33
200
the Attorney General
we are also con...
uhtn
this Ordinance,
wiss compelled to differ from him in the opinion he has expressed
that, "it is in the interest of a cheap and speedy administration of justice and in fine of the accused that their trials should be at once proceeded with." Cheap and Speedy might be the administration of Law under such a Law,
but cheapness and celerity of procedure would be in our opinion too dearly purchased, if as a consequence, Law and trial were no longer synonymous with Justice.
The Sessions rarely last more than three days, often only two, - if lengthy depositions are sent in pending the Sessions, the Attorney General can have but little time to devote to the consideration whether the case be one in which the accused should be put upon his trial and the accused himself can have still less time with the depositions as exhibited, in which to summon legal advisers to his aid.
Stating the depositions and being able to make the necessary strictures of defence.
We know nothing of the wishes of the particular Prisoners referred to with reference to their immediate trial, nor in what manner the Attorney General has been able to obtain the information,
but for the reasons above given we are compelled to differ entirely from the conclusions drawn by him on this subject.