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last affirming the right of the Attorney General to do so, but pointing out the distinction between the cases in which
same time bound to and those in which
I have
now the
that officer is at the consult the Government, he is not expected to do so. I have the honor to invite Your Lordship's attention to the further proceedings in the Case of Regina v Saint which originally
induced a
Department.
serious
reference to Your Lordships
2. On the return here of the Attorney General M. Pauncefote towards the end of last December I drew his attention to the
proceedings in that Case, and
in that Case, and requested
Enclosure
him
as
early as possible to certify exactly in what position the
and what course he was
Case
prepared to
recommend the Government to adopt.
estated,
3. I now transmit a confidentially printed
series of all the papers illustrating
the
progress of that case and the opinions of
the Executive Council here as well
of
the Governor of Macao thereon. from the
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first report of Mr Pauncefote (14 January last)