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Justices of the Peace I have taken considerable interest in its work and the working, manner in which certain clauses have been construed and acted upon. Whatever mere routine may be considered incumbent on a Justice of the Peace I conceive that an important part of my duty in that capacity consists in watching with more than common vigilance the Law and Administration of any regarding the reading of which different Opinions exist amongst the members of the Bench,
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25. 320 or where the interests involved are so enormous as they were in the instance referred to. The present excited and dangerous attitude of the Chinese population here affords but too apt an illustration of the necessity for such vigilance on the part of the unpaid Magistracy. With a view to the performance of that duty, on behalf of himself and several others, addressed a Letter to the acting Chief Magistrate requesting that when any case was to be EX...
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