producing them : Mr Tarrant was
was acc
accordingly
summoned before the Executive Council, and
cautioned either to make an immediate communication of such circumstances, if he
considered them worthy of credit, or if he had nothing
-
but idle rumours to support his allegations, to be
More
- careful how he took
up
of the Officers of Government.
the time and attention
(Free Sexstract)
(Signed) L.d. Almada Castro,
Clerk of Councils
Mane
Polonial Secretary
Copy
The
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Attorney
objections of the Acting Allomey General of Hongkong to the publication
before him in Criminal.
of evidence taken before him in
Cases.
Attorney
In this Colony the Atter General is (in virtue of his office) by law invested with the powers of a Grand Jury The propriety of filing criminal informations or preferring indictments, is left entirely
Cases
to his discretion even
even in
N. 8 of
in
of felony (see Ordinance. 1845). It becomes him therefore the execution of his high Magisterial
duties to
with
investigate care and attention all criminal charges belove the parties charged are sent before
a
Criminal Court for trial, and in so
doing
he is
to
exercise his
his judgment