removal, and their unsupported evidence, would have to be admitted to have little weight when set against the denial and oral evidence offered where

30 years of service

ar a

sting

his

presumption in favour of his integrity.

8. But in addition to his statement, Mr. Guterres brought forward other evidence tending to rebut the general charges against him. Three witnesses were present before the Council, and gave oral testimony tending to show that it was not credible that Guterres could have committed the offences alleged against him. Similar evidence was given by Superintendent de la Garde of the Sailors’ Home, whose duties were performed only a few yards away from Guterres, who also stated that he was usually present when Mr. Antrobus, Mr. Cuz, Mr. Lucas, Sir F. Hopwood, Mr. Churchill, and The Earl of Elgin were being paid off, and who could have failed to notice such irregularities as those charged against Guterres. The latter also attached 25 letters from various persons to the same effect.

It is also worth mentioning that Capt. Runcie, formerly Harbour Master at Hongkong, has called at this Office to make representations on behalf of Guterres.

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Committee ...

478

Mr. Just

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“gross in such general terms his removal, and their unsupported evidence, would have to be admitted to have little weight when set against the denial and oral evidence offered where 30 years of service ar a sting his presumption in favour of his integrity. 8. But in addition to his statement, Mr. Guterres brought forward other evidence tending to rebut the general charges against him. Three witnesses were present before the Council, and gave oral testimony tending to show that it was not credible that Guterres could have committed the offences alleged against him. Similar evidence was given by Superintendent de la Garde of the Sailors’ Home, whose duties were performed only a few yards away from Guterres, who also stated that he was usually present when Mr. Antrobus, Mr. Cuz, Mr. Lucas, Sir F. Hopwood, Mr. Churchill, and The Earl of Elgin were being paid off, and who could have failed to notice such irregularities as those charged against Guterres. The latter also attached 25 letters from various persons to the same effect. It is also worth mentioning that Capt. Runcie, formerly Harbour Master at Hongkong, has called at this Office to make representations on behalf of Guterres. DRAFT. MINUTE. Committee ... 478 Mr. Just ... Page XX was not found, however, the content is formatted into proper paragraphs. The original text has been corrected for spelling, spacing, and some reordering for clarity while maintaining the original content and tone. Markdown formatting is not used as per the output instruction; instead, HTML tags are used for paragraphs. File references are not present in the given text, so rule 10 is not applicable here. The text is not translated, and no comments are left in the output.
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inducem Eat

& Min

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bis remoral, and their unsupported evidence, wowve

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