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Acting Registrar of the Supreme Court, -
Mr. M. Mbasson,
who on being called on to explain how he came to tax the Bill replies "in an exactly similar case to the above, that is the Costs in a Consular Criminal Case, of the nature of Costs between Attorney and Client I am not aware of any precedent."
6.
The rule undoubtedly has always hitherto been to make no distinction in Criminal cases before the Supreme Court of this Colony, whether the crime has been committed within or without the Colony matters not; the Criminal is before the Court, and it is the Colonial Jurisdiction that is exercised by the Colonial Officers.
The Second point (2) is the inexpediency of permitting these costs to the Attorney General at least; for he here fills the Office of Grand Jury and it is manifestly wrong that he should seem to be interested in finding true Bills in cases from the ulterior proveention of which he would derive pecuniary benefit.
8.
A high officer of the local Government should be above the possibility of such suspicion, as he has in fact always been hitherto.
9.
I caused the Attorney General and the Crown Solicitor to be called on to justify and explain the Extraordinary Charges made, and I enclose the replies of these Gentlemen with which I regret to say I have