convicted Such a step would put the matter into a proper course of being decided upon by the high English Law Officers and would enable the Home Government to bring the matter more readily before the Legislature if the present state of the Law be pronounced defective and to require amendment. I feel confident that the question of Lacrase's amenability to English Law is by no means so clear in his favour as to expose such a step to any chance of censure and as all capital sentences must be confirmed in England before they can be carried into execution here no additional inconvenience can be sustained by waiting for the opinions of the English Law Officers.
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