me that it is the duty of
the Attorney General to consider and advise the Governor through the Colonial Secretary upon the eligibility of the candidates for the post, in every colony a Crown Solicitorship. It may be so but I have Vacant possessing a Knowledge of that subject. I, however, most strongly recommend his application in all conscience: and I beg to refer to my previous opinions of his thorough fitness for the office, which were before you long previously to Mr. Hickson's appointment.
It is also just that I should inform His Excellency that when Mr. Hickson's intention to retire was yet unknown, and perhaps unformed, Mr. Cooper Turner was most zealously engaged in services volunteered by him for the better prosecution of the Case of the poisoner and his accomplices, and that he is continuing to render me those services, to the great and sensible advantage of the interest...