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in the 2nd June - invited again (as is officially reported) especially by the acting Chief Magistrate three of the Justices who had been present at the sitting of 23rd May and another Justice who took his seat with them for the first and only time in which he has ever acted formed the Bench, and then Justices again supported the Chief Magistrate in his determination not to give effect to the Law. His Excellency was informed that one of the Justices present - a member of the Legislative Council, distinctly pointed out to his Colleagues the error which had been committed on the 23rd May, and which had been the subject of reference to the Legislative Council. That Gentleman of course dissented from the conclusion by which majority cooperated with the Chief Magistrate in his extraordinary course of proceeding.
For the maintenance of that Supreme Authority of the Law which, in the great interests of the whole Community, Government is bound to provide for and of which all Justices of the Peace are expected to be instruments and auxiliaries, His Excellency directed an application for a Mandamus against the Acting Chief Magistrate to be made.