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in order to avoid a whipping before the case is called
In any event it seems to me under the Ordinances that if the Magistrate is satisfied that the offender is under 16 it would make no difference if his age is entered on the proceedings.
I am not acquainted, however, with the reasons of the Magistrate. It is quite open to them to call upon them for a report as to the circumstances and especially for the reasons why the infliction of whipping was given when the age of the convicted person is stated in the proceedings themselves as above 16.
(Signed) Gy. Phillipps Attorney General
28 May 1877
Minute by His Excellency The Governor.
Refer to the Magistrates
(Signed) J. Pope Hennessy
30th May 1877
Report from the Magistrates
Magistracy 2nd June, 1877
In obedience to the directions of His Excellency The Governor I have the honor to report upon the cases herein referred to. The points to which His Excellency draws attention are
4. The age of the prisoner,