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of the sentences that have been inflicted. Before signing the warrant I should therefore be glad to receive a brief Report from the G.O.C. in C. General on each of the four convictions and sentences which are now put before me, with the justification of the course I am recommended to take.
In the case to which I refer as being one in which I signed the warrant with reluctance, was where a sentence similar to the fourth on the list had been passed. I could not satisfy myself that it was according to law, and I therefore sent for the Attorney General and explained my difficulty to him. He had already concurred in the sentence of deportation; but he admitted there was something in the point. At the same time he advised me that I was bound officially to follow his advice. He pointed out the inconvenience of a Governor interfering unduly with the discretion of Magistrates, and gave many weighty reasons why a Governor should avoid thinking for himself in matters of law and justice, and I acted on his advice; recording however the fact that I deported the prisoner in question with great reluctance.
In the case of Ehren- tin- law, I discussed the details in Executive Council. I called for a written report.