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a on the ground Is Campbell, the Attorney General under whose advice the prosecution was commenced had been advanced to a seat on the Bench then temporarily vacante by the suspension of the Chief Justice.
4- I cannot regard but regard this explanation as unsatisfactory, and insufficient. The charge against Marrant was that of Conspiracy against a public officer of the Govt was a very grave one. It was one which should not have been made except upon the clearest grounds. It was a charge which when so made, is less than justice to the party accused in whose name the prosecution was instituted requires to be pressed to a decision before a Judicial Tribunal. If proceedings against the accused parties for serious Offences are thus