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witnesses who cannot be

produced

at the trial, and

I to make provision for this

exception

in Evidence

Statements of

of to

the

the accused.

And to request that

we would take this ordinance into our consideration, and

favour Your Lordships with our observations thereupon. In obedience to G. L'o Commands we have taken

these papers into our

consideration, have the

honour to Report

That we

think

His confirmation should be

given

to this ordinance. It

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appears possible, indeed that Subsequent alterations in the

modes of trying

criminal

cases in Japan

and China

under the Ordinance

may render it

Unnecessary; but it

is proper

to provide against the possibility during the intermediate period, of an entire failure of justice in this class of criminal

cases.

We have ...

Roundell Palmer R. P. Collier Robert Phillimore

...

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