Maudling and his son quietly resigned in November 1969.
Prosecutors also revealed yesterday that two other officers quietly resigned this month before pleading guilty to similar charges.
The best anybody was hoping for was that he would have the grace to resign quietly.
Hospitals have commonly dealt with troublesome practitioners by letting them quietly resign.
Or will he be able to resign quietly?
They'd probably have let you resign quietly rather than letting the world know about it in a court-martial.
He resigned quietly and kept out of the public eye.
I cannot and will not resign quietly under such circumstances.
The action was rare because executives enmeshed in scandal are usually allowed to resign quietly.
He quietly resigned from the ministry, returned to New York, and spent the rest of his life working a trade.