to which it was a reply. Subpœnas are not granted on application to the Chief Justice but are issued as of course by the Registrar. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was subpœnced in Birch v. Somerville -- Baronet, and His Excellency attended and was examined before the Irish Court of Queen's Bench.
But if the Governor of Hong Kong thinks the example of Lord Clarendon insufficient authority to entitle the Attorney General of Hong Kong to the evidence which the latter has ever had a right in justice and in honor to demand from the head of a government in whose immediate service he incurred the liability to suit, which Mr. Mitchell is now endeavoring to enforce, be it so!
Let it then be distinctly understood by the jury tomorrow that I am deprived of the right to
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