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Attorney General's Office, Hong Kong
31 May 1856.
I have the honor to address you officially on the subject of the despatch of business on Const. business, in the Supreme Court.
The business of that Court is transacted by a single Judge, from whose decisions there is no appeal within the Colony. It consists of Criminal and Civil procedure; and the latter may be considered as dividing itself under the two heads of Common Law and Chancery practice.
I. In order to ensure the speedy delivery of prisoners charged with Misdemeanor and confined in this
The Honorable W. J. Mercer, &c.
Colonial Secretary.