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for the first
" which he has
and only time in
ever acted, formed)
" the Bench, and these justices –
again supported, this Chief
Magistrate in his determination not to give effect to the Law
"And cooperated, with the Chief
Magistrate
in his extraordinary
" course of proceeding.
All we know not be what course of reasoning His Excellency may
have arrived at these
conclusions, but while we with
all due respects indignantly deny the imputations thus cast upon
our motives we
challenge the right of His Excellency, The
Executive Council or Authority
any other to dictate our course
of action while on the Bench or to publicly question in such terms our decisions when given.
We would also point out
to His Excellency that the inference which may be drawn from the Memorandum under notice, that the writ of Mandamus issued by His Honour the Chief Justice had reference to the decisions of the Justices on 28th May and 2nd June is an incorrect one. The question
submitted to His Honour
was whether under the Ordinance