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cannot be produced at the Trial,
and to make provision for
reception in evidence
of statements of
2.
the
the
the accused.
The legal accompanying Law Officer's Report will explain
the circumstances which rendered legislation upon
the subject necessary, and the
5.
objects intended to be effected by
this Ordinance.
I propose sending copies of
it to Sir Frederick Bruce and Sir Rutherford Alcock with the
view
of informing Her Majesty's Consuls in China and Japan
of the conditions under which the
F
depositions of
Witnesses and the
Statement
of
the accused will be
received in evidence at trials
before
N°2.
4.
the Supreme Court.
In doing so I will point out that it is intended that the Ordinance shall be put in force only in cases of necessity, to avoid a failure of justice,
and that it is not intended
to relieve Consuls from the burden of sending to this Colony, when remitting
Cases
for
trial, every
witness whose testimony they deem material, and whom they