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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 ...
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