When he resigned Mr. Theodore ide it clear that his resignation would only operate until the charges against him had been cleared up. In a dramatic statement in the. House "of Representatives Mr, Theodore demanded that the Queens-Jand Government should enable him to appear before an unimpeachable tribunal to defend himself against the "calumnies and damnable accuse.
Subsequently it was announced that the Government law officers were against the institution—of' criminal proceedings and that the case against Mr. Theodore would be brought in the Civil Courts.—Reuter.
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