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of purpose and of action which
should undoubtedly be the object of an inveterate with public
"all who
inferiority for
ndu
the maintenance of
Law and order. We beg respectfully to assure His Excellency that as long
as
we remain in the Commission
of
the Peace he will find in us, equally with our
fellow Justices who
are
his
immediate subject & "Memorandum, perfect unity of purpose both in maintaining law and order which is our
duty) and
in resisting
any
ill-advised interference with our freedom and independence of action in that respect.
& it is not merely
our Firm
but it is a universally recognised
axiom, with which
we cannot suppose
His Excellency to be unacquainted, that
a Magistrate in his
official capacity on the Bench is bound to obey even the highest
the executive and to
be
executive
as
Council, must not only need not, but
dare not submit to
any dictation,
even
or interference
by a higher judicial
authority, except in the regular course of appeal. We most deeply regret to recognise in His Excellency's Memorandum
an unconstitutional
and unjustifiable attempt to interfere with, and dictate to, the Magistrates of this Colony in their judicial capacity