signature of the Colonial secretary or other principal Executive Officer deputed for the purpose
Care
as in the
of the Counter signature of Warren :
That they ought not to be
sent until a prima facie case is made out before a magistrate and a warrant issued Except in
in cases of Absolute necessity.
accused
That in case the party is stopped in transitu and loses his passage and no warrant is sent to the place where he is arrested or in case he be brought before a Justice of the Peace or by Habeas Corpus before a superior Court and discharged
he should be entitled to be sent in
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destination free of cost by the Government detaining him at the Expense of the Government at whose instance he was arrested.
That Telegraph Offices should be compelled to forward Telegrams for the arrest of accused persons at the usual rates for messages and with the quickest despatch possible but with the following restriction. That no such Telegram should be forwarded unless received by the Company from some known official in the Government service who can speak to the signature of the Officer signing
and whose signature to a form of request provided by the Company is on the Telegram.