of this Ordinance shall be
"deemed a nuisance"
Nothing
felt themselves compelled to
386
lend a ready Obedience) might
can well be
have
satisfied the Five justices
(not
one of whom is a lawyer)
plainer. But were it otherwise the justices have
no excuse
for not reading it retrospectively :
The Opinion of the Law
Officer of the Crown again
and
again Communicated
to them, the unanimous
opinion of both Councils Also transmitted to them, and
lastly the already cited decisions of the Supreme Court (to which even Mr Mitchell and Mr. May
... that or does not mean " and,
that the Eleventh Section is to
be read retrospectively, and that works resumed, prosecuted,
or
finished " after the 16th April, although commenced before that date, are within the remedy
thereby conferred, as they
Certainly
are within the
Mischief contemplated. But
it was not so.
I have no
hesitation
...
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Corrected version in HTML format as requested:of this Ordinance shall be
"deemed a nuisance"
Nothing
felt themselves compelled to
386
lend a ready Obedience) might
can well be
have
satisfied the Five justices
(not
one of whom is a lawyer)
plainer. But were it otherwise the justices have
no excuse
for not reading it retrospectively :
The Opinion of the Law
Officer of the Crown again
and
again Communicated
to them, the unanimous
opinion of both Councils Also transmitted to them, and
lastly the already cited decisions of the Supreme Court (to which even Mr Mitchell and Mr. May
assented) shows that "or" does not mean "and",
that the Eleventh Section is to
be read retrospectively, and that works resumed, prosecuted,
or
finished after the 16th April, although commenced before that date, are within the remedy
thereby conferred, as they
Certainly
are within the
Mischief contemplated. But
it was not so.
I have no
hesitation
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