how to report that I caused such opinion to be communicated by the Colonial Secretary to the Chief Justice in a letter which forms
the Enclosures in Stulie's address to
yourself
herewith
forwarded.
"From M. Stulie's reply... expected that he was
prepared to
show in distinct terms either some
misunderstanding
on his part of the question as put to him by me,
or
misapprehension by
me
of the nature of his opinion.
The letter however to yourself (forwarded in a letter to the Colonial Secretary dated this morning) neither
dated this morning) itself points out, nor enables me
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in what way
the Chief
to explain Justice desires to put himself,
in a proper position with the Law
and the Crown"
Officers of
I need hardly confirm what must be apparent that Mr Hilliers must be that M: Fillic's letter was written after my
simply
conversation with the Chief Justice, but I must say again that the question on which I sought the Chief Justice's Opinion was the legality of Mr Nichols' custody, the point on which Mr. Keenan's Counsel intimated his intention to rely at the trial and it was
on
learning from the Chief Justice
that he could not consider