The Resolutions arrived at.
The Answer of the Colonial Secretary purposely delayed till the Home Mail—
4. 10th September had reached, crammed ... the resolutions in detail, and has received the sanction of the Executive Council.
No replication has yet been received, but in explanation of the Answer and of the general subject I may make the following remarks.
It is quite true that certain of the unpaid Magistrates dismissed a case under the Buildings and Nuisance Ordinance on the ground that it was not retrospective for the written decision signed by them.
A letter from 19 Gentlemen was forwarded to me from the Police Court on demand of the Colonial Secretary.
I should add that Mr. Acting Magistrate Mitchell, well aware of the retrospective character of the Ordinance, and therefore unable to give judgment in accordance with his own and the popular view, on that occasion as on others invited the presence of these gentlemen on the Bench in order that they might support him.
Don't I presume that the Ordinance in question will now undergo re-consideration?
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