CO129-401 - Governor Sir May - 1913 [5-6] — Page 442

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East in this Colony in the course of your duty as a Sanitary Inspector did unlawfully assault and attempt to commit an indecent assault upon the said adult women Judith Eucharys

Xavier the wife of the said Gregory Maria Xavier against the

will of the said Judith Eucharys Xavier,

I am therefore to call upon you to state in writing

before the 10th. day of May, 1913, any grounds upon which you

rely to exculpate yourself.

I am also directed to remind you that you have been

interdicted from the exercise of the powers and functions of

your office as from the 23rd. April, 1913, and to inform you

that until proceedings have been taken for your suspension

you will be allowed to receive one half of the salary of your

office.

sir,

I am,

Your obedient servant,

Bảo An ki, Thomson,

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Colonial Secretary.

Kr. Joseph A. Bullin,

2.

Sanitary Inspector.

That Your Petitioner replied to the charges set out in

the said letter as follows :-

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter

of the 30th. Ultimo.

In reply to the charges therein made I have only to say that I absolutely deny both of them and beg to point out that on both occasione I was on duty and in uniform, and that it is hardly likely that I should visit the premises in

question on a second occasion if I had been guilty of the

offence which is alleged was committed by me on the first

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