I was guilty of a dereliction of my duty as Attorney General in not conducting, in person, this Prosecution, adding that it was a
Crown Prosecution, that there could not be a Private Prosecution in this Colony, and that he could only look upon the Counsel who appeared for the prosecution as appearing on behalf of the Attorney General whose duty it was to appear personally in Court and to "assist" the Chief Justice.
I forbear to refrain from making any allusion in Court to this matter for reasons, which His Excellency the Governor will no doubt understand and appreciate; but I
think His Excellency will hardly think that I betray too much sensitiveness in expressing the annoyance I feel at these unaccountable attempts on the part of the Chief Justice to injure my character as a Public Officer by these unfounded attacks to which his judicial Position is calculated to give considerable weight in the eyes of many persons. In the case of Regina v. Songa I took the legitimate course of laying the matter before His Excellency the Governor and the question raised as to my Public Duties was decided by the Secretary...