was brought
A notice I laid the correspondence before the Executive Council and they agreed with me, even that however imprudent, illegal Mr Mitchell's conduct had been, the evidence was not of a character to justify my ordering a prosecution on behalf of the Crown.
But when the Attorney General determined to proceed in his individual capacity as Grand Juror and expressed his own opinion that he should prosecute to conviction, I did not feel myself authorized to put a veto upon his proceeding, and the action terminated as you will see in the acquittal of the defendant.
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Another action is now pending, being brought by the Chief Magistrate against the Attorney General for defamation. This, be the result what it may, will no doubt be the subject of after communication from both parties.
I am sorry to say that the ramifications of these unfortunate disputes exhibit themselves in many forms, and that partisanship is found to obstruct the administration of justice and the proper influence of the