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30 July 1808
J.B.s Charges against Chief Inspector Whitcomb. Marginal Contents.

1.
1 Charge 1 - Item 5
Item 4 - Expenditure
on Workmen's Wages -
p.1.

2.
Preliminary Statement
1. Antecedent conduct of
the Accountt in respect
of this Item.

3.
2. Application made by
him to the Board respecting
the mode of
Proof
——

1 (a)
Order of the Items why
departed from. p. 1
——

4.
3. Application made by
Acct Accountt to learn
the mode of proof
required.
p.2.

5.
Conduct of the Ch. Inspector
1. He misrepresents the
Books as if sent in
as compleat

6.
2. Instead of furnishing
the information prayed
for, he puts an indirect
rejection on
the evidence tendered
calling in vague
terms for "other" evidence

7.
3. Of the other evidence
which lay before him
he takes no notice.

8
Impropriety of much
his conduct. Of what
was tendered, what was
admissible he should have
admitted and called for.
- What was inadmissible
he should have pronounced
such- of his doing neither
the one nor the other, the
consequence was incurable
perplexity. p.3

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Known whether to
postpone to Charge
information witholden?

1
Preliminary Observations
= Duty of Board by
itself or Officers to
afford to Accountants
all necessary information
unasked -
much more if asked - —

Charge 2.
1 -
Conduct of the Accountt
in relation to the Items
in his Acct - information prayed.
p.1

2
Duty of the Ch. Inspectr
thereupon . p.2

3.
His misconduct
therein
requisition, involving
- an insult -

4.
Sole possible extenuation -
gross impropriety
of expression

5.
Conduct of the Accountt
Under the perplexity
thus occasioned -
Fresh acknowledgment
sent in.

6.
No answers perplexity
unremoved. p.4.

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Charge 3
3. Art.2. Query 3
2. Ch. Inspectors requisition of reasons
for the production of
3 Invoices

2
This requisition was
already conformed to
the Accountt tendering
proof viz -
1. by Query as to proof

3
2. by Item 3 noticing
receipt of cast iron
by Campbell & White
p.2

4
Misconduct of the Ch Inspector
Both lenders left unnoticed
by Ch Inspector him p.2

Charge 4.
4 Query 1.
1
Ch. Inspector's Query 1 -
Four requisitions
combined in it - some
irrelevant - all unnecessary -
thence improper &
vexatious. p.1.

2
1 Requisn 1
Authority for disbursements
called for.
p.1.

3
The information thus
called for was already
before him from 2
sources viz -
1. The King's Warrant itself -
matter of record -

4
2. Accountants evidence
to the Finance Commee
referred to in Lett. 1.
accompanying his Acct.

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1. Conclude with general lists
of importation in
the instance of each
charge?

2. Observ. a
mode of quoting the
comments
in charge.

Identifier: | JB/122/108/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 122.
Date_1	1808-07-30	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-8, 1, 1-6, 1-4, 1-4
Box	122	Main Headings	Panopticon
Folio number	108	Info in main headings field	JB's Charges against Chief Inspector Whitcombe Marginal Contents
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